WYVERN to Participate in NBAA-BACE National Safety Forum as Platinum Sponsor
Why It MattersThe session underscores how safety programming at major business-aviation conventions increasingly centers on operational handoffs between maintenance and flight crews rather than broad policy statements.
What happened
WYVERN will participate in the National Safety Forum at the NBAA-BACE convention and exhibit on the show floor as a Platinum Sponsor of the event.
WYVERN Chief Operating Officer Andy Day, who serves as incoming Chair of the NBAA Safety Committee, will help guide the National Safety Forum program and keep discussion focused on issues operators and safety professionals face daily. Flight Leader Coach Todd Buczek will join the "Returning Aircraft to Service After Maintenance" panel, addressing how flight departments can ensure an aircraft is genuinely ready to fly following maintenance; he will discuss clear handoffs, disciplined communication, and shared accountability as tools to reduce risk stemming from gaps between maintenance personnel and flight crews. Assistant Vice President of Operations Kris Stewart will be available at Booth 3329 to meet visitors and demonstrate the updated QSMS platform, and WYVERN CEO Sonnie Bates will also be present throughout the convention.
WYVERN was founded in 1991 and is an ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified aerospace safety organization, and is the creator of the Wingman Standard.
Industry impact & what to watch
Conventions like NBAA-BACE give safety-focused vendors a platform to align their commercial presence with industry-wide discussions, placing company representatives inside committee leadership and panel programming rather than only at a booth. Andy Day's role as incoming Chair of the NBAA Safety Committee places WYVERN directly inside how the forum's agenda gets shaped, not just how it is sponsored.
The maintenance-to-flight handoff panel reflects a recurring operational concern in business aviation: risk accumulates less from any single failure and more from gaps in communication between the people who maintain an aircraft and the crews who fly it next. Safety organizations built around standards and audit platforms, such as WYVERN's QSMS, position themselves as the tool that closes that gap.
What happens next depends on whether the panel's discussion translates into any published guidance or standard update from the NBAA Safety Committee following the convention.
