Key Highlights
- Bombardier named aviation safety executive Dan Boedigheimer the 2026 Safety Standdown Award recipient.
- The company marked the Safety Standdown program’s 30th anniversary at a three-day event in Wichita, Kansas.
- Bombardier said more than 400 aviation professionals attended the milestone event.
Bombardier (BBD-B.TO) has named Dan Boedigheimer, Ph.D., as the recipient of its 2026 Bombardier Safety Standdown Award, an annual recognition for an aviation professional’s career-long commitment to safety.
Bombardier said Boedigheimer received the award during a gala dinner at the end of the company’s three-day Safety Standdown event in Wichita, Kansas, which it said drew more than 400 aviation professionals.
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Bombardier described Boedigheimer as a Chief Safety Officer with more than 30 years of experience in aviation and aerospace. According to the company, he is a founding partner of Advanced Aircrew Academy and currently serves as its Chief Safety Officer after spending close to 18 years as the company’s Chief Executive Officer.
Bombardier said Boedigheimer previously worked as Lead Human Factors Instructor at Convergent Performance LLC and as Manager of Aircraft Standards and Training at Flight Options.
Bombardier also linked Boedigheimer’s academic work to the Safety Standdown program, saying the inspiration for his dissertation came from attending Safety Standdown in 2006. The company said his Federal Aviation Administration-sponsored dissertation, Exploring Pilot Reliability Certification and Changing Attitudes on the Reduction of Errors, was published in the Transportation Research Record four years later.
In the release, Bombardier said Boedigheimer recently completed his tenure as Chairman of the National Business Aviation Association Safety Committee, and that he currently serves on the International Business Aviation Council International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations Standards Board, reviews for the Embry-Riddle Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education and Research, and sits on the board of the Colorado Aviation Network.
The original press release is available on stockhouse.com
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