FlightSafety Offers Safety and Security Training

FlightSafety International now offers safety and securitytraining for flight crews and passengers of corporate aircraft. This newAbduction Prevention course is offered by the Skydas Group in cooperation withFlightSafety. Skydas is a wide spectrum strategicsecurity consulting and threat management firm.

“This two day Abduction Prevention courseis designed for corporate aircraft passengers, pilots, flight attendants, andmaintenance technicians. It will help them to develop the core skill sets neededto prevent or avoid being targeted by hostiles while travelling at home orabroad,” said Steve Gross, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing.

The 15 course modules provide a comprehensivestep-by-step guide to attack prevention. They include Extremist and Criminal Methodology,Travel Pre-planning and Checklists, The Attack Cycle, Surveillance Detection Skills,Personal Defense, Information Security, Surveillance Detection Routes, SurveillancePoint Recognition, Security Checkpoints Abroad, Airport Security, Hotel Safety,Home and Family Security, and more.

The course ends with a field exercisein which participants will attempt to thwart a simulated kidnapping or assault.This includes learning to discover technical surveillance devices, how to losea mobile surveillance team, and avoid static surveillance points.