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Mission, Vision, and Goals
The Commercial Aviation Safety Team was founded in 1998 with a goal to reduce the commercial aviation fatality rate in the United States by 80 percent by 2008. By 2008 CAST was able to report that by implementing the most promising safety enhancements, the fatality rate of commercial air travel in the United States was reduced by 83 percent.Today CAST continues to apply its integrated, data-driven strategy to reduce commercial aviation fatality risk in the United States and promote new government and industry safety initiatives throughout the world.
Vision
Key aviation stakeholders acting cooperatively to lead the world-wide aviation community to the highest levels of global commercial aviation safety by focusing on the right things.Mission
Enable a continuous improvement framework built on the proactive identification of current and future risks, developing mitigations as needed and monitoring the effectiveness of implemented actions.Goals
Reduce the U.S. commercial aviation fatality risk by at least 50 percent from 2010 to 2025 and continue to work with our international partners to reduce fatality risk in world-wide commercial aviation.
