About JDA Aviation

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JDA Aviation Technology Solutions

Overview

JDA’s core business is Safety, Certification and Compliance. The majority of JDA’s employees and Associates are former career FAA Flight Standards Certificate Managers and Principal Inspectors, FAA Engineering and Certification experts. Our team also includes experts from airlines, airports, associations, manufacturers and aviation unions.

A primary focus area for the company is the performance of certification-related services for new and existing Part 91, 121, 125, 129, 135, 142 and 145 certificate holders.

In 2005 JDA became one of the first 2 firms to be qualified by the FAA as a Certification Consultant and in 2009 was qualified and licensed as a MITRE Aviation Institute Safety Management System (SMS) training and implementation organization.

JDA has a comprehensive Safety Management System (SMS) portfolio that includes SMS planning, implementation and training, SMS safety culture assessments and safety gap analyses, SMS manual development, and SMS software applications. JDA’s safety culture assessment program is a groundbreaking service that provides both quantitative and qualitative benchmarks for any type of aviation organization JDA offers small companies with limited staff and resources an outsourced safety department through JDA’s Virtual Safety Office (VSO) program.

Airplane taking off

JDA Aviation Technology Solutions

Technical management

Technical management, expertise and experience are critical in achieving successful new certifications. Most of the JDA team are former FAA managers, supervisors and principal inspectors. JDA team members are experienced in using the same diagnostic processes and tools as the FAA, including the FAA 8900.1 Flight Standards Information Management System and the FAA’s Safety Assurance System (SAS) Safety Attributes and the FAA SAS Data Collection Tools. Our Certification Directors and Specialists possess a unique capability of being able to “think like an FAA inspector” while being fully cognizant of the potential impact a new procedure may have on an operation and are unsurpassed in their technical knowledge in this area.

Since 2016 JDA has been heavily engaged in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Safety Assessments. JDA provided safety risk assessment of two manufacturers and supported a successful flight test demonstration program and the first indoor flight of an autonomous aircraft.