Ravn Air Group issued a response to the May 1 National Transportation Safety Board’s release of urgent recommendations to parent company HoTh, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
As we previously reported, Alaska Regional NTSB Chief Clint Johnson outlined the recommendations.
Johnson: “We are recommending that the FAA do two things. Number one: that they bring an outside team up to Alaska and do an inspection of Hageland Aviation and look at the policies and procedures and the FAA oversight that has been going on there in the past. The second part of the recommendation is again bring a team from outside of Alaska to give a fresh look, third party look at how the FAA is following their policies and procedures.”
Ravn issued this statement in a press release.
“Safety is the number one priority for the Ravn Air Group. Our parent company HoTH, Inc., is Alaskan owned and deeply understands the gravity of the responsibility to provide safe and essential air transportation services to the communities in which we live. Alaskans are not only challenged with weather and environment but our cities and villages continue to lack basic infrastructure and resources that the rest of the country enjoys. Keeping our employees and our passengers safe always comes first. Hearts ache across our whole family of companies due to the recent tragedies. Our customers and our employees are part of our family.”