Operators maintain a structured Safety Management System (SMS) aligned with ICAO Annex 19 or applicable regulatory frameworks, ensuring consistent identification, reporting, and mitigation of operational risks.

Organizations demonstrate measurable safety performance through defined objectives, monitoring, and continuous improvement—moving beyond compliance to actively manage safety outcomes.

Operators address human performance factors such as fatigue, distraction, stress, and communication—recognizing that human limitations impact both manned and unmanned operations.

Certification requires a comprehensive third-party evaluation, including documentation review, system validation, and organization-wide assessments to ensure standards are consistently applied.

Operators implement structured procedures, training, and risk controls to ensure safe, repeatable operations across all missions, environments, and operational complexities.

Brokers demonstrate professionalism and accountability through standardized practices, consistent processes, and transparent communication with clients and stakeholders.

Brokers demonstrate professionalism and accountability through standardized practices, consistent processes, and transparent communication with clients and stakeholders.

Brokers establish procedures to address risks such as pilot fatigue, competency, weather, and operational pressures—ensuring informed decision-making when selecting operators.

Certification requires a comprehensive virtual audit conducted by a WYVERN-approved auditor to validate conformity with established standards, ethics, and risk management practices.

Brokers implement structured risk management processes and utilize tools like PASS reports to ensure clients are provided with accurate, transparent safety information for every flight.

MROs operate with a fully implemented Safety Management System (SMS) aligned with ICAO Annex 19 or applicable CAA requirements, ensuring safety is embedded in every maintenance activity—not treated as a compliance exercise.

Organizations demonstrate a positive, measurable safety culture validated through independent surveys and aligned with global SMICG guidance—ensuring safety is lived at every level of the organization.

MROs actively identify and mitigate human factors such as fatigue, distraction, stress, and communication breakdowns—reducing the likelihood of maintenance errors before they occur.

Certification requires a comprehensive third-party audit, including pre-audit documentation, onsite review, and organization-wide safety culture and human factors assessments.

MROs maintain robust quality systems, controlled procedures, and structured training programs to ensure consistent, airworthy maintenance practices and continuous improvement across all operations.

Operates with a validated Safety Management System (SMS) aligned with ICAO Annex 19 or CAA requirements (Section 2.2)

Achieves measurable SMS performance levels (minimum Level 2 for certification).

Actively manages human performance risks such as fatigue, distraction, complacency, stress, communication breakdowns, and more.

Undergoes independent audit validation including:

• Virtual audit review
• Pre-audit documentation submission
• Safety Culture and Human Factors surveys for all personnel

Maintains structured loss prevention programs covering fueling, towing, ramp safety, de-icing, catering, hangar safety, passenger safety, and occupational health.