In high-risk industries like mining, energy, and infrastructure, safety and compliance are not negotiable, especially when it comes to aviation support. That’s where the Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) comes in. Developed by the Flight Safety Foundation, BARS provides a globally recognised framework for managing aviation risk in contracted operations. Many leading organisations now require their service providers to be BARS-registered aircraft operators, particularly for work in remote or complex environments.

The use of RAM (Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability) studies in the oil and gas industry has a long history and has become a standard tool to quantitatively predict a production and/or processing facility's performance.