This online interactive and NBAA-approved Professional Development Program (PDP) course covers the Business Management 8 (BM8) objective in entirety. The BM8 objective has four sub-objectives. Each sub-objective has a video lesson, ebook, and bonus audio MP3 of the video lesson. The course includes quizzes, discussions, and a certificate of completion. Completion of this course requires approximately 2.25 hours. It need NOT be completed in one sitting.

Topics covered in this course:

  • a. Recognize basic risk management principles (e.g., history of risk management; types, assessments and responses to possible risks)
  • b. Identify and categorize specific risks potentially facing an organization with respect to the aviation function (e.g., civil-liability risks; regulatory compliance risks; tax planning risks)
  • c. Develop specific responses available to address each identified risk (e.g., avoid, reduce or mitigate, share or insure against, accept, exploit)
  • d. Determine organization’s existing risk management structure and communicate aviation risks and responses

Course Curriculum

  Welcome
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  BM8A. Recognize basic risk management principles
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  BM8B. Identify and categorize specific risks potentially facing an organization with respect to the aviation function
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  BM8C. Develop specific responses available to address each identified risk
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  BM8D. Determine organization’s existing risk management structure and communicate aviation risks and responses
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Hi, I'm Dr. Daniel Prather, A.A.E., CAM, the developer and facilitator of this course and creator of PDPCredit.com.


As an educator since 2006, a Certified Aviation Manager since 2013, and an NBAA-approved provider since 2014, I personally created PDPCredit.com to bring PDP courses to business aviation professionals regardless of time travel schedules or availability. These online courses are available when you are! More courses will be rolled out in the near future, so please bookmark us! Reach out with any questions or comments! Lifelong learning is easy with PDPCredit.com.

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