Jetbird | Embraer Phenom 100 Safety & Regulatory Standards

The Phenom 100, manufactured by Embraer, one of the world’s leading commercial aircraft manufacturers, with a proven track record of safety. The Phenom 100 is a best-in-class aircraft in terms of flight safety and operational excellence and has been designed using the most technologically advanced systems used for designing large scale commercial aircraft. Jetbird selected the Phenom 100 for its operation after many months of extensive and intensive research and analysis of all of the aircraft available.

Embraer bring their expertise of building safe, high utilisation commercial aircraft to the design and manufacture of the Phenom aircraft series. The cockpit, engines and avionics have been designed to the highest standards and the Phenom 100 is equipped with an excellent array of state-of-the-art technology including a second transponder - the so-called Mode S with Diversity - which allows for outstanding radar visibility from both air traffic control and other aircraft.

The aircraft also comes equipped with a number of other safety features - the phenomenal Prodigy Garmin 1000 next generation avionics system being one to note. It makes extensive use of the latest technologies to provide maximum safety, requiring adequate pilot workload while providing comfort during all flight phases.  This integrated system reduces pilot workload by an amazing 70%.

Jetbird | the Aircraft – Certifications

  • The Company's Corporate Quality strategic and operating actions are defined by a set of policies, recommendations, rules and procedures which are the framework of Embraer's Quality System Manual.
  • Embraer has invested heavily on the development of its Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety and Quality Integrated Management System, internally designated as SIG-MASSQ. This is a comprehensive set of corporate activities and procedures to ensure that Embraer fully complies with clients' and society's requirements in an articulated manner, certified by an independent entity of international standing, the ABS Quality Evaluations.
  • As early as 1996 Embraer was granted the ISO 9001. In 2003, the Company was indicated for certification under AS-9100, equivalent to ISO 9001, but covering extra aerospace industry specific requirements.
  • Embraer is certified since 2002 by ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 and was the first aircraft manufacturer to achieve such a status.
  • Environmental Management System certified to ISO 14001 since March 2002 by ABS - Quality Evaluations at Faria Lima Unity and since April 2004 at Eugênio de Mello Unity.
  • Quality System certified to ISO 9001 and AS-9100 since December 2002 by ABS - Quality Evaluations.

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Jetbird | the Pilots