Implementation of the Product Equipment List to Further Enhance Safety on Commercial Rotorcraft

This paper will discuss how Sikorsky's Aviation and Product Safety (A&PS) Organization is actively promoting a recently developed initiative known as the Product Equipment List (PEL) to enhance safety on their commercial aircraft models. The PEL initiative is managed by a committee of individuals with extensive experience in areas of rotorcraft system safety, accident investigation, pilot operations, engineering design and development, marketing and sales, litigation management, and customer support. The committee oversees a classification tool that separates optional and regulatory safety equipment for customers during final aircraft purchase. Sikorsky takes the initiative to ensure the customer fully understands the potential consequences of removing optional safety equipment from the final purchase configuration.