Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) has received NATA’s 2025 Excellence in Pilot Training Award for advancing evidence-based UPRT that strengthens pilots’ everyday judgment and awareness.
Mesa, AZ — 11/18/2025 — The Aviation Performance Solutions LLC (APS) team has been awarded the 2025 Excellence in Pilot Training Award by the National Air Transportation Association (NATA). The award recognizes organizations that have made outstanding contributions to safety, professionalism, leadership, and excellence in pilot training.
For Part 135, corporate, and professional pilots, the challenge is not frequent in-flight emergencies—it’s the rarity of them that allows Loss of Control In-flight (LOC-I) to persist as the number one cause of fatalities across all sectors of aviation. Day-to-day flights can feel routine, yet the mental models, awareness, and prevention skills needed to avoid or recover from an unexpected upset must be deeply ingrained long before they are needed.
For more than 25 years, APS has focused exclusively on solving this challenge. APS has delivered evidence-based Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) to more than 180,000 pilots worldwide, helping them strengthen awareness, decision-making, and everyday operational safety.
“This award reflects the entire APS team—our instructors, curriculum developers, and support staff who devote themselves to our mission: We Help Pilots Bring Everyone Home Safely,” said APS CEO, Paul ‘BJ’ Ransbury. “LOC-I is unnecessary and preventable; the entire APS team of passionate safety experts is committed to giving pilots the knowledge, skills, and resilience necessary to stop LOC-I in its tracks.”
APS appreciates NATA’s longstanding commitment to supporting safe, successful aviation operations and is honored to have its work recognized within that mission.
ABOUT APS
At Aviation Performance Solutions (APS), We Help Pilots Bring Everyone Home Safely. Dedicated to mitigating loss of control in flight (LOC-I), aviation’s leading cause of fatalities, APS provides comprehensive solutions integrating academics, on-aircraft training, advanced simulation, and virtual reality UPRT. APS’s proven training programs are trusted by airlines, military organizations, and corporate flight departments worldwide. Our brand promise is simple: Every Pilot Trained – In Control – All The Time.
