Experienced and expertly trained crew members are the backbone of Southern Air Systems. Best practices are used to screen and verify the pedigree of crew members. This includes both aviation and personal background checks, reviewing previous and ongoing FAA Enforcement and Incident checks, along with an FAA approved drug testing program. SAS enjoys “Fleet training partner” status with Simuflite, which allows substantially reduced rates on simulator based training. In addition to annual simulator based training, all pilots are checked in the actual aircraft utilizing the FAA’s strictest flight check criteria. SAS prides itself as having one of the best in-house training programs available. This feature allows for a more cohesive training regime than that of simply sending your pilots to simulator based training once a year. Like all forms of learning, continuous is better than that of rote memorization.