The reports that matter most are the ones people are least willing to put their name to
A program only works if filing is easy and confidence in it is absolute. The free account is built around those two things.
The FAA’s program, in its own words
The Aviation Safety Action Program is a voluntary FAA program. The FAA describes its goal as enhancing safety by encouraging employees of certain certificate holders to report safety issues voluntarily, and says that “enforcement-related incentives have been designed into the program” so that people will report an issue even when it may involve an alleged violation.
A report goes to an event review committee made up of the FAA, the operator and the employee group. Whether a program is right for your operation, and what any of it means for you, is a conversation to have with people who run them. RISE is somewhere to write and keep the reports.
Questions about free ASAP reporting
Is the free ASAP plan really free?
Yes. The ASAP reporting plan costs nothing, takes no card to open, and does not expire. Your crews file as many reports through it as they need to, and the reports stay yours. Moving up to the full RISE platform later is a change to the same account.
Can crews submit an ASAP report anonymously?
Yes. Anonymous submission can be switched on for the form, and the person filing chooses in the moment whether to put their name to it. A finished report also exports de-identified, with names replaced, so what circulates around the operation is the event rather than the person.
Who receives an ASAP report submitted through RISE?
The recipients you name, and nobody else. Operations typically add an employee representative, an FAA contact and their local FSDO. You set the list and can change it, and RISE sends each submitted report to it automatically with a readable summary and the detail attached.
How do crews get to the reporting form?
Three ways, none needing a login. Scan the QR code you download and post where the work happens: it carries a private token and opens the form in a browser, sized for whatever they are holding. Save that link to a phone home screen for one-tap access. Anyone signed in to RISE can open it from their account.
Who runs the ASAP program side?
You do. The review, the event review committee and the FAA relationship are program work rather than software, and they sit with your operation. RISE is where a report is written, routed to your recipients and kept. If you would rather not run that side, joining the Air Charter Safety Foundation's ASAP program hands it over.