Some of you have not a clue as to what and why programs like ARG/US exist. To say they are "feel good" programs for customers miss the mark by a mile.

These types of certification programs ( started by the aircraft insurance industry ) don't necessarily yank certifications after every accident / incident. It's not a numbers game. Systemic problems in training, management and operations to name a few, is what will get a rating reduced or revoked. At least that's the way it's supposed to work, and largely does with few exceptions. Rogue operators won't have that platinum or even gold rating for long, if at all.

High profile carriers like Avjet out of KBUR flying a G550 or a Boeing Business Jet BBJ have proven over a considerable period of time that they have all the elements in place to have earned their safety certifications. Notwithstanding the single tragic accident like the one that occured on a snowy night in ASE almost 10 years ago. The actions of that flight crew were in direct violation of virtually every paragraph in their FSM.

Some on here believe if they can't bash a certain carrier, then they'll just bash the certification process in which the carrier they wish to attack is an elite member. They'd be wrong on both counts. I have seen the best of the best right along with the worst of the worst. The latter, which many of us have flown for, don't last long in this business.