Safe Skies is the CREW programme for aviation. For airlines, it offers Gatekeeper Training for flight deck and cabin crew and the Pressure Labs and Calm in the Skies workshops. For aviation schools, it offers gatekeeper training for instructors and staff and a resilience programme for cadets.

Does Safe Skies assess fitness to fly?

No. Safe Skies supports early help. It does not assess fitness to fly, does not replace the DGCA Class 1 medical, and does not replace any decision of DGCA examiners or the DGCA Medical Directorate.

Does it replace our Peer Support Programme?

No. Safe Skies works alongside an operator's or flying school's Peer Support Programme.

How much does Safe Skies cost?

Fees depend on the number of crew, cadets or faculty and the bases involved, and are quoted on request after a call.

CREW for Aviation

Safe Skies

Mental health training for airlines and aviation schools. Crew, instructors and cadets learn to notice when someone is struggling and how to help, with confidential support behind them.

Built around DGCA Medical Circular 01 of 2023
Works alongside your Peer Support Programme
CPD-accredited Gatekeeper certification

For Airlines For Aviation Schools

Two groups, one aim: early help

Emotional stability is a flight safety matter. Safe Skies gives the people closest to a pilot or a crew member the confidence to notice, ask and connect them to help.

Flight deck · Cabin crew

For Airlines

Crew see each other at a 4 am report and on the third night of a layover, long before a medical examiner or a manager would notice anything. We start there.

Gatekeeper TrainingSo flight deck and cabin crew notice when a colleague is not right, and know how to help.
Pressure LabsA workshop on tackling anxiety and pressure.
Calm in the SkiesA workshop on managing sleep and bringing calm to work in the skies.

Instructors and staff · Cadets

For Aviation Schools

Cadets spend the hardest stretch of training away from home, and no support programme in India names student pilots. We work with the people around them and with cadets themselves.

Gatekeeper Training for instructors and staffFor flight and ground instructors and hostel staff, who often see a cadet struggling first.
Cadet Resilience ProgrammeRuns alongside flight training, from induction to type rating, without adding training days.

Behind every programme

Confidential support

Crew, cadets and faculty can talk to a trained listener or a counsellor through Talk by My Safe Spaces, without going through a manager or an instructor.

Kept apart from records

Asking for help is kept separate from training records, rosters and fitness-for-duty decisions, agreed in writing with your organisation.

Led by psychologists

Sessions are led by MSS clinical psychologists, as DGCA recommended for mental health training for flight crew.

What Safe Skies is not

Safe Skies supports early help. It does not assess fitness to fly, and does not replace the DGCA Class 1 medical, an operator's Peer Support Programme, SOPs or Safety Management System. Those decisions stay with DGCA-empanelled examiners and the DGCA Medical Directorate.

Talk to us about your airline or school

A 45-minute call covers your bases, your people and the support you already run. We share the full programme brief from there.

crew@mysafespaces.org

Fees are quoted on request. Safe Skies is part of CREW. Confidential support is through Talk by My Safe Spaces. Gatekeeper Essentials is delivered under CPD Standards Office (UK) Provider #50828. In India, CREW is delivered by MSS Services India LLP, Gurugram.