Definition
An FAA online system that notifies pilots about FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) safety events, training courses, and seminars. Pilots create a free account, set their preferences and location, and SPANS sends email notifications about relevant safety activities in their area.
Plain English
A free FAA email service that tells pilots about safety meetings, online courses, and training events near them. You sign up, choose what topics interest you, and the system emails you when something matching comes up.
Context Anchor
Seen in FAA safety program material and on FAASafety.gov when pilots sign up for notices about safety seminars and training events.
Why Pilots Care
It gives pilots a simple way to learn about free or low-cost safety events that help reduce accident risk and maintain proficiency.
Intuition Check
“Airmen” does not mean only male pilots here. In FAA use, it means people who hold certain FAA aviation certificates, including pilots and other aviation professionals.
Example Sentence 1
After registering with SPANS, she received an email about a weather safety seminar at her home airport the following month.
Example Sentence 2
SPANS alerts kept the instructor updated on new safety programs offered by the local FAA office.