Jig (Joint Inspection Group)

the vision of jig is to be the leading internationally recognised forum where experts in all aspects of the aviation fuel supply industry can come together to establish and enhance standards for the safe handling and quality control of aviation fuels globally, and that those standards are recognised and endorsed by all parties with a stake in the industry. since the early 1970s, at the larger airports around the world, the aviation fuel supply companies have shared the use of the fuel storage tanks and fuelling systems in order to prevent unnecessary and expensive duplication and to save space, which is often at a premium. driven by this trend, the oil companies formed the joint inspection group to develop a set of standards which govern the operation of the shared fuel storage and handling facilities at the world’s major airports where the jig companies operate. the standards which jig maintains are: • jig 1 – aviation fuel quality control and operating standards for into-plane f