The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday announced extra steps air traffic controllers should take to avoid more incidents of near collisions at airports.
“Even though we all know that multiple levels of safety are built into our system, there is no question that we are seeing too many close calls,” said Tim Arel, chief operating officer of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization.
On Wednesday, the FAA issued a separate safety alert to airlines, pilots, and others citing the “need for continued vigilance and attention to mitigation of safety risks.”
The safety alert, entitled the “Aviation Safety Call to Action,” was posted (pdf) after the FAA convened a safety summit on March 15 following six serious runway incursions that unfolded since January of this year….