![]() ![]() But the 2007 Comair regional jet crash at Lexington, KY, in which the NTSB found controller fatigue to be a factor, led to no such effort to reconsider controller scheduling and duty-time regulations. The 2009 Colgan Air commuter plane crash near Buffalo, NY has led to a large-scale FAA effort to reconsider pilot fatigue and duty-time rules. In its safety regulatory activities, the FAA appears to use a different standard for its ATC staff than for outside parties that it regulates at arm’s length. Finally we explore how organizational separation might be carried out. We then look specifically at the forthcoming implementation of NextGen and how that process would be different under arm’s-length safety regulation. proposals for arm’s-length air safety regulation, and explain why the creation of the ATC safety oversight office within FAA’s safety regulation division (AVS) falls short. Next, we examine current practice in other countries. In this article, we first present some recent examples of problems with the status quo, problems that separation would address. That leaves ATC-which accounts for over 60% of the FAA’s budget-without the kind of knowledgeable leadership that will be needed to implement the huge paradigm shift represented by NextGen in a timely and cost-effective manner. Since “safety is job one” in aviation, most FAA Administrators come to the job with little technical background in air traffic control-and they end up spending most of their time dealing with accidents and safety regulatory actions. Aviation safety would be better served if safety oversight of the Air Traffic Organization were at arm’s length-just as it is for airlines, general aviation operators, airframe and powerplant manufacturers, pilots, mechanics, etc.Īnother reason for change concerns the need for management focus, especially when it comes to implementing NextGen. ![]() One reason to question the status quo is that combining ATC service provision with aviation safety regulation presents an inherent conflict of interest. In this article we would like to flesh out the case for this idea. In USA, an independent Air Traffic Organization is a part of Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).In the fall 2009 issue of The Journal of Air Traffic Control, Frank Frisbie suggests that the time has come to consider separating the FAA’s two principal functions-a. In countries like Australia, US, UK, France and Spain, the ATC organisations is autonomous. Vi)Development of next generation air navigation system in India. V)Optimization of airspace and improved ATC procedures. Iv)Harmonization with other global initiatives in line with the ICAO Global and Regional Air Navigation plans. Iii)Human resource and training planning. Ii)Timely and expeditious planning and implementation of new technology and procedures as approved by ICAO. I)Focused attention to Air Navigation Services, provision in line with ICAO Global Plan initiatives. Iv) Three sectors are operational in Area Control Centre and two sectors are operational in Approach Control at IGI Airport in order to reduce the controller’s workload and have the better situational awareness and surveillance of air traffic.Īutonomy for decision making and better management of Air Navigation Services would enable: Iii) A post of Member (ANS) has been filled up in AAI. Ii) Uni-directional ATS routes have been implemented in Delhi Terminal Control Area. I) Modernization of ATC system at Delhi and Mumbai already implemented. The steps taken to implement recommendations are: The Court of Inquiry after the incident of Charki-Dadri made 15 recommendations out of which 3 were concerned with Air Traffic Control (ATC). There are 1962 Air Traffic Controllers available in India. This information was given by the Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Praful Patel in Lok Sabha today. Subsequently, the ANS services should be hived off. In the first step all ANS activities should be aggregated under a separate Member(ANS). The Government has approved the proposal to hive off Air Navigation System (ANS) as a Government Entity in a two steps process. ![]()
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