NTSB`s Most Wanted List

Det amerikanske organet NTSB, tilsvarende vårt Statens Havarikommisjon for Transport, har levert en oppdatert liste til FAA, tilsvarende vårt Luftfartstilsyn, over elementer innen flysikkerheten som kan bedres. Her er listen:
Aviation : The Federal Aviation Administration should:


Improve Oversight of Pilot Proficiency
• Evaluate prior flight check failures for pilot applicants before hiring.
• Provide training and additional oversight that considers full performance histories for flight crewmembers  demonstrating performance deficiencies.
 
Require Image Recorders
• Install crash-protected image recorders in cockpits to give investigators more information to solve complex accidents.

Improve the Safety of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Flights
• Conduct all flights with medical personnel on board in accordance with stricter commuter aircraft regulations.
• Develop and implement flight risk evaluation programs for EMS operators.
• Require formalized dispatch and flight-following procedures including up-to-date weather information.
• Install terrain awareness and warning systems (TAWS) on aircraft used for EMS operations.

Improve Runway Safety
• Give immediate warnings of probable collisions/incursions directly to flight crews in the cockpit.
• Require specific air traffic control (ATC) clearance for each runway crossing.
• Require operators to install cockpit moving map displays or an automatic system that alerts pilots when a takeoff is attempted on a taxiway or a runway other than the one intended.
• Require a landing distance assessment with an adequate safety margin for every landing.

Reduce Dangers to Aircraft Flying in Icing Conditions
• Use current research on freezing rain and large water droplets to revise the way aircraft are designed and approved for flight in icing conditions.
• Apply revised icing requirements to currently certificated aircraft.
• Require that airplanes with pneumatic deice boots activate the boots as soon as the airplane enters icing conditions.

Improve Crew Resource Management
• Require commuter and on-demand air taxi flight crews to receive crew resource management training.

Reduce Accidents and Incidents Caused by Human Fatigue in the Aviation Industry
• Set working hour limits for flight crews, aviation mechanics, and air traffic controllers based on fatigue research, circadian rhythms, and sleep and rest requirements.
• Develop a fatigue awareness and countermeasures training program for controllers and

those who schedule them for duty.
• Develop guidance for operators to establish fatigue management systems, including a methodology that will continually assess the effectiveness of these systems.