According to whistle-blowers inside the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, federal investigators have uncovered a grotesque culture of laxness. In its report it found procedural recommendations made in 2005 which were never addressed or fixed.
The lax adherence in airport procedures is nothing to ignore, much less when it’s the air traffic controllers. When we are talking about thousands of lives on those planes the difference between 2.8 miles and 3.0 miles is nothing to ignore, but that’s exactly what air traffic controllers at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport are being accused.
The proper clearance is 3.0 miles between planes, but according to a former supervisor at the airport, when errors happen because of the controllers they would blame the pilots instead. During the start of the year about 100 such incidents have been reported as “pilot error”.
Its one thing to be cautious of mechanical failure at the back of your mind, but now having to worry about the people guiding your plane down being blatantly careless is completely unacceptable. The FAA is continuing to investigate the matter and will probably seek key personnel resignations, and hopefully criminal charges being brought up.
Source doc aero-news
