Safety is the number one priority for airlines. The airlines, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), work collaboratively to strive to achieve zero fatalities and accidents. This section describes the latest ATA initiatives related to safety.
ATA issued a statement in response to the Federal Aviation Administration safety announcement.
ATA members are committed to using the best science available combined with proven operational experience to improve pilot duty time and fatigue management. We look forward to working with the Committee, the FAA and other stakeholders in this important endeavor.
See the safety record of U.S. airlines performing scheduled services worldwide, as recorded by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1927.
This section provides related external links to the U.S. commercial aviation safety and operations, including related federal agencies.
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The air traffic control (ATC) system is managed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide safe separation of aircraft over the United States and in and out of U.S. airports. ATA remains a strong vocal proponent of modernizing the ATC system. This section highlights various ATC-related activities of interest to the airline industry.
"Effective Flight Plans Can Help Airlines Economize" (Boeing AERO Magazine, Third Quarter 2009)
The three critical components of the National Airspace System - communications, navigation, and surveillance -- must be modernized if we are to maintain the world's largest, safest, and most efficient air transportation system.
While the basic design of the U.S. air traffic control system dates back to the 1950s, this design promises to present ever-growing concerns as demand for system capacity continues to rise.
ATA Vice President, Operations and Safety Basil Barimo contributed an article entitled "Shaping the Future ATC System" in a recent issue of the Flight Safety Foundation magazine AeroSafety World.
TAs are generated by ATM computers and consider local traffic, weather, terrain, noise restrictions, and the aircraft's own capabilities to obtain an optimal route and an exact touchdown time for arriving aircraft.
ATA member airlines support a transition to an ADS-B surveillance system. Find out more about how it works and why FAA considers it the cornerstone of their Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).
FAA produced a NextGen video that tracks how the same flight would be handled with the current ATC system versus modernized airspace management system.
Engineering and maintenance programs keep aircraft in working order and preserve the airlines' valuable physical assets by keeping aircraft in safe, reliable, and customer-worthy condition.
ATA Vice President of Operations and Safety Basil Barimo provides additional perspective on issues raised recently by the media regarding maintenance contracting.
The Air Transport Association of America, in association with the Federal Aviation Administration, today recognized the recipients of the 2009 FAA-ATA Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) “Better Way” award.
ATA congratulated the winners of the 42nd annual ATA Nuts and Bolts Award.
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Several times during the year, ATA hosts and co-sponsors conferences, seminars, and symposiums related to safety and operational issues.
This section covers airline industry information related to the safe and efficient operation of our member's fleet of over 4,000 large transport aircraft. ATA's various councils and committees collaborate with regulators in the U.S. and abroad to develop safer, smarter, and fairer aviation policies.
RNP is a way for pilots to navigate between waypoints in the sky, independent of ground-based navigational aids. It is a powerful tool that allows users to efficiently and safely tap into airspace that today is unused.
ATA filed comments expressing serious and broad concerns about a Federal Aviation Administration proposed regulation that would rewrite pilot, flight attendant, flight engineer and dispatcher training requirements.
ATA filed comments expressing serious and broad concerns about the FAA proposed regulation that would rewrite pilot, flight attendant, flight engineer and dispatcher training requirements. In particular, ATA believes that the proposal could adversely impact current ‘best practice’ training programs – a result neither the FAA nor the industry want to see. (August 12, 2009)
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