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.
Amidst rising departures, safety has improved for U.S. airlines.
The Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) launched a new air safety Web site to communicate details on safety enhancements, procedures, and the global strategy that has resulted in the CAST track record of increasing safety and reducing commercial aviation accidents.
ATA released an open letter to all commercial pilots from organizations representing more than 50 U.S. airlines and 70,000 pilots, and the Federal Aviation Administration, announcing that Feb. 12 is Runway Safety Awareness Day and committing to further bolster an already exceptional safety record.
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.
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 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 (NGATS).
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.
CDA is a stair-stepped approach to an airport requiring planes to descend in steps, significantly reducing fuel burn and emissions, noise, and flight time.
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.
SWIM is a future information-management architecture that will manage surveillance, flight and weather data, and other National Airspace System data to all users.
The air traffic system is severely constrained. ATA offers these guiding principles on how the system can keep pace with user demand.
ATA submitted its formal response to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out Performance Requirements to Support Air Traffic Control (ATC) Service.
ATA issued a statement commenting on the FAA Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
Engineering and maintenance programs keep aircraft in safe working order and preserve the airlines' valuable physical assets by keeping aircraft in safe, reliable, and customer-worthy condition.
The FAA has adopted new regulations for ETOPS which allow trans-oceanic and trans-polar flights to range farther from alternate airports along their flight paths, provided they meet stringent requirements.
ATA Vice President of Operations and Safety Basil Barimo provides additional perspective on issues raised recently by the media regarding maintenance contracting.
ATA and FAA have recognized industry and government professionals with the prestigious Non-Destructive Testing "Better Way" award for 2007.
ATA recently announced the winners of the 2007 ATA Nuts and Bolts Awards presented at the Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) Conference and Exhibition in Atlanta, GA.
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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 describes the upcoming Operations & Safety events that ATA is involved with.
The 2008 MRO Conference and Exhibition, which is jointly sponsored by ATA and Aviation Daily, will be held at the Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 15-17, 2008.
The ATA 2008 NDT Forum will be held September 22-25 at the Seattle Airport Doubletree Hotel. For an idea of the actual program content, please see the summary site for last year's 2007 NDT Forum, held in Orlando, Florida.
The 2008 Human Factors Symposium will be held September 3-4, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the FAA/ATA International Symposium on Human Factors in Maintenance and Ramp Safety.
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 submitted its formal response to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out Performance Requirements to Support Air Traffic Control (ATC) Service.
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