Operations & Safety

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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. 

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Required Navigation Performance (RNP)

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 Says FAA Crew Training Proposal Unworkable

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 comments on FAA Proposed Regulation on Flight Training Programs

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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