Missoulian: Controllers reveal risk that could cause plane collisions
FAA Confirms Whistleblower Disclosures of Flight Safety Risk
“The whistleblowers raised concerns about the FAA’s failure to adequately address the safety risks associated with multiple aircraft flight plans. Multiple flight plans can provide conflicting information to air traffic controllers and flight crews. They occur when pilots, air traffic control centers, and dispatch centers make revisions to flight plans, such as to departure times, altitude, flight speed, etc. According to the FAA, “when multiple flight plans are filed for the same flight, there is the potential that a controller can clear the flight for departure based upon a flight plan that is different than the one most recently filed by the operator, which could result in the crew flying a route not anticipated or planned for by the” air traffic controller.”
FAA Confirms Whistleblower Disclosures of Flight Safety Risk
“The whistleblowers raised concerns about the FAA’s failure to adequately address the safety risks associated with multiple aircraft flight plans. Multiple flight plans can provide conflicting information to air traffic controllers and flight crews. They occur when pilots, air traffic control centers, and dispatch centers make revisions to flight plans, such as to departure times, altitude, flight speed, etc. According to the FAA, “when multiple flight plans are filed for the same flight, there is the potential that a controller can clear the flight for departure based upon a flight plan that is different than the one most recently filed by the operator, which could result in the crew flying a route not anticipated or planned for by the” air traffic controller.”
Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases; Site Security
“The changes proposed as part of this proposed rule would allow the BLM to strengthen its policies governing production verification and accountability by updating Order 3's requirements to address changes in technology and industry practices that have occurred in the 25 years since Order 3 was issued, and to respond to recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) with respect to the BLM's production verification efforts.”
“The changes proposed as part of this proposed rule would allow the BLM to strengthen its policies governing production verification and accountability by updating Order 3's requirements to address changes in technology and industry practices that have occurred in the 25 years since Order 3 was issued, and to respond to recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) with respect to the BLM's production verification efforts.”
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