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Modernization, Safety Data Integration Remain Top Priorities in 2006

Steve Scott

Monday, January 9th, 2006

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In 2006, the U.S. air safety community will continue its attempts to take the nation's aviation network toward a "system safety approach" and to modernize many of its procedures, says Terry McVenis, executive air safety chairman for the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA). The basic philosophy of such an over-arching safety approach starts with integrating all the available data that is generated by any of the interested aviation firms, government agencies or organizations. The accumulated data is analyzed, with…

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