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Say Again? #35: Lessons Unlearned
The National Airspace System has lots of redundancies; and some would say that takes more effort than is necessary. Why fly on airways when direct can be faster? Why read back the entire clearance or radio frequency change when you can just give your callsign? AVweb’s Don Brown tells of a time when a perfect storm of at least 11 separate, small errors built up to bring two planes mere feet from each other at high speed.
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Key Takeaways:
- The article recounts a near-miss incident where two aircraft came dangerously close due to a "perfect storm" of at least 11 accumulated small errors.
- It examines the perceived inefficiencies of air traffic control redundancies, such as flying airways or performing full readbacks.
- The incident underscores the critical importance of adhering to all established aviation procedures and redundancies, demonstrating the severe consequences of "lessons unlearned."
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