The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has responded to an independent safety review team’s criticism by adopting a series of the panel’s recommendations designed to put more air traffic controllers into control towers across the country.
FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said Friday that the National Airspace System Review Team “made some excellent recommendations, and we are adopting some of them immediately.”
The safety review was prompted by a cluster of serious runway incursions at U.S airports early this year. The panel’s final report, submitted to Whitaker on Nov. 15, traced the problem to shortfalls in staffing, facilities and technology and said that those shortfalls are contributing to an “erosion in the margin of safety.”
The FAA said it is acting to provide additional support to the more than 20 colleges and universities that participate in the Air Traffic—Colle…
