The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), citing 27 runway incursions in just over five years at Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, has issued a series of recommendations to improve safety at two closely spaced parallel runways.
The four recommendations, issued last week, include one that calls for Nav Canada to alter its phraseology to ensure that safety-critical transmissions “are more compelling to flight crews in order for crews to take the safest course of action.”
Two recommendations are for Transport Canada and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to work with operators to develop standard operating procedures calling for crews to wait until after their landing aircraft clears all active runways to begin post-landing checks.
The fourth recommendation says that the Greater Toronto Airports Authority should change the taxiway layout at the airport’s S…
