Ten years ago, Flight Safety Foundation joined other notable organizations that support aviation safety to issue an unprecedented resolution decrying an increase in aviation accident criminalization. We owe thanks to these organizations and others like them because their compelling arguments eventually led to International Civil Aviation Organization standards that have been recognized around the world for advancing the safety of our industry.
Thankfully, the industry has matured and the public has come to expect our extraordinary levels of safety. That success has allowed us to focus on close calls in aviation incidents and any associated failures of our highly dependable processes. In these cases, we hope the same principles of fairness to the individuals involved are being applied.
In October, China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5643,…
