The National Transportation Safety Board has directed the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure that preflight weather briefings include products modified or created by the National Weather Service in response to a prior safety recommendation.
Safety recommendation
The National Transportation Safety Board has directed the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure that preflight weather briefings include products modified or created by the National Weather Service in response to a prior safety recommendation.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued Safety Recommendation A-14-013, designated under reference number WPR10GA113. This directive is addressed to the Federal Aviation Administration. The core requirement of the recommendation mandates that all preflight weather briefings conducted by the FAA and its contracted entities must include specific meteorological data. Specifically, these briefings are required to incorporate any products that have been modified or created by the National Weather Service. These products were developed in direct response to Safety Recommendation A-14-17. The NSB's action aims to ensure that critical weather information derived from these specialized National Weather Service outputs is consistently provided to pilots and other aviation personnel during the preflight briefing process. This measure seeks to enhance situational awareness by ensuring that all relevant, updated weather products are available for review before flight operations commence.