A-00-026

NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation

Recommendation text

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE FAA: PROVIDE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WITH ANNUAL REFRESHER TRAINING DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL AIR SPACE (NAS) AND ENHANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (ETMS), INCLUDING AN OVERVIEW OF ETMS PREDICTIVE FUNCTIONS, THE DATA FLOW AND MESSAGE TYPES EXCHANGED BETWEEN NAS AND ETMS, AND THE VARIOUS FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT THE ACCURACY OF ETMS PREDICTIONS.

In plain language (FlightFinder summary)

The FAA should provide air traffic controllers with annual refresher training covering the relationship between the National Air Space (NAS) and the Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS), including an overview of ETMS predictive functions, the data flow and message types exchanged between the systems, and the factors that may affect the accuracy of ETMS predictions.

This plain-language summary is written by FlightFinder to explain the recommendation above. It is not the official wording — the verbatim NTSB text is quoted above.

Details

StatusClosed - Acceptable Action
ModeAviation
ClosedJun 10, 2003
NTSB numberDCA98IA077
AddresseesFAA

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NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).