Originally Posted by
Locked door
The whole USA aviation sector needs root and branch reform, there have been so many near misses in recent years that this accident was inevitable, it was just a question of when.
As a US pilot that flies worldwide, I don't disagree (although I've never witnessed a culture of selecting TA only or disregarding an RA), but wholesale change will never happen. There'll be a bunch of 'thoughts and prayers' and pearl clutching by talking heads, and maybe the FAA will change the way ATC separates traffic visually at night, but it'll take a lot more than a crash every couple of decades to get anyone to actually spend money on staffing and infrastructure.