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Old 11th August 2008 | 07:06
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slatch
 
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Well, as someone else pointed out, this is not getting out to the controller workforce at the FAA as far as I am aware. Maybe it is getting more distribution in towers, the FAA really seems to be more concerned about runway incursions and incidents near runways. I have not seen or heard of any increase in pressure to violate pilots in the enroute or terminal facilities. Working at the largest (sq miles) facility in the world for 26 years I can testify to the relaxed roadside justise attitude that normally prevails. Minor errors are corrected and quickly forgotten. Errors that make us shake our heads, the pilots are usually asked to call in and we discuss what caused the confusion, and figure out why, no report. Serious errors and ones ending up in Operational Errors or Deviations are investigated by quality assurance and forwarded to FSDO and are out of our hands. The system would come to a screeching halt if we turned in every pilot deviation. Quality assurance and FSDO would not be able to keep up. Having said that I will say that in my opinion the number and frequency of pilot mistakes seems to be increasing. Not so much with the Air Carriers, but with the part 135 operators and GA. Especially when we have GPS jamming, Cirrus pilots dont seem to know what a VOR does. Anyway, in my own personal flying I have been on both sides of the situation. I have made some minor mistakes and the controller has corrected me, and the controller has made some mistakes and I corrected them. Both sides working together to make the system safe and efficient. Beware of people saying the sky is falling.
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