Re: VAST:Error or Violation?

Elias D Nikolaidis (scorpio_at_matrix.kapatel.gr)
Fri, 04 Jul 1997 13:44:13 +0300


Hi everyone,
Here in Greece
a similar situation , most probably , would had generated the same
letter...
It is required , it is mandatory , by the Authority , for every pilot
to report any action which could had led to an incident...
Unfortunately we have a long way to go.
Elias Nikolaidis
Flight Safety
Olympic Airways

> Hello CRM-developers,
>
> I would like to extend this question to the Aviation Authorities
> action. An example:
>
> An airline pilot taxies to the active runway without clearance and
> makes there a PURE HUMAN ERROR. The traffic is low and there is no
> danger of any kind. He writes a report of this incident to the
> aviation authorities who in turn listen to the ATC voice recordings
> and determine that the pilot has lined up the runway without clearance
>
> as he has reported. The authorities then send a letter to the pilot
> stating that he has violated the aviation regulations. It is also
> stated that the pilot should be more carefull in the future in order
> to avoid authority action which might concern his pilots licence.
>
> My personal opinion is that the above action by the authorities
> definitely does not encourage the pilot population to report their own
>
> mistakes which is required by the aviation regulations at least here
> in Finland. This in turn leads to reduction in aviation safety as an
> incident which might be worth investigating might never be known by
> the authorities who investigate the incidents.
>
> My question is:
>
> -How do the authorities of other countries handle incidents like this?
>
> Best regards, Tero Lybeck from Finland