http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7166715.stm
- Data gathered over four years, 16K pages, released 31 Dec 2007
- 1,266 incidents in which aircraft flew within 152m (500ft) of each other
- 1,312 cases of pilots suddenly dropping or climbing more than 90m
- 166 reports of pilots landing without clearance at an airport
I can somewhat understand the issues related to 3. and 4. and maybe how 3. may have helped avoid 2.
However, with 2. seems to cast a reckless and a bit of an indifferent light onto the NASA chiefs attitude. Contrasting 'harm to commercial interests' and with his comment "It's hard for me to see any data here that the travelling public would care about or ought to care about." ... leads me to an uneasy relfection upon Trento's excellent book "Prescription for Disaster: From the Glory of Apollo to the Betrayal of the Shuttle". Maybe safety lessons haven't been learned?
However, with 2. seems to cast a reckless and a bit of an indifferent light onto the NASA chiefs attitude. Contrasting 'harm to commercial interests' and with his comment "It's hard for me to see any data here that the travelling public would care about or ought to care about." ... leads me to an uneasy relfection upon Trento's excellent book "Prescription for Disaster: From the Glory of Apollo to the Betrayal of the Shuttle". Maybe safety lessons haven't been learned?
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