Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"The NTSB found that the air show industry lacks standardized terms to impart directives to the pilots. And investigators said that the air boss’s deconfliction strategy 'was ineffective because the flight paths of the B-17G and the P-63F converged as each pilot maneuvered toward their respective show lines.'

The NTSB also found that the Federal Aviation Administration and the International Council of Air Shows 'had not adequately considered the need to better mitigate the collision risks associated with performances involving multiple dissimilar aircraft.'

The investigation also turned up other safety issues, including a lack of a risk assessment plan, unclear communication directives, the lack of requirements for recurrent evaluations of air bosses, inadequate air show safety assessment and reporting issues within the Commemorative Air Force and insufficient regulatory oversight."

Source: A portion of the statement released by the NTSB in their findings following the tragic Commemorative Air Force’s Wings Over Dallas air show.

FMI:  https://www.ntsb.gov/