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.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"At that point, with extremely limited time and information, he [the air traffic controller] did everything within his power by issuing an alert about the impending collision only two seconds after he heard the inbound Cessna's call... The primary purpose of the air traffic control system is to prevent the collisions of aircraft operating in the system. These aircraft simply were not in the system."

Source: Defendant’s attorney Guice Slawson III of the U.S. Department of Justice, maintaining that the controller was not aware and had no reason to be aware the Cessna and Piper were in dangerous proximity to each other, in a recent court action over a midair collision over Florida’s Everglades that was argued before the Eleventh Circuit.

FMI: www.faa.gov, www.justice.gov