Re: Comair Crash

[Abby Klemmer <aklemmer -at- factset -dot- com>]

"Jessica Weissman" <Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com> wrote:

>> Regarding the Comair crash:  the integrated charts were not updated, 
but
>> the change was recording in the NOTAMs (Notices to Airmen), a sort of
>> running update log.  Pilots are supposed to be aware of all NOTAMs, as
>> vital information is conveyed in them.  Pilots take this seriously.
>> 
>> So it's better to have up to date documentation in the primary source.
>> But this particular change was documented.


I know very little about avaition, but to me this seemed like a rock-solid 
case for integrated "help": Why don't they just paint the words "SHORT 
RUNWAY" every few hundred feet on the short runways designed for 
general-aviation only?  Kind of like they paint "FIRE LANE" on city 
streets, or "SCHOOL AHEAD."

Of course, this wouldn't replace the runway diagrams and notices -- those 
would remain necessary and useful especially in cases of snow on the 
ground -- but at least it would be a flashing red light to a pilot who 
happened to be steering a jet onto the wrong runway.

Abby Klemmer
FactSet Research Systems
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