5.2 Call to Action – Next Steps

On January 15, 2008 then-Acting FAA Administrator Robert Sturgell convened a teleconference with the chief executive officers of U.S. commercial carriers to reinforce the need for improved pilot training and cockpit procedure, citing concern over recent high-visibility runway safety events. Sturgell called for meetings with all carriers and top FAA safety officials for the purpose of examining ways to enhance situational awareness on the runway.

Flight Standards Service (AFS) leadership met face-to-face with the chief pilot, director of safety and director of operations for every U.S. air carrier. Those meetings occurred over a seven-day period ending on January 25, 2008. Key officers of every air carrier attended the meetings comprising a total of 325 air carrier and 224 FAA representatives. As a result of the FAA’s outreach, air carriers will provide pilots and flights engineers with the current data on runway incursions and will require crew members to review online informational safety programs by May 1, 2008. These meetings generated an extensive list of safety recommendations. Each line of business selected its top priority items for evaluation and follow on action. The following sections report those priorities.
Office of Runway Safety Efforts
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Establish annual runway incursion seminar for air traffic control, aviation industry and FAA Flight Standards.

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Partner with international organizations for runway incursion prevention. Standardize with ICAO on runway crossings.

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Publish synopsis and explanation of every A and B runway incursion.

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Take the lead in collecting, analyzing and distributing root cause data on all runway incursions.

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Request FAA to provide electronic links to pictorial and mapping data for identified Hot Spots at the Part 139 airports.

AFS Efforts
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Principal Operations Inspectors should provide updates to carriers of special emphasis items and validate the air carriers’ willingness to implement.

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Publish guidance requesting positive clearance to cross any runway—all crossings of any runway must be confirmed via air traffic control clearance.

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Expedite revision to AC to allow Class II Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) with aircraft present position on display.

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Standardize the use of aircraft lights for crossings and takeoff (revise AC).

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Require mandatory pre-taxi instructions for each aircraft utilizing Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, standardized coded taxi routes or verbal instructions.

Aircraft Certification Service Efforts
.  In April 2007, AFS and Aircraft Certification Service jointly issued AC 20-159, Obtaining Design and Production Approval of Airport Moving Map Display Applications Intended for Electronic Flight Bag Systems. AC 20-159 streamlined the process to allow own ship position on an airport moving map display for Class II (portable) EFBs, for which airworthiness regulations were not previously established. The airport moving map display helps flight crews orient themselves on the airport surface and improve pilot positional awareness during taxi operations.
　
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