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Bill Voss (1951-1955), Linda Kelley (1954-1958), Cathy Ater (1984-1988), Thomas Beoddy (1961-1965), Larry Elliott (1954-1958), Carolyn Willis (1961-1965)
While there has been a history of cases in whichcontrollers flaunted management and committed safety errors, theagency has made improvements in recent years, said Bill Voss,president of the non-profit Flight Safety Foundation inAlexandria, Virginia, and a former controller.
The changes replace "rules that were dangerously obsolete and completely ineffective," said Bill Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation in Alexandria, Va. "The rule applies fatigue science in a way that makes sense."
Date: Dec 21, 2011
Category: Business
Source: Google
AP IMPACT: Automation in the air dulls pilot skill
The ability of pilots to respond to the unexpected loss or malfunction of automated aircraft systems "is the big issue that we can no longer hide from in aviation," said Bill Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation in Alexandria, Va. "We've been very slow to recognize the consequence of it a
Date: Aug 30, 2011
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Recent air controller incidents no sign of crisis, experts say
The rhetoric is completely out of proportion to the risk, says Bill Voss, a former controller who now heads the non-profit Flight Safety Foundation. The system isnt collapsing. It is working at an unprecedented level of safety, overall.
Date: Apr 20, 2011
Source: Google
Can the FAA keep air traffic controllers from napping?
Naps are essential: LaHood said on Sunday that "on my watch, controllers will not be paid to take naps." But "given the body of scientific evidence," that's putting politics ahead of public safety," says Bill Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation, as quoted by the AP. Authorities are reall
"Given the body of scientific evidence, that decision clearly demonstrates that politics remain more important than public safety," said Bill Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation of Alexandria, Va. "People are concerned about a political backlash if they allow controllers to have rest per
Date: Apr 17, 2011
Source: Google
Air-traffic controllers get new anti-fatigue rules
That makes it clear that politics are still the No. 1 priority in Washington and public safety is second, said Bill Voss, the president of the non-profit Flight Safety Foundation and a former controller.
Date: Apr 17, 2011
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
FAA tries to quell sleeping controller controversy
"We've been in denial about this problem forever so you have widespread abuse of a system," said Bill Voss, a former controller and president of the Flight Safety Foundation in Alexandria, Va. "We could have a far better system if we just admitted what is going on and put some structure around it."