In my strongest opinion, traffic mismanagement poses an environmental impact that concerns the airport managers. Air traffic controllers are vital for pilot navigation in the sky. They control flight paths, communicate with pilots, update their routes, or inform any austere weather conditions. It's the air traffic controller's job to keep track of all aircraft statuses in flight. The purpose of traffic management is to ensure the safe flow of all aircraft in the different classes of airspace.
Traffic mismanagement could happen if air traffic controllers are negligent, from possibly being overworked. In an unexpected event-emergency landing, awful weather, etc.- it's the ATC's responsibility to communicate with pilots if the event change affects them. Small aircraft solely rely on air traffic controllers; there may be a possibility the small plane lacks the instruments jetliners have, resulting in the small aircraft pilot detecting hazards on their own. Negligence from an ATC can lead to an accident which is considered a human error. It starts with the pilot, then the flight crew, if it wasn't them, aircraft maintenance, and the air traffic controller. Some ATC contributions to errors include fatigue, improper communication, training, management, and mismanagement of air traffic.
We all work together as a team in the aviation community, so how do we take the initiative to mitigate traffic mismanagement among us? Here's how by balancing demand with capacity at the airport or in the class of airspace. Aviation managers should inculcate ATCs are implementing and coordinating control procedures to determine the significance of the event.
Reference:
Aviation Accidents: Air Traffic Controller Error. (March 4, 2020). https://www.wkw.com/aviation-accidents/blog/aviation-accidents-air-traffic-controller-error/
Alexander,
ReplyDeleteATC miscommunication is a vast and real threat in everyday aviation. There are accidents in the aviation world directly related to this. There have been thousands of death from this kind of miscommunication (Patty, 2016). Radio communication is crucial for aviation safety (Patty, 2016). One example of this is the miscommunication between English speakers and non-English speakers. In 1977 two Boeing 747s in Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands had a runway incursion because of a Dutch-speaking pilot's lack of English (Patty, 2016). There was a bomb threat inside of the airport they were taking off from, causing hours of delays (Ziomek, 2020). This delay could be a factor in why this incursion happened; the crew grew restless (Ziomek, 2020). The Dutch pilot took off from one side of the runway without being cleared, while the other 747 took off from the opposite side while being cleared. It was also a foggy day so, the two aircraft did not see each other till it was too late. The accident claimed the lives of 583 human souls (Ziomek, 2020). The Dutch pilot took off from one side of the runway while the other cleared 747 was taking off from the opposite side. It was also a foggy day so, the two aircraft did not see each other till it was too late. The accident claimed the lives of 583 human souls (Ziomek, 2020).
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Resources:
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Wilson, D. (2017, October 20). Failure to Communicate. Flight Safety Foundation. https://flightsafety.org/asw-article/failure-to-communicate/.
Ziomek, J. (2020, September 17). Disaster on Tenerife: History's Worst Airline Accident. HistoryNet. https://www.historynet.com/disaster-on-tenerife-historys-worst-airline-accident.htm.