Washington, DC \u2014 On Wednesday, four safety measures authored of Congressman DeSaulnier (CA-11) to help prevent runway accidents passed the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for five years.<\/p>\n
Between 2011 and 2017, the U.S. has seen an alarming 83 percent increase in runway incursions, as well as a series of high profile near misses across the country and in Congressman DeSaulnier\u2019s backyard at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 302) which passed the House by a vote of 398-to-23, would make necessary safety improvements, modernize airports, and improve the passenger flying experience. H.R. 302 is the first long-term reauthorization of the agency since 2012.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach of our amendments began with one goal in mind: to make our aviation system safer,\u201d said Congressman DeSaulnier.<\/strong> \u201cWhile this bipartisan legislation will help provide much-needed certainty and stability for the FAA, there is more work to be done to address gaps in safety. With such an alarming number of close calls recently due to human errors, we should learn all we can from recent incidents and take action to protect the public now rather than waiting for a catastrophic accident. We are drafting legislation that will enhance aviation safety and bring the industry in line with others that proactively plan for and minimize the human factors that can contribute to an accident.\u201d<\/p>\n DeSaulnier\u2019s amendments included in H.R. 302 would improve the use of technology and data to support the work of pilots, air traffic controllers, and FAA safety inspectors to ensure safe landings through:<\/p>\n Yesterday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) voted on the probable cause of the July 7th<\/sup> near miss incident at SFO and put forth safety recommendations, some of which are addressed by the amendments Congressman DeSaulnier included in H.R. 302. Additionally, Mark is drafting legislation to address other gaps in aviation safety and to analyze human factors that could contribute to near misses.<\/p>\n In February, DeSaulnier led a request with Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review data on safety incidents and the FAA\u2019s framework for responding to such incidents. The GAO has accepted their request, and began preliminary work this week. The final report is expected to be issued in the Spring of 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Washington, DC \u2014 On Wednesday, four safety measures authored of Congressman DeSaulnier (CA-11) to help…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[23438,23437,40],"yoast_head":"\n\n