Human Factors, News, Runway Safety
A veteran pilot accustomed to flying IFR expected to be directed to the usual runway for a VFR departure, the ATSB says.
A 23,500-hour pilot – volunteering for a flying charity while furloughed from an airline job and unaccustomed to visual flight rules (VFR) departure procedures at Australia’s Bankstown Airport – entered an occupied runway instead of the parallel runway specified by air traffic control. An airport traffic controller cleared the pilot for takeoff before recognizing the error and telling the pilot to hold position.
Accident/Incident Investigation, Human Factors, News
After an unstable approach and a ground air brake failure, the G150 overran the runway, the NTSB says.
Flight Training, Human Factors, President's Message
Enhanced interpersonal skills training may be the necessary upgrade to human factors training.
The NTSB says a February runway incursion began when a charter flight took off without a clearance.
