Safety
FAA Calls for New Presentation of Weather Info
The FAA has criticized the airlines for failing to equip their aircraft with the latest on-board weather technology, thereby limiting the amount of relevan

The FAA has criticized the airlines for failing to equip their aircraft with the latest on-board weather technology, thereby limiting the amount of relevant data pilots receive. The agency commended general aviation, however, for embracing new technologies that will be an integral part of the NextGen air transportation system.

“It is essential that flight crewmembers receive timely, accurate and easily understood weather information,” said Nick Sabatini, the FAA’s associate administrator for aviation safety, at the recent NextGen Conference on Integrating Weather, Airports and Air Navigation Services. “Yet today, many air carrier pilots…must interpret weather information from a verbal description given by the dispatcher or from pilot reports.

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