Regulations and Government
Washington Report: AMASS 1, accidents 0
Air traffic controllers at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) are already hailing the airport movement area safety system (Amass) as an aviation suc

Air traffic controllers at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) are already hailing the airport movement area safety system (Amass) as an aviation success story after it alerted them to a potentially hazardous situation involving a business jet and a regional airliner on one of SFO’s runways.

Controllers had instructed the business jet to taxi into position for an intersection departure about 6,000 ft down the runway. As the regional airliner approached the airport, bright green indicators called “hold bars” illuminated the ground radar display, indicating the regional was headed inbound to the runway occupied by the business jet.