Safety
NBAA Safety Committee Address Concern Over Near Collisions
Recent incidents have highlighted a need for increased safety vigilance
Doug Carr, NBAA’s senior v-p of safety, security, sustainability, and international operations
Doug Carr, NBAA’s senior v-p of safety, security, sustainability, and international operations. (Photo: NBAA)

Against the backdrop of several high-profile close calls and other incidents, NBAA’s safety committee has taken a close look at its top focus areas and updated them to reflect business aviation concerns that have come under the spotlight.

“There's a significant acknowledgment that things aren't going as we expected based on these near collisions,” Doug Carr, NBAA's senior v-p of safety, security, sustainability, and international operations, told AIN. “Fortunately, we've got this multilayered safety system that has prevented some of these collisions from happening…but there's a decent amount of ‘almost happens’ and that has got everybody's attention right now.”