Haneda To Impose Three-strikes Rule for Pilots with Repeated ATC Deviations | Aviation International News

Haneda Plans Three-strikes Rule To Bench Errant Pilots

Restriction targets individual pilots, not the operator or aircraft

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By Amy Wilder • Writer

August 17, 2026

Business aircraft captains who rack up three counted deviations from air traffic control instructions at Tokyo International Airport (RJTT, also known as Haneda Airport) will be grounded from serving as pilot-in-command there, under an enforcement program the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) is preparing for international business and general aviation traffic.

Reported by Universal Weather and Aviation, the restriction attaches to the individual pilot rather than the aircraft or the operator, so an operator can still use Haneda if a different, unrestricted captain takes the PIC seat. In a country where baseball is close to a national religion, the three-strikes framing gives an unusually plain-spoken shape to the accountability measure.

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