Air-Traffic Expert: Major Reforms Needed to Fix the Industry.
AScribe Law News Service, February, 2008
Byline: Purdue University
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Several recent reports of near misses by commercial airplanes have focused attention on the health of the country's air-traffic control system, but a Purdue University aviation expert says near misses are just one symptom of what's ailing an overburdened industry.
"Anytime you have humans involved in any process, there is a chance of error," said Michael Nolan, a professor of aviation technology and director of Purdue's air-traffic control program. "Ultimately, the real problem is not with the controllers but with the constant battle between capacity of the system and increased demand."
Nolan, a former air-traffic controller who wrote a book on the system's...
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