Re: FRA guidance memorandum for E.O. 28
Author: mook
Date: 08-27-2013 - 13:16

FAA *did* make an informal rule (local notice) after the crash (singular) at SFO: non-US airlines cannot make a visual approach (which is commonly used there to speed up traffic). If the ILS isn't available (which it's often not due to work going on), there's a standard GPS approach available that non-US airlines now must use. Apparently there have been a number of near-misses on a similar trajectory to the one that crashed, all involving non-US airlines.

Notice, though, that the means to meet the rule were already available. And it's a local rule addressing a local issue, not a nationwide rule that ignores what may already be on the books on various railroads. OTOH, FAA does rules every day (literally - look at the Federal Register some time) so a minor local tweak is no big deal. FRA doesn't do rules as often (thank goodness!) so they seem to make a Big Deal out of everything (and of course they have congresscreatures looking over their shoulder too, more so it seems than at FAA). Oh well - one more for the test, right?



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  FRA guidance memorandum for E.O. 28 OPRRMS 08-26-2013 - 06:19
  Re: FRA guidance memorandum for E.O. 28 BOB2 08-26-2013 - 13:59
  Re: FRA guidance memorandum for E.O. 28 GREAT 08-27-2013 - 09:44
  Re: FRA guidance memorandum for E.O. 28 mook 08-27-2013 - 13:16


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