The Coverup and Blame Game

Thursday, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel confirmed that local managers at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport air traffic control center had hidden controller mistakes ... and that makes it twice in three years. The FAA has responded by initiating an amnesty program to help make sure the errors are properly reported and resolved. Controllers are being told they may now report any unsafe situations without concern of reprisal, which some feel risks retention of sub-par controllers. Local managers have been assigned responsibility for the misclassifications, but it seems FAA administrators at the facility may have escaped blame.

I think that pilots should be given the same treatment as the controllers. Everyone case needs to be looked at on a case by case basis.

These are the same people that report flight crews for violation. At the end of the day, we are all human and all make mistakes, albeit hopefully we learn from our mistakes, and the are not such as to cause tragic results.

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