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Why Is The EU Sealing Aviation Safety Records?
The European Union will now begin blocking public access to reports and findings related to most aviation safety incidents, an unexpected, transparency-reducing move. (www.travelpulse.com) More...
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If this goes ahead it will be a backward step in safety issues. Typical stupidity of the European Union.
I agree with David Bottomley
There can be only one reason for such a stupid transparency-reducing move, they are covering their asses.
Two things:
(1) This is completely separate from blocking real time or near real time tracking of flights - there are legitimate security and privacy concerns that may prompt an individual or corporation from wanting the movements of their aircraft tracked - I don't expect that anyone posting here would want all of their automobile trips made publicly available to any person for any reason - same thing except that for aircraft movements the ATC agencies (ie government) will have the records regardless of whether or not they are public
(2) Just speculating (as a professional in the aviation business I sometimes rely on these very same records of incidents and occurances to identify safety issues), but perhaps the motivation for not making the records public is to encourage more reporting - without the reports the regulator can't properly perform oversight of the airlines and OEMs and if individuals or companies are discouraged from reporting by the fact that the records will be public then perhaps not making them public is a good idea
Note that not making any records public runs counter to the interests of the media and so called experts who provide sound bites whenever something happens, no matter how routine, who are motivated by ratings to sensationalize any news.
My two cents!
(1) This is completely separate from blocking real time or near real time tracking of flights - there are legitimate security and privacy concerns that may prompt an individual or corporation from wanting the movements of their aircraft tracked - I don't expect that anyone posting here would want all of their automobile trips made publicly available to any person for any reason - same thing except that for aircraft movements the ATC agencies (ie government) will have the records regardless of whether or not they are public
(2) Just speculating (as a professional in the aviation business I sometimes rely on these very same records of incidents and occurances to identify safety issues), but perhaps the motivation for not making the records public is to encourage more reporting - without the reports the regulator can't properly perform oversight of the airlines and OEMs and if individuals or companies are discouraged from reporting by the fact that the records will be public then perhaps not making them public is a good idea
Note that not making any records public runs counter to the interests of the media and so called experts who provide sound bites whenever something happens, no matter how routine, who are motivated by ratings to sensationalize any news.
My two cents!
Freedom of information act?????
How can anyone learn from previous safety issues if they are covered up?
How can anyone learn from previous safety issues if they are covered up?
There is a greater push from private or corporate owners to hide this information. It is not solely to cover up malfeasance, but to a path to cloak operations in secrecy from public eyes.
Many business jet owners want to strip tail numbers from their planes, and prohibit their movement being reported on services like FlightAware. They shout privacy in public, but really want to obscure their activities that might not be fit for the public to know. This move by the EU is simply a nudge in that direction. If successful more will follow.
The EU regulators are showing signs that they are as bought and paid for as US politicians.
Just as the US demanded English be the language of aviation, Washington must demand all records be open and available to the public.
Many business jet owners want to strip tail numbers from their planes, and prohibit their movement being reported on services like FlightAware. They shout privacy in public, but really want to obscure their activities that might not be fit for the public to know. This move by the EU is simply a nudge in that direction. If successful more will follow.
The EU regulators are showing signs that they are as bought and paid for as US politicians.
Just as the US demanded English be the language of aviation, Washington must demand all records be open and available to the public.
