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Aviation Weather Services A Call For Federal Leadership and Action (1995) / Chapter Skim
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Pages 9-13

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... First, although many weather-related accidents could be reduced by improving the quality of preflight and en route aviation weather services, weather-related accidents also could be reduced by enhancing training programs to increase the effectiveness of decision making by pilots, controllers, and other users in the face of uncertain or adverse weather conditions. Second, adverse weather can create dangerous situations that, because of pilot skill, luck, or some other circumstance, do not result in aircraft accidents or reportable incidents, and these situations do not appear in accident statistics.
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From page 10...
... a Aviation Weather Services "Reduce the likelihood of weather-related accidents by improving access and delivery of weather information and by improving technology." "Reduce the capacity-impacting consequences of weather phenomena by improved weather forecasts and increased accuracy, resolution, and dissemination of observations on the ground and in the air " In addition, Me 1993 FAA Capital Investment Plan establishes the goal of reducing "the number of accidents attributable to weather by 20 percent by 2000" (FAA, 1993~. ECONOMIC IMPERATIVES The air transportation system serves the business community and general public by providing routine passenger service and delivering mail and other air cargo throughout the United States.
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From page 11...
... Widespread use of cockpit weather display systems would reduce the annual operating costs of a typical domestic airline by $5.9 million (Scanlon, 1993~. Forecasts of adverse weather at destination airports often require departing aircraft to carry extra fuel so that they can reach alternate airports in case they cannot land at the intended destination.
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From page 12...
... During adverse weather, airline dispatchers and air traffic managers reduce air traffic to prevent overloading airports. Improving aviation weather services makes it possible for these individuals to respond more appropriately to adverse weather, thereby reducing weatherrelated delays and increasing the capacity and efficiency of the national airspace system.
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From page 13...
... 1994. Presentation by Greg Salottolo, National Transportation Safely Board, to the National Aviation Weather Services Committee, at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., September 1, 1994.
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