FAA Quizzes Web users for better safety

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FAA Quizzes Web users for better safety

This week, host Ruben Gomez talks with Wes Timmons, director of the FAA Office of Runway Safety. May 27, 2010

Federal News Network Staff

May 25, 2010 11:51 am

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May 27, 2010 — Many federal agencies use online quizzes and questionnaires, but the FAA is using them to improve runway safety.

Today’s show highlights work by the FAA Office of Runway Safety.

Director Wes Timmons discusses the methods his office uses to achieve its mission of reducing runway incursions — when an airplane ventures onto a runway without clearance.

Topics include:

A national safety campaign spurred by one of those online quizzes.
Automated software to analyze and prevent runway incursions.
Actions underway to reduce an increasing number of runway incursions
Oversight responsibilities
Office structure
The Runway Safety Council, a group Timmons’ office launched to find the root causes of runway incursions