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Dallas Morning NewsThe Federal Aviation Administration has started a new amnesty program for air traffic controllers in Dallas/Fort Worth aimed at improving air safety by making sure operating errors are reported and resolved.
The Air Traffic Safety Action Program began on Sunday in North Texas, allowing controllers to report any unsafe situations without fear of reprisal and is roughly based on a similar self-reporting program used at most airlines.
In 2007, the D/FW TRACON had 65 "operational errors" where planes get too close and 16 "operational deviations" where a plane flies into airspace assigned to another plane. Thus far this year, there have been 48 operational errors – three on Wednesday – and 25 operational deviations, and there's still six weeks left in the year.
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The FAA admitted April 24 that its managers misclassified the incidents and promised to take action. The administration of President-elect Barack Obama will mean a new FAA director. "We're very optimistic" about the potential for new leadership approaches, the controller union's Mr. Meachum said
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