NTSB Issues Investigative Update on San Francisco Airport Near Miss

Re:NTSB Issues Investigative Update on San Francisco Airport... by pmikesell on Thursday August 03, 2017 @03:41AM (#14917695)

I a am a pilot. At night, after a long flight to a place you don't live at, you are desperately looking to orient yourself. They looked at the charts, saw 2 runways, and found them. It can be extremely disoritening, especially at a place like sfo where there are two parallel sets of runways.

What we need is better computer guidance. The tech is available, our legislature is not. Look at the incredible "taking out freedoms" pushback against adsb to see what I'm talking about.

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Re:NTSB Issues Investigative Update on San Francisco Airport... by phkahler on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:06AM (#14920206)

Isn't ADS-B already on these planes? Shouldn't they have gotten some indication they were about to hit several other planes?

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Re:NTSB Issues Investigative Update on San Francisco Airport... by asclepi on Friday August 04, 2017 @03:05PM (#14931110)

Only ADS-B Out (which refers to an aircraft broadcasting its position and other information) will be required in the near future. ADS-B In (which refers to an aircraft receiving the broadcasts and messages) remains optional.

Also, due to the common airport design of runways and parallel taxiways, it isn't uncommon to fly either near or over waiting planes on final approach, so this may not have been cause for alarm even if they were equipped with ADS-B In.

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