Safety and Technology

Photo credit: SpaceX NATCA excellence and teamwork were front and center as aviation safety professionals managed the airspace across the East Coast on Feb. 6 when SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket […]

Below is a report from NATCA President Paul Rinaldi and Executive Vice President Trish Gilbert. Last month (Jan. 15-18) we attended the annual International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Air Traffic Services Committee meeting followed by a […]

After an AeroUnion Boeing 767-200 cargo flight took off from Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday, Dec. 5, a Los Angeles Tower (LAX) controller observed smoke coming from one of the plane’s engines, and alerted the […]

What’s an ATSAP analyst? An Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP) Analyst is an air traffic control specialist who applies comprehensive knowledge of air traffic control operations and procedures to classify air traffic events and incidents. […]

History of ATSAP The Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP) was established in July 2008 as a voluntary non-punitive reporting program to encourage FAA air traffic employees to report safety events and safety concerns, with the […]

How it works The Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP) helps resolve safety issues that otherwise might not have been identified or resolved. FAA modeled ATSAP after another voluntary safety reporting system used by selected air […]