FAA Takes Action to Improve Runway Safety Amid Close Calls

The FAA has issued an industrywide bulletin urging airlines to step up vigilance at airports after a series of close calls on or near runways. The bulletin recommends "areas of focus" highlighted by recent events, including reinforcing rules, such as checklists and Air Traffic Control instructions, and reviewing runway safety protocols. The bulletin follows an emergency FAA safety summit that brought together regulators and industry groups after at least six high-profile runway incursions were reported at large US airports since the start of this year.