General Aviation Safety Becomes Major Priority for NTSB

General aviation safety has been added to the National Transportation Safety Board's Most Wanted List, which was created to increase public awareness of, and support for, action to adopt steps that can help prevent accidents and save lives. Other aviation-related issues on the list include promoting pilot and air-traffic-controller professionalism; addressing human fatigue; requiring safety-management systems; improving runway safety; and requiring image and onboard-data recorders. Additionally, the general aviation industry relaunched its safety committee in partnership with the FAA earlier this year. This group includes manufacturers, operators, flight instructors and associations, along with the NTSB as an observer.