What is the issue?
Aerodromes are high-risk environments. Almost 70% of all fatal air accidents happen at or around airports, such as runway incursions. This complex issue involves a lot of different aspects: airport design, lighting, markings, signage, wildlife control. All of these elements have to be carefully considered in order to make airports as safe as possible.
Why is this issue important to ECA?
Given the number of accidents happening at airports, there is a need to improve airport safety. For this, it is essential that pilots, as one of the end users of airports, are included in airport safety teams to provide their operational perspective.
