The FAA needs to do a better job of overseeing safety lapses among air traffic controllers and other employees, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said on Tuesday. The office, which investigates complaints from whistleblowers, said the FAA and the Transportation Department have repeatedly failed to take “timely corrective action” in response to such complaints. “The public properly expects zero tolerance for unnecessary risks,” said Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner. Among the complaints cited by Lerner were inadequate oversight that allowed emergency-service helicopters to fly with improperly fitted night-vision goggles, imprecise language used by air traffic controllers in the greater New York area that resulted in a near-collision, and ATC clearances issued without proper wake-turbulence separation.
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