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NTSB says Notams are "just a pile of garbage" [video]
NTSB Board Chairman, at the Air Canada 759 hearing into the SFO attempted taxiway landing explains that NOTAMs are "just a pile of garbage that no one pays any attention to" "written in some kind of language that only a computer programmer would really understand. Just pages and pages and pages of irrelevant material, the important stuff gets buried." (www.youtube.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Concur NOTAMS are a waste
The notam system like EMR electronic medical records at your hospital is kindly delivered by and for trial attorneys ready to get the pilot and medical pro, alike. When you read Notams about heliports hundreds of miles away remember that!
I'm glad to finally hear someone say it. NOTAMs are an classic example of TOO MUCH INFORMATION, kind of like the "agreements" you "accept" when installing software; do you really read all of that? They key to effective NOTAMs is coding them so that they can be accurately displayed based on the airports and route in the flight plan and the only abbreviate to the extent it is faster and easier to read. And chart NOTAMs should be coded so that they can be displayed graphically. Jeppesen and others have certainly tried to display NOTAMs intelligently, but they can only do so to the extent that the underlying data supports it.
Gray hair perspective might see the NOTAM "system" as a pre-digital attempt at information automation that is currently swamped for lack of bandwidth since it was built for two orders of magnitude or less demand. However, the challenge remains in a fundamental conflict in the mission of the FAA, promote aviation or safeguard the flying public. This a government agency folks, how can they possibly have effective problem-solving transparency, and not scare the $hit out of the geese???
Much of the NOTAM “junk” (100-foot crane) is the result of our legal system. If you can’t demonstrate “well, we TOLD them” after some doofus hits the thing, the lawyers & their multi million lawsuits will swarm big time.
Bingo. So I think the fix is organizing the information better to show the really important stuff at the top.
What do Notams have to do with this instance of the pilot lining up and trying to land on the taxiway!