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Proposals for Improved Accident Reporting Trigger Negative Reactions

Steve Scott

Monday, April 4th, 2005

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The most significant changes to accident reporting in years have generated mostly a negative reaction from the industry. The challenge to the proposer, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), will be to see if industry concerns can be accommodated while still achieving the spirit of the announced changes. On Dec. 27, 2004, the NTSB suggested a number of alterations to the existing rules, specifically to broaden the definition of substantial damage (see ASW, Jan. 3, 2005). While this may yield…

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