Three carriers with flights to and from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will install new safety equipment.
Skywest Airlines (Web site: www.skywest.com), US Airways and Southwest Airlines have been provided with $600,000 each from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to improve runway safety practices.
The airlines are to fit cockpit devices which will show pilots their exact location on the runways and taxiways to help reduce the number of incursions.
Each airline will fit the system on 20 aircraft by May 15 next year as part of a $5 million FAA program to improve runway safety.
The authority hopes to cut the number of serious incursions by 44 percent by using the new technology.
Bobby Sturgell, Acting Administrator at the FAA, told the Los Angeles Times: “This technology is on every pilot’s wish list. It’s going to be a big boost for runway safety.
“As a former airline pilot myself, I can tell you that putting these systems in the cockpit will raise situational awareness considerably.”
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