"Angus Davis" wrote in message
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While there are many opinions on this issue, the data presented in the
report seems clear.

I am not sure if I have enough information to reach a conclusion on this.
The report does, indeed, indicate that FAA VFR towers have 5 times more
deviations than contracted VFR towers. The report also says that these are
self-reported deviations and that no system is in place to routinely report
or attempt to report all deviations.

So either I have to conclude that contracted towers are 5 times safer than
FAA towers or I have to conclude that there is a data collection issue here
and the data is therefore insufficient to draw a conclusion. I personally
conclude the latter -- even if contrated towers are "safer," it is hard for
me to believe that they make only 20% of the errors as FAA towers if other
factors were held equal.

--
Richard Kaplan, CFII

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