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Airports Rated Critical Unsatisfactory: Given Black Star Rating
AIRPORTS RATED CRITICAL UNSATISFACTORY: GIVEN BLACK STAR BY INTL PILOTS
ORGANIZATION by Michael Ravnitzky , mikerav at mindspring dot com The International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA) designates certain airports as "Black Star" Airports, meaning that those airports are rated critical unsatisfactory according to IFALPA's safety criteria. There are reportedly 2-3 dozen hazardous black star airports and navigation areas. IFALPA also grants lesser ratings for less severe safety concerns: Red Stars are assigned to airports and navigation regions that are very unsatisfactory, and Orange Stars to airports and regions that are unsatisfactory. IFALPA distributes these ratings to its members but not to the public. However a copy of the IFALPA Black Star rating list was leaked to the press in 1977, after the tragic runway collision of two 747 jumbo jets on Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands, and appeared in several publications. The FAA apparently receives a copy of the IFALPA "Black Star" listing, as does IFALPA's affiliate in the United States, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). You can request a copy of the IFALPA's hazardous airport ratings identifying airports receiving their Black Star listing (which presumably also contains the red star and orange star ratings) from the FAA by sending a letter mentioning the Freedom of Information Act to the following address: Federal Aviation Administration Attn: Ms. Tracy Paquin Acting FOIA Program Director, ARC-40 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20591 USA telephone number: (202) 267-9165 fax number: (202) 493-5032 |
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