Tarver Engineering wrote:



There have been more unsafe situations resulting from vectors over the
years than anyone really knows. The NASA database is full of them, but
the FAA ignores the issue. Some are controller errors, some are pilot
errors, and some are a combination of the two.

That is because FAA is afraid of opening ATC controllers up to civil
liability. What FAA fails to comprehend is that "gross negligence", or
"restraint of trade", is required to win a lawsuit in such a situation.
Human error is not gross negligence and the issue could be safely addressed.

If the controller is reasonably acting within the scope of agency, there is no
way a controller is going to be held personally liable in any civil lawsuit. In
any case, the feds would indemify the controller in such a very unlikely event,
unlike the private sector.

The FAA is far more concerned about the NTSB and the industry "knowing too
much," thus forcing a change in entrenched ATC procedures. The handlers at the
FAA see every challenge at ATC procedures, if succesful, perhaps reducing
"capacity."

It's all about moving traffic and nothing about safety.