The two goals of Cast are "to reduce the U.S. commercial aviation fatal accident rate by 80 percent over a 10-year period ending in 2007; and to work with airlines and international aviation organizations to reduce the worldwide commercial aviation fatal accident rate- (4). ... In an article titled "2002 Safety Upgrades Sparse But Affordable- (5), we see that CAST set forth a list of recommendations to the airline industry. ...

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This will keep pilots and ATC fluent with everyday procedures by continuous training and will keep ATC non-complacent in case of aircraft emergencies, microwave terrorism, or if computerized automation fails entirely. ... Once aircraft established position, the pilot then looked for Archie sitting under a windsock indicating wind direction for which direction to land. ... By the early 1930's radio entered the cockpit as a means of ATC with pilots and human schedulers on the ground. ... These new rules provided pilots with approaching traffic information and ground controllers used up ...

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