Mark Rosenker
Mark Rosenker
Mark Rosenker is an American aviation official who served as the 11th Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Boardfrom August 2006 through August 2008. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Chairman Rosenker was renominated by President Bush for a second term as Chair and was going through the Senate confirmation process which basically ended when President Obama was elected in November 2008. He served as acting chair starting in March 2005...
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The Safety Board believes that had an automatic train control system ... been in place at the time of the accidents, the accidents could have been avoided.
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The train should have been slower we believe, when it made that crossover, that would be the way it was supposed to operate.
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We believe that more than 500,000 vehicles equipped with air brakes may be operated by drivers who, like the Glen Rock driver, have no air brake training and therefore may not be able to operate their vehicles safely.
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Remember who drove the car into the crossing area. Who drove the car? The train didn't drive there. It goes there. It can't go anywhere else, ... The decision-making process was made by a driver. People have to be sensitive to the dangers of these rail crossings.
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He put his train into emergency braking and radioed his dispatcher,
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The pilot is still the pilot, whether he is at a remote console or on the flight deck. With the potential for thousands of these unmanned aircraft in use years from now, the standards for pilot training need to be set high to ensure that those on the ground and other users of the airspace are not put in jeopardy.
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It was unfortunate, careless behavior that left that switch misaligned,
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The very essence of the EMS mission is saving lives. Operating an EMS flight in an unsafe environment just makes no sense.
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We have too long been advocating changes. It's on our most-wanted list. This is a tragedy that should not have happened.
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We have to look at the event data recorder in more detail.
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We have to look at event data recorder in more detail. We must also coordinate that with the signal logs, which will give us an idea of what was supposed to have happened.
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The aircraft, although badly mangled, came up in one large piece because of all the wires and cables that were holding it together.
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Learning to drive and being distracted is a recipe for disaster.
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Learning how to drive while distracted is definitely a recipe for disaster.