FLIGHT SERVICES STATION EMPLOYEE NEGLIGENCE

Aviation accidents are often fatal or catastrophically devastating for pilots and passengers. There is little to no room for error in the sky. It isn’t just up to pilots to keep planes safely in the air. From maintenance crews to air traffic controllers and flight service station employees, it’s truly a team effort.

Every member of the team has to be doing his or her job to the highest standard of safety and efficacy to ensure safe flights. If you have lost a loved one in an aviation accident, it’s important to speak with a lawyer about your case.

Negligence in a Flight Service Station

A flight service station is a facility that handles a variety of data, information and communication for air travel. Unlike air traffic control stations, a flight service station will typically not handle actual instructions, directions and clearances in the sky. They do however provide a lot of very important and critically essential information and communication to pilots and aircrews. They handle things like flight plans, navigational aids, pilot reports, weather briefings and other types of preflight briefings as well as many other important flight details.

Negligence in Preflight Briefings

Accuracy in preflight briefings is essential to a safe flight plan. If any errors or mistakes were made in any portion of the preflight plan, that can put the entire flight at risk. If a flight services station employee’s negligence contributed to an error or mistake in the preflight plan, it will be necessary to find out what went wrong. Critical weather information and advisories are frequently put into the preflight briefing, and pilots are counting on this information, so they can focus on safely flying the plane and getting it to its destination.

Weather Briefing Negligence by Flight Service Station Employee

Weather is everything in the sky. Flight service station employees may be responsible for relaying critical weather information and advisories to pilots in preflight briefings or other types of communications. If this information isn’t properly relayed, pilots may get into trouble with dangerous weather. All potentially dangerous weather patterns need to be fully communicated to flight crews prior to takeoff. Certain types of weather can spell danger for aircraft, so it may be necessary to reroute or make a new plan, no matter how long it takes.