Airline Union Criticizes Industry-Driven Approach to Collision Mitigation

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is criticizing the US House’s ALERT Act for not mandating ADS-B In technology with a cockpit traffic display for pilots. ALPA argues that this would have saved 67 lives in the January 2025 tragedy near Washington Reagan National Airport. The union is pushing lawmakers to pass the Senate’s ROTOR Act, which targets a narrower set of technology requirements. Breaking Defense reports on ALPA’s statement and its plans to work with House lawmakers to refine the ALERT Act.