Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "What’s GOING ON in the US?!" video.

With the incidents happening frequently, it seems that the passing minimum bar for both pilots and ATC should be increased, especially for radio communications. And the method of having two planes share the same runway (one landing and one about to take off) should be stopped.
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@alexlowe2054 I understand that increasing the minimum bar cannot fix things if you're willing to let things slip. If minimum bar is raised and if qualified staff cannot be found, the airport must be closed. Nowadays you let the minimum requirements slip because you're "forced" to do that. If the legislation in the US cannot prevent overworking or sleep deprevation, that legislation must be fixed, too. Here in Finland, some professionals are arguing that the legislation is too strict and they feel that they could do longer workdays but the legislation doesn't allow that. I guess the optimal regulation would be somewhere in between but at least the regulation here results in safety.
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@mangos2888 The question is who is going to monitor and enforce the ICAO communication and phraseology rules?
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@holker_ I totally agree that you have to set the bar based on skill, not on experience. And measuring skill is hard but not impossible.
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