After the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported at least 17 operational incidents related to the ground proximity warning system (GPWS), and a tense Saturday meeting between public and private sector participants to discuss the issue, the head of the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT), Jorge Arganis, accepted the resignation of Víctor Hernández Sandoval, as director of Navigation Services in the Mexican Air Space (Seneam).
In addition, the Saturday night incident at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM), which involved two planes from Volaris while one was about to take off and the other about to land on the same runway, he accelerated the official’s exit.
The incidents recorded during the last year, it was reported, were related to the implementation of the redesign of the airspace in the Valley of Mexico, necessary for the entry into operation of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA).
Weigh the information sent by the IATAthe dependency indicated that officially the last report related to this situation occurred on June 15 of last year.
On the change in Seneam, the Under Secretary for Transportation, Rogelio Jimenez Ponssaid that there is a bad work environment among air traffic controllers that has caused real problems that must be solved, among them: lack of training and workloads.
“If there is a good environment in the adjustment stages of a system, you will be able to receive opinions and take them into account, but we see that this did not happen and it has affected the industry. Nobody agreed with him (Víctor Hernández), nobody spoke well of him in the meeting we had. He was left in office because he had to finish his task of starting AIFA and that has already happened. Since this Sunday morning the decision was made to leave him, “he added.
At the moment, he said, the profiles of three people with extensive experience are being evaluated to occupy the direction of Seneam.
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