The US National Transportation Safety Board lamented the limited progress being made by the FAA in getting its top safety recommendations codified into rules.

The observations were part of the Board’s annual review of its “Most Wanted” safety concerns for all transportation modes. Of the 46 recommendations on its list, 19 are directed to the FAA and the most remain “open” with an “unacceptable” response in the NTSB’s listing.

On the list this year, as last year, are calls to increase runway safety, prevent icing-related crashes, inert fuel tanks, boost the capabilities of voice and data recorders, introduce video recorders and eliminate workplace fatigue in pilots, mechanics and controllers.

Frustrations centred on FAA rulemakings that continue to be delayed, including a mandate, first proposed in 2004, to inert centre fuel tanks with Nitrogen gas to prevent fuel tank explosions

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