AINsight: Notams Are Wall of Text and Bunch of Garbage
Human-factors can improve the dissemination of information.
Notams alerts pilots to potential hazards such as runway closures, navaid outages, or other items that affect flight safety, but are written in a string of confusing codes made up of alphanumeric characters that defy most common human factors conventions for presentation and readability. (Photo: USAF/Senior Airman Zachary Cacicia)
Notams alerts pilots to potential hazards such as runway closures, navaid outages, or other items that affect flight safety, but are written in a string of confusing codes made up of alphanumeric characters that defy most common human factors conventions for presentation and readability. (Photo: USAF/Senior Airman Zachary Cacicia)
Stuart “Kipp” Lau
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Pilot, safety expert, consultant, and aviation journalist Stuart “Kipp” Lau writes about flight safety and airmanship for AIN.

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