On the 6th, a labor union filed a complaint with the Civil Aviation Bureau regarding the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's decision to create a new person in charge of air traffic control in order to prevent erroneous approaches to runways following a collision between aircraft at Haneda Airport. We requested that the number of air traffic controllers be increased before operation.
Last month, following a collision and fiery accident between two planes that occurred at Haneda Airport, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism confirmed the position of the aircraft through air traffic control operations at major airports such as Haneda, Narita, and Kansai in order to prevent them from erroneously entering the runway. We have created a new person in charge of constantly monitoring the monitors that can be used.
Currently, the number of air traffic controllers remains the same and is being dealt with on-site, and on the 6th, the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Labor Union, which accounts for approximately 70% of air traffic controllers, filed a petition with the Civil Aviation Bureau to increase the number of air traffic controllers. We asked them to increase the number of people and operate the system.
Furthermore, they are calling for an opportunity for the union to express its opinions at a review committee of experts to discuss accident countermeasures, and for post-accident mental care to be provided to employees across the country who wish to do so.
Masato Yamazaki, chairman of the Central Executive Committee, held a press conference after the proposal, saying, ``Although the number of inbound aircraft is increasing, the number of air traffic controllers is not increasing as expected, and the workload per person is only increasing. In order to protect the area, it is essential to increase the number of air traffic controllers.''