国交労組「管制官増員を」　羽田事故で緊急申し入れ

　羽田空港（東京都大田区）で日本航空と海上保安庁の航空機が衝突炎上した事故で、国土交通省の職員らでつくる国土交通労働組合は６日、「対策を講じる上の要員配置など対応が十分とは言えない」として、管制官の新規配置などを求め、同省航空局長に緊急の申し入れを行った。
　また、新たな人員配置のほか、航空事故では犯罪性が明らかな場合以外では個人の責任を追及しないよう求める声明も発表。記者会見では「管制取扱機数が増加する中、１人当たりの業務負荷が増加する一方だ」と訴えた。
　国交労組は、全国の主要空港長などへの申し入れも行い、管制官増員や職員のメンタルケア拡充を要求。事故の外部有識者会議で現場職員の意見を聴取することなども求めた。（2024/02/06-20:59）

The Japanese transport ministry's labor union has demanded bigger allocations of air traffic controllers in the wake of a deadly collision between a Japan Airlines passenger jet and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport last month.
   "Personnel allocations and other measures are insufficient," the labor union said in an urgent request submitted to the chief of the ministry's Civil Aviation Bureau on Tuesday.
   "The workload per person keeps increasing as the number of aircraft handled by air traffic control grows," an official of the union said at a press conference.
   After the Jan. 2 accident, the ministry decided to establish a new post at each of seven major airports around Japan, including Haneda, to constantly monitor runways by radar to prevent aircraft from mistakenly entering them. The ministry, however, said it would not increase the number of air traffic controllers but instead review the division of roles among existing staff.