The general director of Navigation Services in the Mexican Air Space (SENEAM), Víctor Manuel Hernández Sandoval, resigned from his position amid the accusations that pilots and air traffic controllers have made for his disregard of incident alerts in the Valley from Mexico.
Through a letter signed on May 6, the official presented his resignation to the head of the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT), Jorge Arganís, which would be effective, according to the document, on May 9.
Hernández Sandoval came to the direction of SENEAM on December 1, 2018 and his continuity had been questioned by pilot unions for the alleged omissions in dealing with incidents in the airspace.
Last week, the Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA) issued a letter to warn its members about the security risks in their approach to the AICM, as a result of the opening of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA).
According to the agency, at least 17 ground proximity alarm events (GPWS) are known on the runways of the Mexico City International Airport (AICM), only during April.
Yesterday, the Trade Union Association of Aviator Pilots of Mexico (ASPA) and the SICT opened a dialogue table to discuss possible solutions to the saturation over the airspace of Mexico City.
One of these most recent “serious” incidents was recorded in a video that has gone viral on social networks, in which a Volaris aircraft is observed that is about to land, with the endorsement of the air traffic controller, despite the fact that in the runway remains another plane of the same airline.
According to some pilots, these types of maneuvers have become more frequent in the airspace of the Valley of Mexico.
