But FAA say it's just because more are being reported
(NEWSER) - The number of air traffic control errors reported to the FAA has taken off over the past three years, climbing 81% from 2007 to 2010. More than 1,800 incidents were reported last year, according to USA Today , including 43 classified as the kind of error most likely to cause a mid-air collision. But the FAA says the skies haven’t actually gotten more dangerous—the inflated numbers are simply the result of a drive to increase incident reporting. More»