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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS     43

relating the share of revenues derived from air passengers to payment for the use of the air traffic system.
2. The Secretary of Commerce should be directed to undertake a study of user charges as part of the present study of all modes of transportation.
3. Steps must be taken by the FAA to insure that users install and maintain the minimum airborne equipments needed to fit their flying safely and efficiently into the national air traffic system.

Safety
Enhanced safety is clearly a primary aviation goal, relating to life and property, both of those who engage in aviation activities and of third parties as well. As air traffic continues to grow and the number of persons carried in a single aircraft continues to increase, the rate of accidents must decrease substantially or the loss rate by 1970 will be totally unacceptable. 
Safety programs therefore must be emphasized, expanded, and accelerated, requiring increased technical effort, facilities, and closer surveillance on the part of users as well as Government. 
These programs must be directed toward steady improvement in five basic areas:
1. Safe air vehicles.
2. Safe airmen.
3. Safe navigation aids.
4. Safe air traffic system.
5. Safe airports.
Some of the major problem areas include: physiological, psychological, and mechanical aspects of higher altitudes and higher speeds; greater risk to life and property on the ground as urbanization expands; more accurate instruments; more accurate and comprehensive weather forecasting; improved pilot competence; improved cockpit design; better crash protection for passengers, to name but a few. 
An overall goal related to safety is the achievement of an integrated National Aviation System. To develop improved air vehicles in a