- ABC News
- November 24, 2023
Howard Webb invited airline pilots to talk to his team of Premier League referees last month as part of a drive to improve communication in the VAR hub and with the referee on the pitch. Webb, who is the chief refereeing officer for the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), is looking at all measures that could help officials avoid the kind of catastrophic error that led to Luis Díaz's goal being wrongly disallowed for offside for Liverpool at Tottenham Hotspur. - Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Pilots work in a high-pressure environment where they must make split-second decisions and communicate with other members of the team in the cockpit and in traffic control. PGMOL is not the first body to look at the way pilots work for improvements. In 2013, the National Health Service turned to the airline industry to bring greater standardisation of procedures and more use of...