America’s airline industry looks to take automakers under its wing to discuss sharing best practices in the interest of safety at an upcoming joint conference organized by the FAA and NHTSA. The idea is based on success achieved in improving the safety record of the commercial airline industry. The Federal Aviation Administration reports that sharing data between airlines and government authorities has lead to an 83-percent decline in commercial airline fatalities between 1998 and 2008.

Those are some compelling figures, and to see if the automotive industry can benefit from similar measures, FAA administrator Michael Huerta and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief Mark Rosekind are bringing their administrations together, along with automakers and representatives from major US airlines like Delta and United.