The Performance Review Commission (PRC) provides independent advice on European Air Traffic Management (ATM) Performance to the EUROCONTROL Commission through the Provisional Council. The PRC was established in 1998, following the adoption of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Institutional Strategy the previous year.
A key feature of this Strategy is that “an independent Performance Review System covering all aspects of ATM in the ECAC area will be established to put greater emphasis on performance and improved cost-effectiveness, in response to objectives set at a political level”.
The PRC reviews the performance of the European ATM System under various Key Performance Areas. It proposes performance targets, assesses to what extent agreed targets and high-level objectives are met and seeks to ensure that they are achieved. The PRC’s executive arm, the Performance Review Unit (PRU), analyses and benchmarks the cost-effectiveness and productivity of Air Navigation Service Providers in its annual ATM cost-effectiveness (ACE) Benchmarking reports. It also produces ad hoc reports on specific subjects.
Through its reports, the PRC seeks to assist stakeholders in understanding from a global perspective why, where, when, and possibly how, ATM performance should be improved, in knowing which areas deserve special attention, and in learning from past successes and mistakes. The spirit of these reports is neither to praise nor to criticize, but to help everyone involved in effectively improving performance in the future.
The draft report of the Performance Report Commission covering the 2011 calendar year is now available here. It is interesting reading whether you are on the ATM side or the flying side of the business.
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