New directions for Airport Collaborative Decision Making (CDM)

What exactly is CDM? Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) is not a new concept. It is being practiced to a certain degree both in the US and in Europe, focus being on en-route in the former and airports in the latter. Mature as the concept may be, surprisingly we still see experts who seem to believe… Continue reading New directions for Airport Collaborative Decision Making (CDM)

(Before) all else fails… read the Concept! Part 2.

What is a net-centric system? Net-centric, in its most common definition, refers to “participation as a part of a continuously evolving, complex community of people, devices, information and services interconnected by a communications network to optimise resource management and provide superior information on events and conditions needed to empower decision makers.” It will be clear… Continue reading (Before) all else fails… read the Concept! Part 2.

Why we must learn to SWIM?

The power of information is in sharing it… A document discussing future air traffic management functions passed through my desk the other day. The time frame was 2020 and the context, one can safely assume, SESAR, the big European air traffic management development program. Reading the document, I came upon several instances where the authors… Continue reading Why we must learn to SWIM?