Jozsef Torocsik – the first Hungarian at EUROCONTROL What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? I could boast and say that I have always wanted to be an air traffic controller… but it would be a lie. I remember having admired airplanes and airports from around age 6 but my early… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Tag: ATC
(Before) all else fails… read the Concept! Part 3.
What is TMR? The abbreviation of Trajectory Management Requirements and an item that has been misunderstood in several ways (some quite surprising). Obviously, the CONOPS did not do a very good job of explaining this simplest of elements (mea culpa…). An aircraft flying its 4 dimensional trajectory will do so with an agreed precision and… Continue reading (Before) all else fails… read the Concept! Part 3.
Trajectory ownership: dogfight or guiding principle?
Few elements of the SESAR Concept of Operations (CONOPS) have generated more controversy than the idea of trajectory ownership did. Regrettably, the controversy still boils. Some experts dismiss the whole thing as a “political dogfight”, others conduct lengthy debates on how trajectory ownership will work (or not work) in daily operations. They are both on… Continue reading Trajectory ownership: dogfight or guiding principle?
Ferry flight fun
Pilots and controllers come in all shapes and sizes. I have seen quite a few of them who started as controllers than became pilots and many of those who started their carrier as pilots but for some reason ended up in a tower or in front of the radar scope. But you hardly see people… Continue reading Ferry flight fun
Fly on the right – A mid air mitigation
On 29 September 2006, A GOL B737-800 and a private Embraer Legacy business jet collided at FL360 some 200 miles north of Brasilia, over the Amazon Jungle. The Embraer’s left winglet hit the 737’s left wing, and the 737 crashed killing all on board. The Embraer was luckier, and made a successful emergency landing at the Cachimbo air base.
Same time, same place, same level… 1.
I dedicate this series of stories to NS, JL and FJ who will know exactly what I am talking about and to my wife, Margaret, who is too young to have been part of any of it… Introduction The title of this series depicts a situation controllers were invented to prevent, that is, to have two or more aircraft… Continue reading Same time, same place, same level… 1.