We have written quite a lot about the Functional Airspace Blocks (FAB), their dangers and their impact on SESAR. Although these days most everything is claimed to be happening in the context of the various FABs, the picture is far from ideal. It is not unusual to hear in meetings or in discussions with various… Continue reading When is a FAB not a FAB?
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SWIM – One size does not fit all?
Whatever the context, this is a very true statement. And I hate it from the bottom of my heart. Why? Because in the area closest to my heart, air traffic management, it has been used over the years as the (rather lame) excuse for not harmonizing things, be it implementation dates, system functionality or the… Continue reading SWIM – One size does not fit all?
FAB brings European diversity into SESAR – the one thing we were all waiting for?
The latest issue of ATC Global Insight was nothing if not extremely entertaining. In a previous article Steve described why the reported claim of DSNA’s boss about SESAR having been built on FABs is total nonsense. But it seems there was more… Insight tells us that Mr. Georges assured his audience that “FAB will bring European… Continue reading FAB brings European diversity into SESAR – the one thing we were all waiting for?
DSNA CEO says SESAR CONOPS was built on FABs from day one…
No Sir, it was NOT!!!! If ATC Global Insight is to be believed, Mr. Maurice Georges, CEO of French DSNA, said in Amsterdam that “The SESAR operational concept has been built on FABs from day one.” Well, I do not know which SESAR operational concept they use in France but the concept we wrote and… Continue reading DSNA CEO says SESAR CONOPS was built on FABs from day one…
New members in the SESAR family
A family normally gets new members through marriage, birth, adoption… In SESAR this happens via the less glamorous sounding “association” process. As it has just been announced, SESAR now boasts 13 associate partners who were taken on board on the basis of the recommendations of organizations already part of SESAR. The list of new partners… Continue reading New members in the SESAR family