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?
Tag: EUROCONTROL
First SESAR Innovation Days
Announcement and call for papers The First SESAR Innovation Days will take place at the Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC) in Toulouse, France from 29th November to 1st December 2011. This event, which replaces previous INO Workshops held at Brétigny, is the main forum for dissemination of WP-E results and for interaction with an… Continue reading First SESAR Innovation Days
BluSky Services and Holland Aviation Consultancy & Engineering (HACE) team up to develop advanced e-training courses
The importance of training in aviation cannot be over emphasized. This has been amply demonstrated by recent events, including the Air France A330 crash and the A380 taxi incident, in both of which pilot training issues have been identified as important contributory factors. But the need for quality training extends way beyond pilots and air… Continue reading BluSky Services and Holland Aviation Consultancy & Engineering (HACE) team up to develop advanced e-training courses
When Titans speak
Mid-March Aviation Week published a double interview in which Canso director general Graham Lake and Air Traffic Control Association president/CEO Peter F. Dumont spoke their minds about air traffic management developments on both sides of the Atlantic. The interviews were refreshing and revealing. They both spoke about the prospects of SESAR and NextGen frankly and… Continue reading When Titans speak
European Commission Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
When I arrived in Paris in 1983 as a freshly hired ICAO Technical Officer RAC/SAR, the relationship between EUROCONTROL and ICAO was tense to say the least. ICAO, this all-important world-wide body, a specialized organization of the UN, was becoming ever more cumbersome and a thorn in the eye of some European states who back… Continue reading European Commission Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Amsterdam’s SARA – an important step towards the future
If you read the current SESAR documentation, you cannot fail to notice one of the more serious misunderstandings that still prevail in the project. In SESAR terminology, ATM progress goes from time-based operations to trajectory based operations (TBO) and then to performance based operations. This reveals the, oft bemoaned, confusion between TBO and performance based… Continue reading Amsterdam’s SARA – an important step towards the future
HungaroControl has opened its Centre of Research, Development and Simulation
Central-Europe’s only simulation centre is operating under the aegis of HungaroControl from 10th of May in Budapest. The centre, equipped with state of the art technology, was opened by Mr. Pál Völner, Secretary of State responsible for infrastructure, Mr. Joe Sultana, COO of Directorate Network Management of EUROCONTROL (European Organization for the Safety of Air… Continue reading HungaroControl has opened its Centre of Research, Development and Simulation
Level Bust Toolkit
The new and updated Level Bust Toolkit includes training and awareness material, including videos and e-learning tools, designed to raise awareness of the level bust issue and to help everyone do their bit to reduce level busts. Check out the toolkit at EUROCONTROL’s one stop safety knowledge base, SKYbrary.
Functional Airspace Blocks (FAB) – the EC’s biggest blunder?
That the EC meant well when they originally came up with the idea of Functional Airspace Blocks (FAB) is not in question. That they did not anticipate the monster they were creating can be put down to the engaging naivety of someone venturing into the jungle of European air traffic management for the first time.… Continue reading Functional Airspace Blocks (FAB) – the EC’s biggest blunder?
Aircraft turnaround made visible from a TBO/SOA perspective
Trajectory Based Operations (TBO) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) are two concepts rather new to air traffic management (ATM) and apparently they continue to cause some head scratching when it comes to agreeing what TBO really means or how to define services in the ATM context. In this article I will attempt to explain a… Continue reading Aircraft turnaround made visible from a TBO/SOA perspective