Ever since air traffic control was first invented, the idea that the organizations providing air traffic services must own and operate most of the facilities (communications, surveillance and so on) they require was part and parcel of their concept of existence. Air navigation service providers the world over were convinced, with some justification, that only… Continue reading Surveillance – Rent, do not buy
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Oceanic airspace, the proving ground for future separation techniques
It was more than a decade before SESAR that I first heard the term “free flight”, a new paradigm for separating aircraft that would replace concentrated decision making with a distributed one by giving the flight crew the responsibility for ensuring separation between their aircraft. This is the normal state of affairs for VFR flights… Continue reading Oceanic airspace, the proving ground for future separation techniques