News from EUROCONTROL’s aviation safety knowledge base SKYbrary The accuracy of modern en-route navigation has increased the risk of a mid-air collision where 2 aircraft are on the same ATS Route and one or both of them has either been issued a clearance in error, or is not operating in accordance with a clearance. As… Continue reading Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure (SLOP)
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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