I am sure many of you know the old saying which warns us aviation types that an aircraft must always be treated with the utmost respect or else it will turn and bite you or worse. When we first landed at Toronto Pearson International airport, looking around it occurred to me that not only aircraft [&]

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Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta announced the implementation of the first operational rules for routine non-hobbyist use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or “drones”). The regulations of June 21, 2016 are now officially in effect. “People are captivated by the limitless possibilities unmanned aircraft offer, and they [&]

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Have you had recently experience with your flight arriving at a European destination airport on time and then waiting for its gate to become available? Or waited in a queue of aircraft before the runway… Chances are, you did and most probably this was taking place at an airport which carries the title CDM Airport. [&]

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NextGen is bringing new benefits to Salt Lake City International Airport through a technology called Data Comm. Data Comm revolutionizes communications between air traffic controllers and pilots by replacing some traditional voice communications with digital information exchanges.    Voice communication is labor intensive, time consuming and can lead to miscommunications known as “talk back, read [&]

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This is the third part of the A-CDM high level series in which we dwell into some surprising detail and new interpretations of old things. You can find the first article here and the second here. In the previous two articles we had a look at the history and overall principles of Airport Collaborative Decision [&]

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This is the second part of the A-CDM series in which we will look at its history and get some more insight into how it works. You can find the first part here. In the previous article we explored the essence of Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) and what it means for an airport that [&]

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I have written about A-CDM quite a lot on these pages. However, time is passing and I see that there is a complete new generation of experts who have not been exposed to the peculiar convolutions that gave birth to Airport Collaborative Decision Making or A-CDM. There are experts in the young generation who are [&]

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People who look down on other people dont end up being looked up to. Robert Half

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The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct. Confucius

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Established 13 years after the Wright brothers’ flight at Kitty Hawk, the magazines stated goal in 1916 was to aggregate vast amounts of information about the fledgling aeronautical industry “and make it useful to the constructor, the engine maker, the aviator and the sportsman… in accurate, scientific and unbiased form”. This text is on the [&]

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Did I actually shoot myself in the foot? Is it possible that I will have no work in the future now that we have woken from a nightmare that has lasted several years? Since there is no more 4NM rule, no noteworthy tower incident has occurred that would have required an investigation. What will become [&]

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Before the introduction of Crew Resource Management (CRM) courses, relationships on the flight deck were not always as harmonious as they should be. Most captains were excellent mentors of young pilots, but some were cold and distant, and some downright difficult. Many, had learnt their flying in a hard school during WW2 and were deeply [&]

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In Europe it is SESAR, in the US, NextGen. The two mega projects aiming to bring much needed improvements to air traffic management in the biggest aviation markets of the world. As we all know, they are not without problems but there are also important developments that we all need to know about. Here is [&]

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A few months ago an email dropped into my inbox containing a survey initiated by the Hungarian air navigation service provider HungaroControl, seeking feedback on how they were perceived in the air traffic management community. News from HungaroControl are always welcome here, after all most of what I learned in the world of aviation comes [&]

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The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. Oscar Wilde

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The User Driven Prioritisation Process (UDPP) came to life in an exercise which took place in March 2016. Before we go into the details, it is worth mentioning that the idea was born during the SESAR definition phase (anyone still remembering what that was all about?) and it took only 9 (NINE!!!) years for SESAR [&]

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Last Friday was 1 April and it was not the 13th… but for us, it still held special interest even though we are not in the business of witchcraft and other silly beliefs. It was Friday and the 13th birthday of BluSky Services! Yes, it is hard to believe, but for 13 years this company [&]

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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet. Stanislaw Lec

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I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing with an exception. Richard Steele

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Introduction When accidents happen, sensational stories are splashed all over the popular press, ‘someone must be at fault, something must be done,’ shout the headlines.  Justice, whatever that may be, is demanded in a form that satisfies the simple man’s sense of public retribution.  Unfortunately, this is a very primitive response that does little to [&]

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In the unlikely event that someone was missing my writing in 2015, my apologies. I could blame my extremely busy work schedule or my private life for not having had the time to write, but I am afraid I would not be completely truthful. To be perfectly honest, I got a bit too lazy… yes, [&]

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It is not necessary to hope in order to act, nor to succeed in order to persevere. William of Orange

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Reading the news coming out of Europe’s premier money burner program, SESAR, is always entertaining but when they reinvent the wheel, it is especially so. Never mind that they work with a Master Plan for the future ATM in Europe that keeps repeating things strategy documents 15 years ago were already showing as urgently needed, [&]

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North Carolina was “first in flight” when the Wright Brothers took to the skies at Kitty Hawk, and now it’s leading the way to the next generation of air traffic control. NextGen procedures are helping flights operate more efficiently at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), improving on-time performance and decreasing emissions.    The Charlotte Metroplex project includes new arrival and departure procedures for CLT and surrounding airports in North Carolina, South Carolina and southern Virginia. Procedural changes [&]

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In the mid-eighties I was working as a Technical Officer, Rules of the Air and Search and Rescue in the European Office of ICAO in Paris. One of the recurring, though private, tasks was every month to drop in the corner press shop and pick up the latest editions of the various personal computer magazines. [&]

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“Bermuda, Bermuda, Speedbird 312.” “Speedbird 312, go ahead,” replied Bermuda Air Traffic Control. “Bermuda, Speedbird 312, climbing through level 170. The thunderstorms ahead lie right across our track. We can’t see any gaps, can’t climb above them, we’ll have to deviate well south of track. We need to turn onto heading 240.” “OK Speedbird, there’re [&]

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That information is power has been known for ages. It is not by accident that various religions, among others, have tried to keep their subjects in the dark. Knowledge acquired from information was dangerous. People with access to information tended to get all kinds of ideas that were better be left alone. In our connected [&]

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Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell. Frank Borman

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