The guest of this episode is Neil Bowles , the Executive Vice President at Searidge Technologies . We discuss the following topics: Use cases for remote / digital towers at large airports. Searidge projects in Hong-Kong What Searidge brings to smaller airports in a real remote use case How do projects in the US or in the Asia Pacific region differ from European implementations Vision for ATM in 5 years & 50 years from now...
Mar 01, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The guest of this episode is Sharon Cooke , the CEO of Airways International , the commercial branch of New Zealand ANSP Airways. We discuss the following topics: The role and relationships between Airways and Airways international The products and services that Airways International brings to the ATM market "Airways Knowledge Online", the digital learning community for ATCO training and how it changed the training business, which also prove very useful in COVID times Completion of projects at i...
Feb 15, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 3
The guest for the second episode of the year is Marcel Bakker , the General Manager Systems & Infrastructure at LVNL , the Dutch ANSP. Brief overview of the TWR2020 project, decommissioning of paper strips, the new "polaris" radar and simulator center building, the start of remote tower implementation Next steps of these and other new projects How does the transition works in regards to LVNL continuing its own development of the triple A system to purchasing systems from industry providers (...
Feb 01, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 2
This episode's guest is Steven Moore , the Head of ATM Network Operations at Eurocontrol . We discussed the latest trends in the ATM industry and the following: roles and activities of the Network Manager (NM) in terms of ATM COVID - opportunity to reconsider restrictions with the traffic increasing again How is the NM supporting The Free Route Airspace and how is it impacted? Will we go towards FRA at a larger scale, across FIRs and even FIRs from different ANSPs How is NM working on integratin...
Jan 18, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 1
For this episode we have as a guest Christian Schleifer , the General Director at EUROCAE . We discussed the following: Goals, activities and members of EUROCAE How are the activities funded How can members contribute & What kind of organisation can join Latest activities around UTM ED standards outside of Europe Future of ATM and of standardization in the coming 5 and 50 years...
Dec 21, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this episode we had a guest from Portugal. Marcos Coelho Costa is the Member of Corporate Strategy and External Affairs at NavPortugal , the Portuguese ANSP. The topic of this episode is Cooperations between ANSPs: Portugal’s Perspective and we discussed the following: The level of cooperation in air traffic management has been constantly increasing in the last decades - what does this mean concretely for NavPortugal Thought on the actual results of cooperation strategies As NavPortugal contr...
Dec 07, 2021•17 min•Ep. 17
The guest of this episode is from the USA. We have talked with Jen Lemmon, the President of PWC Organisation ( Professional Women Controllers ) and the Operations Manager at the Houston Tower for FAA . We talked about how important it is to bring awareness about aviation career opportunities for young girls and women and also about the following aspects: What is the status of gender equality in ATM and why it is important What are the factors causing a better gender balance in our industry What ...
Nov 23, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 16
The guest of this episode comes from the USA. Cyriel Kronenburg , is the Vice President International Development and Strategic Partnerships at uAvionix Corporation . We have discussed an interesting topic with the following aspects: What are TIS-B and FIS-B and how they relate to ADS-B The safety benefits of TIS-B-FIS-B and the role it can play in the integration of all airspace users Where are TIS-B and FIS-B used, geographically TIS-B and FIS-B were developed for general aviation, initially. ...
Nov 09, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode we have two guests from skyguide - Mario Winiger , the Just Culture Ambassador & Melanie Hulliger , the Line Safety Delegate. We have discussed the following aspects: What is Just Culture and why is it needed If the ATCO reports the error himself, is he freed of any charges or how does it work Responsibilities of the job of a Just Culture Ambassador as such and why does skyguide needs one Changing the law in regards to Just Culture & how was this process How is Just Cultu...
Oct 26, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Following our conversation with Benoit Fonck from SESAR Joint Undertaking ( Episode 009 ), the guest of this episode is Mariagrazia La Piscopia , the Chief Strategy and Program Manager at SESAR Deployment Manager . We discuss the following aspects in regards to the deployment of SESAR: What is SESAR deployment, why is it needed, how is it organized and who is involved How is SDM different from SJU What are the main benefits of SESAR deployment for ATM and European aviation / economy in general W...
Oct 12, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 13
The guest of this episode is Marek Bekier - Senior VP ACR . The topic of this episode is private ANSPs & new ANSPs and we touched the following aspects: What distinguishes ACR, and other private ANSPs providers, from the legacy state-owned ANSPs, while looking at the organizational structure Initial ATCO training takes years and costs a lot of money. How does ACR do the training: in-house or subcontracting What is the service portfolio that ACR and other private ANSPs can offer the airport s...
Sep 28, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 12
The guest of this Episode comes from France. Loïc de Rancourt is the Expert of Performance Operations and the Project Manager for Skylab, at the Parisian division of DSNA . We discussed the following: Origin of Skylab project, need for performance management Choice of KPIs, who choses, which KPIs, target audience, time horizon (retrospective, vs. tactical, vs. post-ops) Proximity to operations at all stages of the project, including development on site Lessons learned from measured KPIs, COVID e...
Sep 14, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 11
The guests of this episode are Vicky Bhogal-Hunt , ATC Operations Specialist at Air Navigation Solutions Ltd and Paul Diestelkamp , the Head of Business Development & Solutions from Air Navigation Solutions Ltd (ANSL) . The topic is radar in the tower and we touched the following aspects: With radar in the tower, the approach service is provided by an ATCO sitting in the tower and not in the approach room - so, is it one more ATCO in the tower or is it the same tower ATCO managing TWR and AP...
Aug 31, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode, our guest comes from from Brussels, this is Benoit Fonck the Chief Programme Officer at SESAR JU . The topic is to explain how smaller ATM suppliers can participate in SESAR. Among others, we touched on the following aspects: What is SESAR How is SESAR structured and what is the reporting hierarchy in this structure Updates on current SESAR status and major directions currently covered by SESAR projects What has been good, what could be done differently, what are the challenges ...
Aug 17, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 9
The guest of this episode is Vanessa Rullier - Senior Manager ATM and Special Projects at European Business Aviation Association in Brussels. The topic discussed is the role of EBAA in ATM and we touched the following aspects: why specifically is EBAA active in ATM EBAA activities related to the ATM what works well and what works not so well in ATM differences between ATM in Europe and in the US specific needs of business aviation compared to commercial airlines in ATM ATM in five years from now...
Aug 03, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 8
The guest of this episode is Niclas Gustavsson - Vice President Business Development & Governmental Affairs at SAAB Digital Air Traffic Solutions. The topic today is the remote towers in Sweden and touched the following aspects: developments at Swedish Mountain Airport and the new Remote Tower Centre in Stockholm lessons learned from remote tower projects what could be done differently differences between building an airport with a remote tower from scratch and adding a remote tower to an ex...
Jul 20, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The guest of this episode is Xavier Pretat , the Head of Fatigue Risk Management at ENAC in Toulouse. We covered the following main points: the impact of fatigue on ATCOs and typical fatigue level how to manage fatigue and why there is a need for that what is fatigue management about: measuring and taking corrective measures or preventing it altogether how does COVID crisis impact on ATCOs fatigue links between fatigue in the cockpit and fatigue at the control sector changes in fatigue managemen...
Jul 06, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 6
The guest of this episode is Romain Hericher , the former Operational Strategy Director at Dubai Airports in the United Arab Emirates. We covered the following main points: how is A-CDM seen in the Middle-East How can A-CDM work outside of the EUROCONTROL area, or without a network manager Is it easier to implement A-CDM at an airport like Dubai where there is only one dominant airline and one dominant ground handler Aspects of managing capacity at DXB which is open around the clock, even with a...
Jun 01, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The guest of this episode is John van Hoogstraten , the Operations Director at Cyrrus . We talked about the expertise of consulting companies and how they contribute to the ATM industry, as well as the following interesting aspects: role of consultancies and what do they bring to the table for the ATM industry life cycle of a consulting project and the interaction between the players involved view on neutrality and independence of consultancy companies aspects of working different roles in opera...
May 30, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 4
The guest of this episode is Jochen Bauer , the Director Sales & Marketing at Guntermann & Drunck . We talked about KVMs and how they are solving user challenges in the ATM industry. What are the roles and advantages of KVM switches and extenders in ATC Are there features that are specific to ATM Does G&D develop specific products on request Are there ATM features that later got used by non-ATM customers and vice-versa (i.e. features from other industries coming to ATM) What is the f...
May 29, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The guest of this episode is Robert Koster , the founder of AerLabs . We looked into the topic of aircraft and drone noise as well as a few other related aspects: Impact of aircraft noise (and emissions in general) on aviation, airports, air routes Current picture globally and in Europe in regards to noise. Where is it the noisiest How is noise measured Noise mitigation measures from airports and ANSPs Perceived noise versus real noise View on the noise coming from drones How noise sensitivity c...
May 28, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 2
The guest of this episode is Axel Knutsen , the VP Unmanned Traffic Management at Avinor , the ANSP of Norway. We talked about the current developments regarding drones and UTM deployment in Norway. We will cover the following related topics: Who are the UTM players in Norway, who did develop and deploy the system What features does it provide to drone operators and to ATCOs Which other parts of the company are impacted How many flights get registered on a typical week or month and what is their...
May 27, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 1
