ATM STAKEHOLDERS BRIEFING – DFT 19 DECEMBER 2008

MEETING SUMMARY – UKFSC CE

Agenda.

SES II

-     The Commission document on SES II consists of the following:

·                    Indicates its intention to increase the speed of delivery for SES.

·                    Looks at SES so far and identifies 4 pillars for the way ahead

·                    Stresses the importance of the technical contribution (SESARJU)

·                    Endorses the move of airports and ATM safety to EASA

-         French presidency has moved the issue forward based on with their own agenda

-         NSA independence has been a difficult area to address

-         Performance criteria for the scheme favours the UK approach, which is based on national plans and targets which are then combined under the EU.

-         Designation of ANSPs is an area under review, whose objective is to gain the necessary competitive advantage through cross border operations

-          Establishment of FABs by 2010 sounds very optimistic : the UK/Irish FAB is way ahead of the rest

-         Funding of common projects is causing significant problems in terms of agreement

-         Single Sky level (FL285) has been dropped – SES can now cover all altitudes

-         EUIR vs SEFIR – info regions battle     tending towards SEFIR

-         Network frequency management function is being addressed

-         Overall the outcomes/proposals before the EU are UK friendly

EASA AND ATM SAFETY

-         when EASA takes up the AM safety role, expect SES I progress

-         Main change is that mil is outside the EASA regs for mixed mil/civil airports.

Direct ANS Charging at BAA Airports

-         Aim is to do direct charging for services at BAA airports  in England and Scotland from 1 Apr 09

-         Common charging scheme for ANSP at airports went out to consultation, the outcome of which was published on 16 Dec 2008

-         Two charging zones have been established for terminal costs based on the total numbers of movements per year at the specific airport.       

SESAR   

-         The Master Plan delivered March 2008

o       Joint forum in Montreal of NextGen/SESAR was held in Sep 08

o       SESAR JU will seek partnership agreement with NextGen in Jan 09

o       Eurocontrol funding for the project to be provisional agreed by the EU

o       SESAR II JU management is in place and complete and appears competent

-         Ongoing concerns

o       IP1 is critical as is the ownership

o       Deployment phase governance

o       Security of future investment

o       Failure of HR issues – problems surrounding ATCO numbers and costs

o       ATM Master Plan is available on the web for those needing more detail

 

Airport Observatory

 

-         First meeting in Nov 08 which set the TORs and objectives

-         Aim is to get airports involved in capacity issues-

-         3 Working Groups

o       Capacity – Gate to Gate – Intermodality

-         Next steps

o       Commission to revise TORs and develop a work programme

SES 1 Update

-         3 meetings on SSC since the last ATM Stakeholder meeting in September

-         Eurocontrol reform will be necessary for the future development of euro ATM

-         Eurocontrol will need to do an independent review and split elements of the org into separate management functions

-         Aeronautical data quality is a key but devisive issues such as agreed IRs are going to be a challenge

-         Work ongoing on routing and sector design, flow and safety terminology and European Upper Flight Info region definition.

 

Rich Jones

Chief Exec

UKFSC

19 December 2008

 

 

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