Issue 1 2008

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NEWS
4 Chew, Langhans, Quilter join Era
21 Thales wins Eu145m contract with CAAS
28 First satellite-based landing for Avinor
31 BAE reveals latest autonomous landing test
33 Weder announces Skyguide reform plan
36 DfS, Eurocontrol look at codeless SSR

COVER STORY
12 Eurocontrol: Mandate for change
The advertisement for the post of director-general for Eurocontrol
looked for candidates with experience of change
management. Certainly the new D-G, David McMillan, who
started this January, is no stranger to helping organizations
rethink their functions. So what are his initial impressions and
plans for the future of Eurocontrol?

FEATURES
24 Finding a blueprint for the future
Denmark’s Naviair showed consummate ability — and foresight
too — when on December 29 last year it relocated and
revamped its operations. But more importantly the mustwatch
ANSP is setting an operational template for the future.
38 Poland, more than an outer marker
Maciej Rodak, head of Poland’s air navigation service provider,
PANSA, talks about some of the challenges facing the
ANSP and its plans for its future links with its neighbours.
44 Human factors help improve ATM safety
Cynical controllers used to call ‘human factors’ simplistic jargon;
a management consultant’s gimmick. They were wrong.
It is now at the core of many ANSPs’ safety armoury.
46 Mode S: Taking it to the next level
Secondary surveillance radar has been the bedrock of providing
safety in busy skies for a generation. Now the introduction
of Mode S looks to take it further as a recent study
of this cutting edge technology reveals.

1 Editorial
4 People
16 Contract news
28 Technology news
32 ANSP news

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