Air Traffic Management

Would you like to know what is the real-time status of the European air traffic network? The delay situation or the events that are affecting the network? Then why not go to Eurocontrol’s Network Operations Portal: https://www.cfmu.eurocontrol.int/PUBPORTAL/gateway/spec/index.html

This portal is made up of a number of portlets each giving a distinct piece of information ranging from a map illustrating the network situation to flight and delay situation graphs, to lists of events that will affect the network, to headline news on the subject. A number of other links will lead you to other resources such as the European AIS Database [EAD] or to Eurocontrol’s e-conferencing tool [which only allows authorised access]

Using the tabs towards the upper part of the screen, one can move from the real time situation [tactical tab] to what will happen in a few hours time [pre-tactical] to the plans and expectations in the future [strategic]. One can also see what happened at a given point in history by accessing the post-operations tab.

There are two versions of the NOP, a public version, to which I provided the link, and a restricted version for air traffic management stakeholder usage [e.g. air traffic flow management cells, control centres, airlines, airport operators, military users, etc.

Apart from providing a wealth of information, the NOP provides a transparency of the European air traffic situation that very few other industries do in fact show. This shows clearly the ambition of the industry to keep improving its performance in a collaborative way.<-->

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I have made several references in the past to various training documents published by Eurocontrol, ranging from common core content syllabi, to training plans, to development and design guidelines and e-learning.

I have not yet given the link to a place where ALL the Eurocontrol Training Related documents could be found. And that was because there was unfortunately no one specific place where to look.

Now this is history, and an online catalogue of training documents is now available.

Goto http://e-learning.eurocontrol.int and click on the Training Publications link on the left hand menu.

Enjoy.

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Towards the end of 2009, EUROCONTROL released a Phraseology Database called ‘Say Again’.

Image from Eurocontrol's website

This database [to whose development I participated] provides you with a engine which searches through out ATC phraseology key words. Once you find the phrase you are looking for, you can then retrieve the standard ICAO syntax for the phrase. You are also provided with an example, both written and sound, the context within which the phrase should be used and its relation with other phrases.

Screen shot from Say Again

A special thanks also goes to LFV, Sweden, as a good number of examples originate from its training school.

Goto Eurocontrol’s Training Zone and search for ‘Say Again’ in the course catalogue.

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What is the ceiling or range of an Airbus 380? What is the MTOW of a Boeing 737-800? What is the expected performance of an aircraft? How does it look like? It is all freely available on the Eurocontrol Aircraft Performance database for 300 aircraft types.

Eurocontrol aircraft performance database

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From the Eurocontrol IANS website:

“To support innovation in its training activities, EUROCONTROL is introducing a new LMS . The new system, which is accessible via the link below, is a flexible and user-friendly system. It provides an online training catalogue, e-learning delivery and classroom management under one umbrella. The new system also increases information security. The LMS has been in operation since the beginning of 2009.

All e-learning courses available from the Institute are already delivered through the new LMS . From the 2nd semester of 2009, all classroom courses will also be managed on this system…

…If you are an individual wishing to study e-learning modules then please consult our online training catalogue. If you are a recognised training provider or operational centre and wish to use the LMS for e-learning delivery please contact elearning.services@eurocontrol.int”

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The saftey unit at Eurocontrol came with the brilliant idea of collecting all the aviation safety related resources into a wiki.

Should you need to search on items such as level busts, runway incursions, air ground communications, and otheer themes, all you have to do is to go to this site: www.skybrary.aero and look there.

This wiki has also got a search engine which looks directly into a number of ICAO documents…

It is not a living website and new articles will be included to enrich it [currently there are some 1100 articles].  One needs to be a designated user to submit articles to the wiki, but the discussion on articles is open to registered users – and it is easy to register!

This is an extract of the press release from EUROCONTROL

SKYbrary – www.skybrary.aero - a new wiki-style web site which aims to be the single point of reference for aviation safety knowledge was launched today by EUROCONTROL in partnership with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the Flight Safety Foundation.

SKYbrary provides in-depth information for aviation professionals, backed-up with an attractive search engine. It already hosts some one thousand articles, covering fifteen areas, including critical safety issues such as Level Bust and Runway Incursions. Articles are added regularly, and search words inside the articles link to additional information both on SKYbrary and on external sites.

The wiki format means that visitors can contribute both articles and information to SKYbrary. An open discussion forum aims to enhance visitors™ awareness of and interest in safety.

With permission from ICAO, SKYbrary includes an ICAO search engine. This will increase the speed at which answers to queries can be retrieved. As of today, key documents including ICAO Annexes (2, 10 and 11) and Documents (444 and 8168) are included.

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EUROCONTROL has published the first e-learning newsletter.

In this newsletter you will find articles aimed at training managers, instructors, e-learning developers and other interested readers.

The articles are kept short for easy reading.

Some of the article subjects are:

Learning 2.0 and ATM training,
What is SCORM
Best practices in e-learning development
and much more.

Go and have a look for yourself, it is very interesting!

http://elearning.eurocontrol.int/IANS//ELEARNING_Newsletter/newsletter_July07.html

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