Introduction to Legal aspects of Air traffic management based on satellite navigation
“Air Traffic Control’s primary objective is to ensure flight safety: pilots in their cockpit are to a large extent « blind » to the exterior world and, given the aircraft speed and trajectory complexity, it is necessary to control them from the ground in order to make sure that of course there are no accidents, but also to ensure the overall fluidity and efficiency of traffic flows. Air Traffic Control (ATC) is based on two main pillars: “surveillance”, which enables ground operators to know precisely where the aircraft are, and the “controller”, who manages the safety of flights .Ever since the implementation of radars in the 70s-80s as surveillance means, air traffic control has not evolved much: ATC is essentially “craftsmanship”, and relies entirely on the controllers’ individual capability to handle always more traffic. Even though air transport has exceptionally good reliability and safety…
July 21, 2021 · Boomi Nathan