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The Harmonisation of Training and Competence Keeping in Functional Airspace Block Environment

The importance of the air traffic control can be seen in situations where the great disturbance in traffic schedule occurs ; i.e. war situations, volcanic ash presence and the most common situation, especially during summer season, due to airspace congestion - long delays. In attempt to resolve constant need for additional capacity in overall Air Traffic Management system (ATM) and to improve flight efficiency, the European Commission has lunched the new programme called Single European Sky – SES. The creation of a Single European Sky requires complete reorganisation of existing airspace structure and organisation. The reorganisation will be based on specific measures:  Configurations of ATC sectors (sector means a part of a control area and/or part of a flight information region/upper region) being subdivided and routes established regardless of national borders. This will permit the airspace to be used more efficiently.  The division of airspace between civil and military users taking account of the new geopolitical realities and forming part of a consistent and efficient framework. The airspace will be reconfigured into Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs) based on operational requirements and established regardless of State boundaries, with the target objectives to achieve maximum capacity and efficiency, while maintaining a high level of safety. One of the key elements for the FAB creation is the harmonisation of training and competence keeping for staff involved in the service provision. There is a priority to train or re-train a significant number of Air Traffic Control Officer/Air Traffic Controller (ATCOs), while future actions will be progressively extended to other working staff, such as: Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel (ATSEP) Airspace Management Cell/Flow Management Position (AMC/FMP), where the level of harmonisation of the training and the competence keeping is lower. This paper describes a present development in the process of the training and competence keeping of the staff involved in the service provision in the future FAB organization.

Training; Competence; Single European Sky; Functional Airspace Block

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