3/2011 - GdF Gewerkschaft der Flugsicherung eV

der fl ugleiter 2011/03 Editorial
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Communique
Frankfurt, 25 th May 2011
Operation FABEC headed nowhere…
as predicted.
Performance and institutional questions are linked. It is impossible
to drive one without addressing the other. In the
absence of any institutional roadmap, of any fi nal objective
related to service provision, FABEC is headed for complete
standstill, despite all the good will and the technical justifi -
cations of operational projects.
A more effi cient airspace design is possible and can be
found. However, it can only be implemented if the institutional
setup makes it possible. The so-called DOVER project is,
sadly, just about to prove us right. Despite positive feedbacks
from experts and despite the technical and operational
positive elements it entails, it will most probably not
become a reality because it could lead to transferring major
traffi c fl ows from one provider to another. Which must, in the
present FABEC competitive context, simply be unacceptable
for any provider or stakeholder.
States must realise that they put their ANSP and staff in an
impossible situation: sound and valid solutions are established,
only to be left away, because any further airspace- or
service- delegation is not acceptable in the present context.
With a MOSAIC single provider, that issue would be solved
instantly, as the question of income linked to traffi c fl ows
would not interfere. Operational solutions (such as the
DOVER workgroup proposals) could be implemented as and
when needed.
MARC members are still waiting to start their participation
to Social Dialogue at FABEC level. We have accepted the proposed
Terms of Reference for the FABEC Social Dialogue
Committee, established on the principles of the works councils,
as recommended by the European Commission.
MARC represent the vast majority of operational staff
employed by the seven providers of the six FABEC states.
Its membership comprises operational staff controllers,
technicians and engineers.