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It is recommended that the team leaders consider
forming committees and / or specialised working
groups to guide the project decision making process
(i.e. Steering Group, Working Group, etc.).
Comprehensive education
The programme to educate and convince all partners
must contain a module explaining Airport CDM in
general, leading on to the subject of the Airport CDM
implementation project. This module must stress the
collaborative nature of Airport CDM, the relatively low
costs involved and the potential benefits, including
the quick-win opportunities.
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EUROCONTROL offers Airport CDM training
courses, both at the Institute of Air Navigation
Services in Luxembourg and on location,
upon request. Such courses are free of
charge for airport partners.
A specific module must be devoted to identifying the
measures that will be taken to protect data from both
commercial and security aspects. The issue of withholding
data, unless paid for, has been discussed in
various forums. Organisations truly dedicated to improving
air traffic management will find ways of sharing
data in an acceptable framework.
Conflicting priorities can be intimidating and discouraging,
however of all the obstacles, this is probably
the easiest to overcome. It requires patience, perseverance,
a firm belief in the objectives and wellreasoned
arguments. Partners with initial reservations
are likely to become supporters when they see the
achievements or when successful implementation
finally makes staying out a non-option.
Local partners truly local?
It is important to recognise that some partners,
who may appear local, are in fact based far away,
possibly in other regions of the world (e.g. airline’s
operations centre). It may therefore be necessary
to go beyond their local presence in order to get
a decision on Airport CDM implementation. Once
the higher level decision has been made, the work
should continue locally.
The introduction of Airport CDM requires a
culture change. This fact needs to be recognised
and accepted by the partners as soon as possible,
in order to progress. Continuous collaboration and
decision making based on data with new accuracy
requirements, or on data that was just not available
before, means working in a new environment that
requires some adapting.
2.3 Setting the Objectives
The objectives of each individual airport partner
are diverse and may, in some cases, be both contradictory
whilst also being complementary. Some
partners will not possess a full understanding of the
particular operations and priorities of others. This is
normal in the aviation world and is something that
Airport CDM will address.
All Airport CDM Partners have a common prime
objective, namely to maintain a safe, smooth and
efficient air transport service for the benefit of passengers
and cargo. In order to achieve this prime
objective there are many supporting objectives. Figure
2 represents supporting objectives with which
most partners can identify. This list is not exhaustive
and there may well be others, particular to each
airport. Airport CDM covers these supporting objectives
and provides solutions in the Airport CDM
Concept Elements.
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