Air Traffic Control Industrial Relations: Great Britain and the United States

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-172
Author(s):  
Pamela Marett ◽  
Janet Winters
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Air Traffic

Miscommunication between pilots and air traffic control

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kent Jones
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Pilot Error ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers ◽  
The Common

Language confusion is a frequent cause of pilot error. Although English was made the common language of world aviation in 1951, miscommunication and crashes in which communication was a contributing factor are common. Standard phrases used by air traffic controllers in the United States contain numerous confusing elements. These include ambiguities, misnomers and illogicalities. Phrases are not derivations of a master plan as they should be. The inability of English to express specific directions to pilots without confusion disqualifies it as a language for permanent use by aviation.

Siting of Landing Strips for International Aircraft Movements in Great Britain

1950 ◽  
Vol 54 (476) ◽  
pp. 541-543
Author(s):  
William Courtenay
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Airline Pilot ◽  
Commercial Airline ◽  
Twin Rotor

Air travel at 600 m.p.h. to 650 m.p.h. in the next decade and the use of multi-seat twin rotor helicopters on internal air routes to help to solve terminal delay problems, bring in their train growing problems of Air Traffic Control. Full use of high speed civil transports and helicopters does not seem practicable within the British Isles unless the problem of the siting of landing strips is reviewed and unless ideas on this subject are recast in the light of growing experience.To the commercial airline pilot Great Britain is indeed a “tight little island.” It will appear smaller yet when the de Havilland Comet jet air liner operates to time-tables of approximately double the speed of most of the existing schedules of today.

Air Traffic Control and its Influence on the Navigation Problem

1959 ◽  
Vol 63 (579) ◽  
pp. 175-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. O. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Single Issue ◽  
Satisfactory Description ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The One ◽  
New System

Navigation used to be solely concerned with the safest and most expedient means of directing an aircraft to its objective—either the destination airport or a military target. Nowadays, especially in civil aviation but increasingly in military transport operations, the need to comply with air traffic control (A.T.C.) procedures is tending to dominate both the technique of navigation and the kind of navigation aids used.In recent years great stress has been placed on the problem of air traffic control and now, with the imminent arrival of jet air liners in large numbers, the consternation is even greater. Reactions to the problem vary, so that on the one hand there are the down-to-earth realists who see no immediate prospects of any revolutionary improvement in A.T.C. methods; on the other hand there are the optimists who already speak of the present A.T.C. system as though it is a thing of the past and talk of the “ new “ system which will replace it when the jets arrive. Despite the most extensive studies of the problem, such as that recently undertaken by the Curtis Presidential Committee in the United States, no entirely satisfactory description of the “ new “ system of A.T.C. has materialised. Meanwhile the penalities of restriction and delay of jet aircraft by air traffic control need no emphasis, but to give one example, the Comet I, when operated by B.O.A.C., regularly arrived at London Airport with at least two hours fuel as diversion and traffic reserve. The weight of this fuel was of a similar order to the total payload of the aeroplane, so it will be realised that economic operation of jet aircraft can stand or fall on this single issue of air traffic control.

International Civil Aviation Organization

1960 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 662-664
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
International Civil Aviation Organization ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Navigation Service

The 39th session of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) extended from January 27 to April 14, 1960, during which time the Council considered several questions on air navigation, air transport, and technical assistance, as well as administrative and legal matters. In the field of air navigation, the two subjects that aroused the most interest were Amendment 35 to Annex 10 (Aeronautical Telecommunications), proposing new specifications for distance-measuring equipment, and the Secretariat's reports on investigations of major deficiencies in air navigation facilities and services on the main international air routes. After a debate in which the United States, the Netherlands, and the Federal Republic of Germany strongly supported the aforementioned amendment, with Australia, Canada, the Union of South Africa, and the United Kingdom opposing it, the following were adopted, to be approved or rejected by member states by September 1, 1960: 1) the new Standard making VOR (omnidirectional radio range) the standard aid for air traffic control and other operational purposes en route as well as in terminal areas; 2) the new Standard requiring the installation of DME (distancemeasuring equipment) as a complement to VOR where, for operational or air traffic control reasons, there was need for more precise navigation service than that provided by VOR; and 3) amendments relating to the “protection date” for VOR and DME. To determine whether joint financing might be a possible remedy for specific deficiencies in air navigation facilities and services, the Council established a working body to study the Secretariat's reports and present its findings to the June session of the Council.

scholarly journals State Intervention in the Settlement of Interests Conflicts

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-416
Author(s):  
Adolf Sturmthol
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Government Intervention ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
The United States ◽  
Conflicts Of Interests ◽  
Union Participation ◽  
Numerous Data

The Author first describes the « contradictory values » which surround collective bargaining and industrial peace, going through a brief analysis of various industrial relations theories: those of Market, Government and Union Participation in Management. He then goes on to distinguish between various manifestations of industrial conflicts—one of which being the strike, which is not necessarily a symptom of « unhealthy » industrial relations. The Author states that government intervention in conflicts of interests must be the exception and must have their justification in each case. He founds his thesis on the on-the-spot study of numerous data collected from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany and, Sweden.

scholarly journals Approaches of chosen air navigation services providers to UAV integration into air traffic control systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Matúš ◽  
◽  
Matúš Materna
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Visual Contact ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Air Navigation Services

In this article are approaches of Air Navigation Services (ANS) providers in chosen countries to UAV integration into Air Traffic Control Systems identified and described. Firstly we made a synpaper of theoretical information about ANS and UAV. Product of ANS providers has 11 parts. For UAV traffic control and management are important ATC, CNS, AIS, MET, ATFCM and ASM services. The volume of ANS provided depends on UAV operation development in the country, and on the level of integration of UAV into ATC systems. The biggest problem of UAV operation is the risk of collision with piloted aircraft, and potential threat of people and property on the ground. The biggest risk is during UAV operation close to airports, because there are many aircrafts flying in low altitudes (after take-off and on approach to landing). The consequences of collision in this altitudes in the most serious. Because of this, 4 ways to detect and 2 ways to mitigate an unauthorized UAV close to airport are currently in use. Various combinations of UAV detection and mitigation ways create complex airport UAV protection systems. Secondly, we chose 7 countries (Poland, Hungary, Germany, Great Britain, USA, India, and United Arab Emirates), and analysed their approaches to UAV integration. In all of the analysed countries can remote pilots use a mobile application, which allows them to create a flight plan, and receive all the information, necessary for the flight. Differences between these countries are for example if the permission in required for every UAV flight (in Hungary and India yes), if the ANS provider has an opportunity to watch UAV during flight (in Poland, India, and partly in Germany), if the UAV operation without direct visual contact between remote pilot and UAV is allowed (in Poland and Germany), and if are UAV operations included into airspace capacity management systems (in Poland, Hungary, Germany, and Great Britain). UAV integration process in next years will relate to development of communication systems between UAVs, between UAV and ATC, and between UAV and piloted aircraft. The process will also relate to development of technologies to avoid mid-air collisions.

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