Originally Posted by
SINGAPURCANAC
i would like to propose one efficient solution.
Unit rate -The same for all.( in ECAC area)
If ANSPs generates delays ( such as Karlsuhe, Marselile, Warsaw etc...) it should be reduced unit rate as appropriate.
More delays, less payment.
Fantastic idea ! so you reduce the payments, which will mean stop in recruiting new staff, or paying them so they leave less staff , stop investments and 5 years later you can close the center , but who will take over ?
Solution is cooperation , helping each other not pointing fingers. .
However the notion of a single unit rate is not new and would resolve many issues, mainly in finally allowing to reorganizing the airspace and routes , so getting a much more efficient system. But huge reluctance from States, i.e. the people you elect ..Nationalism is on the rise everywhere..
Same for SES and FABs, as said earlier, sovereignty is the main issue , a big one always was and still is preventing things to move in the right direction . . Comparing the US with Europe is futile as it is forgetting that there are 40 air forces in EUR , (plus the USAF! ), and some still officially at war with one another. Other things like Brexit, Gibraltar, or Kosovo to name only 3 , are not helping either.
Eurocontrol was the idealistic solution in the 70s, Unique upper airspace under one agency for the whole of Europe . 3 centers were built, but only Maastricht survived.. the 2 others ( Shannon and Karlsruhe) were nationalized by their respective States in 1974. End of the European ATC dream .
Been there since the early 70s and also seen and even was involved in all the projects mentioned earlier..Big hopes, followed by deceptions. Takes time , bloody long time to get things moving in Europe , but we have 2 millennia of history and wars behind us too...No that simple, If it was , would have been solved long ago..
Finally to come back to the article that initiated this thread : . It is a very good one , and I really concur with Luis statements and conclusions. You may not like it , but not everybody is expected to like to hear the truth . Ask Trump
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