Why don't we Learn
Even after Uberlingen and all that Eurocontrol and the EU have done for safety and the implementation of Safety Management Systems, most continental center/airports are only paying lip service to safety management. Where NATS takes safety seriously, appointing a Safety Director, there is no ANSP on the continent who does the same. Safety management is present, but buried in processes and in some cases the safety managers are responsible to line managers!!! Wake up Europe and give safety the priority it deserves and start leading from the top, before it happens again. Even the Eurocontrol ATC center in Maastricht does not have a Safety Director at the highest level of management.