A decode of the reasons for regulation can be found in the ATFCM users manual here:
http://www.cfmu.eurocontrol.int/cfmu...12_0_FINAL.pdf
You will have to scroll down to page 105 of that document.
The codes are fairly generic though, for example "En-route delay due to ATC staff shortage".
For more info you need to read the ANM updates. They are published on AFTN and SITA every time a new regulation is published. We put as much info as we think is useful but we are limited to the number of characters we can use.
Regulations created at D -1 (pretactical) are also described in the Network News which is available through the CFMU internet application (CIA).
EUROCONTROL - Access to CFMU Internet Application (CIA) Click on the "Public access" link
An example of an entry from today's is:
LIPP
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LIPZ TEMP CAPACITY REDUCTION EXTENDED TO 12/07/08 0300 ESTIMATED.
REF NOTAM A3595/08. TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN CAPACITIES DUE W.I.P
ON TAXIWAYS, RUNWAY AND LIGHTING.
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ANTICIPATE UP TO 40 MINUTES DELAYS 0920-1030, 1320-1500 AND
1900-2140.
The delay code for that may read GA83 (ATFM due to RESTRICTION AT DESTINATION AIRPORT). Not terribly informative.
As previous posters have stated, the information is out there, just not that easy to access from the flight deck. We are developing systems that make all this information much easier to access, the first such development will be the Network Operations Portal (NOP), an internet based tool which will come on line early next year.
All sorts of other methods will be considered from SMS to ANMs with hyperlinks to maps and so on. If anyone has any bright ideas we are prepared to listen........
