Going back to this link-
http://files.aea.be/Speeches/Operators_Harmo.pdf
and going again to page 2...The Europeans are coming from a system unified from patched together systems of civil and military ATMs...yet..as a group..these guys consider the way the US does it is just downright dangerous
US ATM system faces safety issues
! TCAS RA’s
" AEA members flying to the USA have analyzed TCAS RA’s
on approach comparing major US airports with European
major airports " The rate at some US airports (Newark, LAX, Denver,
Philadelphia, SFO) is 100 times the rate at major European
airports (LHR, CDG, SPL, FRA etc)
! Compliance with ICAO
" Various serious safety incidents linked to the US ATM
environment with loss of separation or near collision. In
light of the Ueberlingen accident, all TCAS RA’s have to
be complied with (ICAO), a modus operandi which is not
fully understood in the USA
! US ATM safety issues need to be tackled with urgency
This is not hot air blowing off, the European Airline Companies have serious issues with the US ATM....and we just want to blindly copy them..
I have a prediction...The US FAA will move to two levels of airspace with the coming full implimentation of Free flight...No points for guess whoes airspace it will resemble....And that sad joke is that it's just history repeating
