White list was declared persona non grata by the ATM overlords in Koln, or so I was lead to belive. FANS works, kinda, but lots of jumping about between physical links. There has been finger pointing at AOC traffic volumes, shall we say poor implementation choices and questions on how representative the validation was of the as deployed conditions.
The majority of aircraft are not equipped yet and it is struggling at sub 10% of flights. Your statement is broadly correct, if understated. It's Donald Ducked.
In other news Italy claims it's bespoke VDL-2 ATN ground network works perfectly.
EU is talking, and making plans (presumably how to accept no responsibility and apportion blame
) and something is in the works. Whether the great hope for a "quick fix" solution is terrestrial in origin, who knows. A satcom subgroup kicks off at Eurocae next week. Draw whatever conclusions you like from that...
That said a credible technical solution, implementation of same & enabling institutional activity, so a fit for purpose solution 'O' date not before 2018. Something by 2020?
To add insult to injury EC just doubled down by making ATN-B2 mandatory by ~2024 in the recent PCP regulation. No comment on that one.