Originally Posted by
scifi
I really wonder why they have increased the number of channels by x3, will that mean there will be 3 times more ATC Jobs going in the future.?
Or will it just mean that each airfield will have its own unique frequency.
At 3000ft overhead our airfield we sometimes hear another airfield's radio chatter, when that airfield is across the width of the country from ours.
Rumors I heard were it was due to the incompetence to arrange EU-wide frequencies, so each country did its own without coordination. Second may be the increasing power of modern radios, as in the old days of 5-6 watts it was easy to be far away, but at 10-16 watts far is much farther. I somehow doubt they really needed it, especially looking at airspaces like in the US still running fine on 25.