Feb 25th France

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Appreciate your views on the impending changes to French airspace on the 25th and the likely chaos, seems as if it might be a good day to take leave!

[ATC Watcher]

You bet ! the latest info is that many Airlines would not have their FMS updated with the new routing as they only update their databases on the 28th of each month and the info necessary to udate them did not reach the manufacturers of the updates in time. IATA recognises this and itself predict a 3 days chaos !
This is one of the reasons Swistersland reduced its capacities drastically...
Good luck !

[PPRuNe Radar]

Anyone know why the info didn't get there in time ? Wouldn't be Eurocontrol's or the individual States fault would it ?

We deserve to be told !!

[ATC Watcher]

Eurocontrol does not have the power to issue anything, it is the individual states responsibility. Some States gave double airac cycle notification to be on the Safe side ( Switserland for instance ) another major one in the game apparently " forgot " and sent it 2 days after the last airac cycle. Therefore the mess. For info the plan is known to States since last October at least.....

[PPRuNe Radar]

Thanks for the info Watcher, seems that if everyone knew in October there is no valid excuse for not getting the info out in time. Hope the airlines seek compensation from those states who caused the mess and therefore the delays.

[E cam]

The nav data base, Boeing or Airbus, is not updated on the 28th of the month. It is updated every 28 days.

[Capt PPRuNe]

To any PPRuNe colleagues in the flow control unit at Maastricht, I'm going on a well earned weeks skiing holiday tomorrow (27th Feb) and I would really appreciate anything that would get flight AMM104, EGCC to LSGG, out of any bottlenecks or congestion that may be brewing out there.

I know you can do it. I have faith in you... Please.... Pretty please with a cherry on top!

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[PPRuNe Radar]

My colleague the Captain of course meant the CFMU in Brussels, rather than the FMP which I presume Maastricht has !! Well, he is a pilot after all, wouldn't expect him to know much about these things

[This message has been edited by PPRuNe Radar (edited 26 February 1999).]