What's up guy's???
Pegase Driver
Right, you want some European specific news :
Yesterday Saturday 8 January 2000 we had to put an ATFM regulation on one of our new uper sector in Maastricht for the first time after its introduction 3 years ago.
This means that we had more traffic thought the West part of Belgian Airspace on the 8 of January this year than we had in the middle of the Summer 99. If this kind of traffic growth continue, I can predict a very cahotic summer with enormous delays, certainly worse that last year, which was already the worse on record..
Back to you for comment.
Yesterday Saturday 8 January 2000 we had to put an ATFM regulation on one of our new uper sector in Maastricht for the first time after its introduction 3 years ago.
This means that we had more traffic thought the West part of Belgian Airspace on the 8 of January this year than we had in the middle of the Summer 99. If this kind of traffic growth continue, I can predict a very cahotic summer with enormous delays, certainly worse that last year, which was already the worse on record..
Back to you for comment.
Pegase Driver
Thank you bigmac .
Now, another piece of info about Belgium :
Their Governement decided some years ago that their air force should buy F16s. ( there are around 50 left ) and Alpha jets (also around 50 ) to train they need aispace, and seen the size of Belgium, their training areas when active take roughly half of Belgium, reducing the Luxemburg sector to a mere crossing point of 4 different airways, that you overfly in 4 minutes, during which time you all have to change of FL to avoid the others coming from the 3 other directions...
Now, another piece of info about Belgium :
Their Governement decided some years ago that their air force should buy F16s. ( there are around 50 left ) and Alpha jets (also around 50 ) to train they need aispace, and seen the size of Belgium, their training areas when active take roughly half of Belgium, reducing the Luxemburg sector to a mere crossing point of 4 different airways, that you overfly in 4 minutes, during which time you all have to change of FL to avoid the others coming from the 3 other directions...
Pegase Driver
ever heard of G-loc ? That caused a few dozens losses over the years, rest victims of budgetary costs ( 30 or so are stored somewhere).. the Mirages are also all gone ...to Chili I have heard.
