Aviation Intelligence Reporter – May 2009
Joined-up thinking and aeronautical spectrum – waves of panic
The Environment (I): Globally, some ideas make a break for it
The environment (II): Regionally, it is petty politics as usual
SESAR: A pan-European visionary of the first order
The use it or lose it rule: used, but now it may be lost
Europe ratifies the Cape Town Convention
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click hereJoined-up thinking and aeronautical spectrum – waves of panic
We have mentioned before that the UK communications regulator Ofcom is considering
shaking up what it sees as lazy and unmotivated public service users of spectrum, such
as police, the military and air traffic control, by forcing them to think as if they were in the
private sector. That process has now commenced.
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The Environment (I): Globally, some ideas make a break for it
Finally, some clear thinking is making a dash for it from the increasingly bunker-mentality
institutionalised-thinking of the aviation environment debate. To stretch that analogy a
little, in fact, the clear thinking is making that dash in the time honoured way of bursting
out in as many directions as possible – perhaps with the aim of providing several
simultaneous moving targets.
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The environment (II): Regionally, it is petty politics as usual
Back in Europe the environment debate turned into one of those favourite pastimes of
the bureaucrat last month – a turf war. Good to see that nothing is more important than
turf. Nothing, not even the saving of the planet, can stand in the way of that. Quite right,
too.
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SESAR: A pan-European visionary of the first order
At the very same time as Prof Cave was making his ideologically pure, theoreticallymarket-
driven speech about releasing the hidden value in the air traffic control’s
spectrum holdings, the ANSPs and other parts of the industry were gathering to draft an
altogether different proposal. They were looking at possible responses to a Commission
green paper seeking views on whether European funds set aside for European transport
networks (TEN-T) should be extended to air traffic management, to fund the
implementation of Single European Sky and SESAR (the SES technology platform).
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The use it or lose it rule: used, but now it may be lost
One should never forget that politicians have long memories. No slight, no put down, no
reversal, no matter how trivial to the rest of us, is ever forgotten or forgiven. It is only a
matter of time. Revenge is, after all, a dish best served cold.
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Europe ratifies the Cape Town Convention
As we foreshadowed in December, the European Union has now officially ratified the
Cape Town Convention, and the Aircraft Protocol. The Convention provides for an internationally recognised and recorded right in security interests created over high value
mobile assets.
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