Free access to airspace EGU Air Space Free access to airspace

European Air Space Considerations Very diverse Air Space usage London Heathrow vs. Kirkeness Norway Alp Region vs. Netherlands Strong Air Sports Nations vs. Small (by number) Europe is a not uniform and does not have to be In terrain air sports culture Civil/ military cooperation Air Traffic Management

Thermal “airways” in Germany

Airspace Considerations Lower Airspace ( Ground - xxx ?) complex patchwork restrictive vertical division to controlled airspace above Large, inflexible TMAs Sometimes over-controlled by Air Traffic Control ATC Conflicts with high speed military aircraft

Airspace Harmonisation Flexible use of air space air space design must consider all users Use of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) air space classification Air space classes should have same rules in all European Commuity countries Harmonized publication of Visual Flight Rules (VFR) air space rules in the national Aeronautical Information Publications (AIP)

European Air Space Harmonisation Eurocontrol Air Navigation Strategy ICAO Airspace classification A,B,C,D,E,F,G Few countries in Europe use (A,B,F(HX)) different rules within the same category (WX, VFR access rules) Single European Sky Air traffic management Research Research of Future Air Traffic Management Tools

Air Space classification tool box New subgroup to ANT Air Navigation Team Harmonize the existing ICAO classes Harmonisation of Class E WX access rules Controlle Zone Class D WX access rules Describe tool box items TMZ-Transponder Mandatory Zone Use of Time sharing (HX)

Air Space Infringment most Infringments are said to be done by GA. Again statistics 1600 the „Plan“ is to reduce infringments by Pilot education Free issue of VFR charts Mandatory membership in Aero Clubs Mandatory Transponder use

Commercial Air traffic sharp decline > 10% Expected to be worse than after 911 Might take until 2015 to be inline with present growth Influence on to GA unknown

VFR Security-NEASCOG Meeting in Dec. 2008 Letter bei EAS to intervene Some issue of the paper Flight plan for everybody Transponder for everybody Vetting (background check)

concerns for the future Lack of sufficient, contiguous, airspace for VFR cross country flight (better analyses of VFR needs) Use of airports not used today (low cost carriers) Unnecessary complexity of airspace (lack of harmonization) Need of a low power transponder ! Cost of equipment (8.33, Mode-S) Lack of Flexible Use Airspace implementation Denial of access (even when equipped and/or airspace is unused) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Above all, access to airspace and oceans and oceans of free airspace The EAS Presidents final word at the Air Sports meeting on Dec. 1st 2006 at Eurocontrol Above all, access to airspace and oceans and oceans of free airspace Pilots are capable of adapting to unusual situations, as this is one of the challenges why we fly.