1. Free access to airspace
EGU Air Space
Free access to airspace

2. 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

3. Thermal “airways” in Germany

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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

7. 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)

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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

12. 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.