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2.
The Boeing 763
This a i r c r a f t i s t h e p r i n c i p a l
competitor o f t h e A i r b u s e s , and
really l o o k s l i k e a c o p y of
t h e A 3 1 0 . A comparison of t h e i r
c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s shows t h e s i milarities.
A
Engines
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Wingspan
g r e a t e r economy. It w i l l c a r r y
150 pax. D e l i v e r i e s to a i r l i n e s
in 1986.
B 767
310
2X
General
Electric
CF6-80
2X
General
Electric
cB6-80
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T h e IL86
4 4 rn
47m
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a i r b u s copy maybe, b u t i t
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(Airbuski?)
h a s some interesting f e a t u r e s .
T h e f i r s t d i f f e r e n c e is t h a t i t
~ax.weight
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Cruise A l
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t
132 T
136 T
195
282
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FL 290
895 kmh
F L 290
337 kmh
Range
service
Western c o m p e t i t o r s .
U n t i l recently the Soviets
were u n a b l e to p r o d u c e l a r g e
t u r b o f a n s b u t i t seems t h a t
t h e y sudeenly d i s c o v e r e d the
m e a n s . P e r h a p s t h e A r i a n a DClO
w h i c h w a s g r o u n d e d i n Kabul f o r
o v e r a year, e q u i p p e d a s it w a s
w i t h t h e s e engines, h e l p e d t h e
R u s s i a n e n g i n e e r s somewhat.
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Already
sixteen airlines have
o r d e r e d a t o t a l o f 1 7 0 B767's,
o n l y t w o of them European
( ~ r i t a n n i a a n d B r a a t h e n s 1 for
d e l i v e r y i n 1 3 9 4 , s o i t will b e
s a m e t i m e b e f o r e we s e e o n e i n
our a i r s p a c e .
3. T h e U o u a l a s / F o k k e r M D F l O D
To be developed i n Europe by
Fakker i n co-operation w i t h
D o u g l a s ( 5 0 / 5 0 d e a l ) . A new.
generation a i r c r a f t , w i t h new
wing and e n g i n e s , d e s i g n e d f o r
b
h a s four "normal" l o w by-pass
r a t i o n e n g i n e s , i n s t e a d of t w o
of t h e more economic h i g h b y p a s s t u r b o f a n s common to its
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T h e other d i f f e r e n c e i s q u i t e
i n g e n i o u s ; the passengers board
t h e a i r c r a f t w i t h o u t n e e d af
e x t e r n a l stairs or e q u i p m e n t ,
c a r r y i n g t h e i r luggage, which
t h e y d e p o s i t on t h e l o w e r d e c k
b e f o r e c l i m b i n g t h e s t a i r s to
t h e 3 5 0 seat p a s s e n g e r desk.
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This c o n c l u d e s t h e c i v i L a i r c r a f t
news. I n t h e n e x t i s s u e of I N P U T
we s h a l l l o o k a t n e w d e v e l a p -
m e n t s i n radar, electronics,
i n s t r u m e n t s and e n g i n e s , w h i c h
w i l l soon revolutionize a v i a t i o n .
to t h i n k i n g a b o u t
t h a t b l o n d e , I feel concern
a b o u t t h e d o w n g r a d i n g of t h e
I n addition
Decline & Vogd
I l a y i n bed t h i n k i n g a b o u t
i n f l a t i o n , t h e p r i c e of f u e l and
that b l o n d e who lives a c r o s s t h e
s t r e e t , the b e g i n n i n g of t h e
dawn c h o r u s c o u l d be heard and
I wondered if, i n t h i s c h a n g i n g
world t h e m o r n i n g b i r d songs
h a d a l s o b e e n a f f e c t e d by e v o l u t ion.
As
m
s t a t u s of t h e c o n t r o l l e r , i n
part at l e a s t , s e l f i n s t i g a t e d .
T h e r a s h o f s t r i k e s , go-slows,
w o r k s - t o - r u l e etc., w h i c h h a v e
broken o u t d u r i n g t h e l a s t f e w
y e a r s , u s e d n o t to h a p p e n .
N o t t h a t we were b e t t e r p a i d
before
a s k t h e "'old-timers"
how math t h e y e a r n e d on j o i n i n g
ATC.
N o t h i n g d o e s m a r e to d e b a s e a
p r o f e s s i o n than a dispute over
p a y by t n e r e l a t i v e l y w e l l p a i d .
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Of c o u r s e , t h e e x p e r t s s a y t h a t
t h e beautiful sounds e m i t t e d
b y t h e f e a t h e r e d form of f l y e r s
are n o t h i n g but a declaration
0 5 territorial rights
a kind
of a u d i b l e w a r n i n g to other
b i r d s to s t e e r c l e a r of t h e i r
p a r t i c u l a r sector.
B u t the reliability o f e x p e r t s
is a n o t h e r s t o r y . . . . . . . A less
-cynical
v i e w is t o c o n s i d e r t h e
b i r d s t o b e j o y f u l a t t h e prosp e c t o f a n e w d a y and to b e
t h a n k f u l for h a v i n g s u r v i v e d
t h e n i g h t . T h e b i r d s are not
a l o n e i n t h e l a t t e r , a s any
s h i f t w o r k e r can t e l l y o u .
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T h o u g h t h e s o n g s of t h e d a w n
choras may n o t h a v e changed
s k g n F f i r a n t l y , i n o u r a r e a of
a v i a t i o n 'tis
n a t t h e same.
C o n s i d e x the c o n t r a l l e r s a n d
their a s s i s t a n t s
yes y e s
s i n g s t h e ego c h o r u s
the
changes observable Fn t h e s e
c r e a t u r e s , i n t h e mere f o r t y
y e a r s a r so of t h e i r e x F s t e n c c
a s a prafession, a r e almost a s
a m a z i n g as t h e r a t e of c h a n g e
i n a v i a t i o n itself. But there
is n o t h i n g w r o n g w i t h c h a n g e
if it i s for the better.
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T h e n t h e r e Is t h e c h a n g e i n
d r e s s . D i d y o u e v e r s e e a n y of
t h o s e old F A A f i l m s i n y o u r
t r a i n i n g days? R e m e m b e r that
a 1 l t h e con t r o l l e r s w o r e w h i t e
s h i r t s w i t h t i e s ? A kind of
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unofficial b u t voluntary uniform
and s u i t s a t supervisors" s u i t s .
T h e y had l e s s m o n e y b u t more
s t y l e and some c o n c e r n f o r pers o n a l appearance. The degenera t i o n i n t o j e a n s and t e e - s h i r t s
had n o t y e t b e g u n .
T h e n a change o f d e s i g n a t a s .
we a r e n o w to b e k n o w n a s
O p e r a t o r s a s In O D S ( O p e r a t o r
J k s p l a y S y s t e m ) . his-title of
g p r a t o r - c o n j u r e s up a p i c t u r e
of a C h a p l i n e s q u e c h a r a c t e r
f r o m "Modern T i m e s " , s i t t i n g
a t a factory p r o d u c t i o n line,
p u l l i n g Levers m i n d l e s s l y f o r
t h e d u r a t i o n of t h e s h i f t .
Whilst welcoming c o n t e m p o r a r y
a f f l u e n c e , t h e r e a r e t h o s e who
r e g r e t t h e d e g r a d a t i o n of p r o
f e s s i o n a l s t a t u s . The i g n o m i n y
of t h e t i m e c l o c k a t t h e t i m e
o f writing n o t yet a f f e c t i n q
ops. room s t a f f , d o e s l i t t l e t o
enhance t h e image
I find the
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s i g h t of c h i e f s a n d i n d i a n s
queuing f o r t h e i r t u r n t o
clock i n o r o u t r a t h e r degrad i n g a n d a g a i n more i n k e e p i n g
w i t h a f a c t o r y environment than
t h a t of a p r o g r e s s i v e European
O r g a n i s a t i o n , s t a f f e d by h i g h l y
qualified international public
servants.
F i n a l l y , to t h e o p e r a t i o n a l
e n v i r o n m e n t , t h e p l a c e where
w e spend on a v e r a g e n e a r l y one
t h i r d o f our working days. There
was a t i m e when O p e r a t i o n s Rooms
w e r e a kind o f i n n e r sanctum
a holy-of-holies place l a b e l l e d
" N O ENTRY", w h e r e o n l y t h e
chosen f e w were p e r m i t t e d a c c e s s
and t o d w e l l i n the Stygian
gloom, t o i n t e r p r e t t h e m y s t i c a l
signs of the secret screens
f o r your eyes o n l y .
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F o r a non-member o f t h e 0 p s . c l u b
to g a i n e n t r y , w a s a p r i v i l e g e .
a c c o r d e d t o few and a l w a y s
r e q u i r i n g t h e b l e s s i n g of t h e
S u p e r v i s o r . And now? A s t e a d y
f l o w of p l u m b e r s , c a r p e n t e r s ,
c l e r k s , p r o g r a m m e r s , women's
i n s t i t u t e m e m b e r s and u n d e r employed e x p e r t s , f i n d t h e i r
way a n d p r o c e e d u n c h a l l e n g e d
t o mole t h e i r m a i n t e n a n c e
w a y s u n d e r t h e f l o o r o r saw in
t h e c e i l i n g , l e a v i n g a misc e l l a n y o f equipment, from skyhigh s c a f f o l d i n g t o non-rolling
b a l l s , t o accompany t h e dirty
c o f f e e cups l e f t always (of
c o u r s e ) b y t h e p r e v i o u s team.
T h i s was b u t a c r i d u c o e u r
f o r o u r p r o f e s s i o n ' s sake.
S t a n d a r d s and s t a t u s h a v e b e e n
e r o d e d . T h e o n c e proud c o n t r o l l e r i s now s e e n i n t h e
p u b l i c eye a s a d i s r u p t e r of
b u s i n e s s a n d p l e a s u r e and i n
t h e a i r l i n e view a s t h e source
o f c o s t l y d e l a y s . To r e s t o r e
t h e p r e v i o u s good i m a g e o f
A T C w i l l t a k e much t i m e a n d
e f f o r t . Can w e meet t h e
c h a l l e n g e o r d o e s i t not
matter?
"EUROSPERO"
J u l y 1981
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EGATS TECHNICAL COMMllTEE COLUMN
Menk van Hoogdalern, Willern Pieneman
What's our neighbar DOING?
SARP X I
a
D u r i n g m i d - J u l y a d e l e g a t i o n of
t h e EGATS Technical Committee
visited A m s t e r d a m A C C . A f t e r an
introduction by t h e P r e s i d e n t
of t h e N e t h e r l a n d s G u i l d ,
S i p Koopmans, t h e T J C h a d t h e
o p p o r t u n i t y to e x c h a n g e v i e w s
on t e c h n i c a l and o p e r a t i o n a l
m a t t e r s with a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e
o f t h e Dutch T J C , A n d r k e s
Verburgt , espeei&lly w i t h
r e g a r d to t h e e x c h a n g e of information, e x p e r i e n c e , t h e
b u i l d - u p of a n a t m o s p h e r e o f
u n d e r s t a n d i n g and cooperation
b e t w e e n our t w o Committees.
RXSTQRY
The N e t h e r l a n d s has been a
p i o n e e r i n t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of
automation. A s far back
a s 1956 w o r k was s t a r t e d on
an automatic s t r i p p r i n t i n g
system. T h e f i r s t o p e r a t i o n a l
s y s t e m ( S A T C O I ) was d e l i v e r e d
to A C C i n 1 9 6 0 a n d a c c e p t e d
I, o p e r a t i o n a l l y i n e a r l y 1 9 6 1 .
It w a s a r a t h e r b a s i c s y s t e m
ATC
(no automatic stripprinting)
that provided t h e processing
of r e v i s i o n s a n d c a l c u l a t i o n s
f o r boundary estimates.
T h e r e a f t e r followed d e v e l o p m e n t
of t h e second o p e r a t i o n a l
s y s t e m ( S A T C O T I ) w h f c h was
mainly c o n c e r n e d with F l i g h t
Plan Processing and r e s u l t e d ,
amongst o t h e r t h i n g s , in a
computerhsed flightprogress
board.
SATCO I 1 was developed m a i n l y
a s a p r o c e d u r a l concept, b u t
d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d of i t s
development (1961-19651 the
w h o l e philosophy of A T C c h a n g e d
f r o m t h e u s e of m a i n l y p r o c e d u r a l c o n t r o l , to t h a t of a
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1
more advanced s y s t e m which
w o u l d e x p l o i t r a d a r - s e p a r a t f on
standards u s i n g sophisticated
equipment.
T h a t was why S A T C O X I was
virtually out-dated even before
i t b e c a m e operational!
F u r t h e r d e v e l o p m e n t s l e d to a
completely r e v i s e d system
w h i c h n e c e s s i t a t e d t h e aband o n m e n t of SATCO I F e a t u r e s
but w h i c h incorporated some
o f t h o s e of S A T C O 1 1 , n a m e l y
t h e 5 sector system u s i n g
automatic flightprogress
boards for t h e PLC a n d t h e
L i n k a g e b e t w e e n E H A M TWR/APP,
E H R D T W R / A P P and t h e M i l i t a r y
ATC s y s t e m P W R O S .
R n e x t phase w a s t h e implement a t i o n of S A R P I ( r a d a r - d a t a
p r o c e s s i n g f o r ~ p p r o a c h ) and
finally t h e most recent phase:
rada-data processing f o r ACC,
and t h e s u b s t i t u t i o n f a r S A T C O .
SARP
X I
This new s y s t e m c a m e i n t o o p e r a t i o n i n F e b r u a r y 1 9 8 1 . It i s
a combined f l k q h t p l a n - an3
radardata processing system,
s e r v i n g EHAM ACC and S c h i p h o l
T W X / A P P w i t h L i n k s to M i l i t a r y ATC system and w i t h
t e r m i n a l s at E H R D T W R , a i r l i n e s
etc.
The system uses 2 main c o m puters (working independently)
2 r a d a r - c o m p u t e r s and 8
d i s p l a y computers, each o f
whfch serves 2 planviewdisplays. Although t h e main
computers work independently,
t h e fall-back system depends
on s o c a l l e d "cross-connection;"
a s l o n g a s one of t h e d u p l i c a t e d e l e m e n t s is o p e r a t i v e ,
b
STRIKE REPORT
B y means o f a n e x e c u t i v e
o r d e r issued i n 1962 t h e
Kennedy a d m i n i s t r a t i o n gave
f e d e r a l public employees
the right to organize a n d
b a r g a i n collectively, though
n o t to s t r i k e . T h a t a c t i o n ,
together with some l e g i s l a t i o n at t h e s t a t e l e v e l ,
led to a r a p i d expansion of
u n i o n i s m a m o n g public employees. But t h e p r o b l e m of
how b a r g a i n i n g could b e c o n d u c t e d e f f e c t i v e l y without
t h e u l t i m a t e sanction of the
s t r i k e r e m a i n e d t o b e solved.
n u m b e r of p r o f e s s i o n a l
associations, t h o u g h r e f u s i n g
t o regard t h e m s e l v e s as
u n i o n s , began in t h e l a t e
1960s to e n g a g e in c o l l e c t i v e
bargaining a n d even, occa
sianally, to go o u t on strikes.
A
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T h e o u t s t a n d i n g example w a s
t h e influential N a t F o n a L
Education Association, s e v e r a l
of whose a f f i l i a t e s c a r r i e d
o u t successful s t r i k e s ,
P A T C O informed us t h a t their
contract e x p i r e d on t h e
15th M a x c h 1 9 8 1 a n d , well
prior to t h i s d a t e , n e g o -
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t i a t i o n s had b e e n opened w i t h
t h e Carter Adminstxation, who
were r e l u c t a n t to improve
u p o n t h e old c o n t r a c t .
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T h e p r e s e n t work-load is
d e p e n d i n g on the f a c i l i t y
b e t w e e n 4 0 a n d a m a x i m u m of
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60 hours p e r week, The
national a v e r a g e is 4 8 hours,
6 d a y s p e r week. T h i s was o n e
o f t h e main p a i n t s o f discussion, t o g e t h e r with a r a i s e
o f s a l a r y a n d a change i n
retirement b e n e f i t s which,
under t h e p r e v i o u s c o n t r a c t ,
were r e t i r e m e n t a f t e r 2 5
y e a r s s e r v i c e with 5 0 % of
b a s i c s a l a r y ( n o t index-linked]
as a pension.
t h e start of t h e U.S.
p r e s i d e n t i a l campaign, PATCO
e x p l a i n e d t o us t h a t t h e y
h a d interviews w i t h both
m a j o r c a n d i d a t e s to
ascertain their p l a n s i n
r e g a r d to P A T C O c l a i m s , o n c e
a g a i n the C a r t e r Administrat i o n was r e l u c t a n t to e n t e r
a n y discussions, whilst t h e
Candidate Reagan s i d e gave
f u l l support, a s i s shown
in this l e t t e r , a c o p y of w h i c h
was p r o v i d e d for u s b y PATCO:
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When P r e s i d e n t Reagan was
e l e c t e d a n d t h e new F A A
d i r e c t o r s were n o m i n a t e d ,
PATCO were told to w a i t , a n d
wait....,,.
There was s t r o n g pressure,
from controllers a t t h e
b u s i e s t airports and c e n t r e s ,
f o r i n d u s t r i a l action in
s u p p o r t of t h e i r
claims. T h e U.5.
Airline
P i l o t s Association ( A L P A )
expressed c o n c e r n a b o u t t h e
e f f e c t s of Aslow-go" a n d
" l i m i t e d n a c t i o n , which would
c a u s e m o r e p r o b l e m s for
a i r l i n e c o m p a n i e s and p i l o t s
t h a n for t h e F A A . T h e r e f o r e ,
PATCO p o l f c y f a v o u r e d t h e
total strike action p r e s s e d
for by i t s members, d e s p i t e
t h e f a c t t h a t under t h e
t e r m s of t h e i r c o n t r a c t s u c h
action i s illegal,
A t
a g e n e r a l R L P A Convention.
PATCO i n f o r m us that their
representatives w e r e a p p l a u d e d
b y - t h e whole convention when
t h e y s t a t e d t h a t t h e y would
go on "total" strike,
All t h i s is background i n formation g i v e n t o u s b y
PATCO, and not g e n e r a l l y
known. T h e rest of t h e
s t r i k e s t o r y w a s well covered
by the m e d i a ,
In J u n e t h e f i r s t d e a d l i n e
was s e t f o r r e n e w a l o f
contract, w i t h P A T C O m e m b e r s
again calling for strike
a c t i o n . T h e F A A a g a i n requested m o r e t i m e to c o n s i d e r
What is l e s s well-known i s
that PATCO e x p l a i n to u s of
the r o l e of the Airline
T r a n s p o r t Association ( A T R ) ,
t h e F A A , and ALPR.
A c c o r d i n g to PATCO, d u r i n g
numerous m e e t i n g s these
three b o d i e s d e c i d e d upon
co-ordinated a c t i o n t o break
both t h e s t r i k e a n d t h e c o n trollers, d i v i d i n g u p t h e
t a s k as follows:
proposals.
O n c e a g a i n wait,
wait.....,...
D e s p i t e p r e s s u r e from i t s
m e m b e r s requesting s t r i k e
action, P A T C Q a g a i n a g r e e d
to w a i t . T h i s " s t o p - g o " proceaure l a s t e d u n t i l m i d - J u l y
when, f i n a l l y , t h e F A A m a d e
some p r o p o s a l s w h i c h were:
1,No c h a n g e i n r e t i r e m e n t
benefits,
2.No r c d u t i o n i n workinghours,
3 . A n 1 1 , 5 % r a i s e in s a l a r y ,
spread o v e r 42 months
w h i c h co-incides w i t h the
end of P r e s i d e n t Reagan's
t e r m of office. T h i s offer
of 11,5% i s o n l y 3 % more
t h a n t h a t awarded to o t h e r
Federal employees n o t
d o u b l e a s w a s s t a t e d by
t h e F A A . This offer was
r e j e c t e d b y apprax,
9 5 % of a l l controllers.
M e m b e r ' s i m p a t i e n c e w a s now
s u c h t h a t P A T C O w a s F n danger
of losing c o n t r o l , w i t h c o n t r o l l e r s at s e v e r a l c e n t r e s
t h r e a t e n i n g wild-cat s t r i k e
action.
P A T C O t h e n issued a n u l t i m a t u m to t h e F A A to t h e e f f e c t
that if successful n e q o t i a t k o n s were n o t a c h i e v e d by
t h e 3rd A u g u s t 1 9 8 1 a t
7 a m Eastern D a y T i m e , t h e n
the e n t i r e PATCO membership
would down tools.
1.The A T A would t a k e l e g a l
a c t i o n and sue f i r s t PATCO
f o r $ 100,000 P E R H O U R of
the s t r i k e , requesting t h a t
PATCO f u n d s be f r o z e n , t h u s
preventing a n y financial
assistance to striking
controllers.
T h e y a r e also taking a c t i o n
a g a i n s t i n d i v i d u a l cont r o l l e r s f o r losses of
around $ 3 5 million PER DAY
a n d should those c o n t r o l l e r s
be held f i n a n c i a l ? y r e s p o n s i b l e , then t h e i r bel o n g i n g s (houses, cars,,
bank f u n d s ete.) w i l l be
awarded to t h e A T A a s
damages,
2 . RLPA h a s a g r e e d to continue
flying in t h e r e d u c e d
c a p a c i t y s y s t e m d e v i s e d by
t h e F A A r e g a r d l e s s of t h e
c o n s e q u e n c e s , i n o r d e r to
p r o v e said s y s t e m s a f e .
U n f o r t u n a t e l y m e m b e r pilots
a l t h o u g h they s u p p o r t t h e
overall A L P A p l a n
are
filing a l a r m i n g ( i n t e r n a l )
r e p o r t s to t h e e f f e c t t h a t
t h e situation i s deterior a t i n g daily, a s t h i s
e x a m p l e ( one o f m a n y
f i l e d d a i l y ) illustrates,
t h i s is o n e of m a n y c o p i e s
g i v e n to us2
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f l u t a r concam for c h a naiativm Lapact of t b i l c e t i r l q . Th. iscr.ur.
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3,The F A A is i n s t i t u t i n g t h e
contingency plan already
defined twelve months ago a . u s e of m i l i t a r y c o n t r o l lers a f t e r 5 d a y s conb.
version training
u s e o f h u n d r e d s of
" m e d i c a L l y u n f i t and
r e t i r e d n o - c u r r e n t or
non-qualified controllers"
A n e x a m p l e of how t h e F A A
achieves the metamorphosis
of " m e d i c a l l y unfit" t o
g l o w i n g good h e a l t h is
shown i n t h i s c o p y of a
m e m o g i v e n to u s i n w h i c h a
c e r t a i n d o c t o r e x p l a i n s how
c o v e r will be g i v e n to c o n -
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to p v i d e a m s t e of
P A T C O i n f o r m u s that t h e m e m o
is c o n c e r n e d with t h e s p e c i a l
c o n t i n g e n c y plan f o r e m e r gencies s u c h a s war or s t r i k e
etc.
N a w we c o m e to the S p e c i a l
I F A T C A C o n f e r e n c e of 2 2 n d +
2 3 r d A u g u s t 1 9 8 1 in A m s t e r d a m .
T h e a s s o c i a t i o n s of m o r e than
32 countries w e r e represented
a n d PATCO s e n t its E x e c u t i v e
Vice President R o b e r t Mcyer.
The f i r s t d a y was d e v o t e d t o
c o n s i d e r i n g t h e p a s t and
present situation i n the
U n i t e d States a n d , in t h e
evening, d i f f e r e n t s c e n a r i o s
f o r f u t u r e a c t i o n were f c r r n u l a t e d f o r d i s c u s s i o n on t h e
following d a y .
It I s n o t c o n s i d e r e d p r u d e n t
to p u b l i s h d e t a i l s of c o n t e m p l a t e d or a g r e e d a c t i o n , w h i c h
w i l l b e e x p l a i n e d a t o u r own
special G u i l d m e e t i n g s h o u l d
t h e need a r i s e ,
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involved persumel md then t y rn
P l e a s e da not form t h e i m p r e s sion t h a t n o t h i n g c a m e o u t of
t h e Amsterdam m e e t i n g , a s was
s u g g e s t e d by s o m e o f t h e m e d i a .
On t h e contrary e v e r y o n e
present
including t h e PATCO
representative
was satisfied
w i t h the O u t c o m e .
In concPusFon it m u s t be s a i d
t h a t t h e " b u s t i n g " of P A T C O i s
a t e s t , a t e s t which i s b e i n g
c l o s e l y o b s e r v e d by most
other n a t i o n a l administrations;
i f this disintegration of t h e
A m e r i c a n c o n t r o l l e r s is
achieved,then there is n o
doubt t h a t t h e s e a d m i n i s t x a t i o n s will f o l l o w suit. Then
who w i l l be n e x t ?
Rest assured that the
g o v e r n m e n t s of m a n y i n d u s trial n a t i o n s a r e h a v i n g
problems w i t h t h e i r A T C Q ! ~ ,
a n d a r e l o s i n g patience,
S h o u l d PATCO b e " b u s t " then,
s o o n e r or l a t e r , we will a l l
f i n d o u r s e l v e s in deep
trouble.
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Ph. Domogala
19.
Our Man in Amsterdam
Why i s h e t h e r e ?
W h a t i s he aging ?
b!ho i.: h e ?
Who
the
hell cares ?
For t h ~
a n s w ~ r sto t h e s e a n d
to
civilisation,see our next
issue.
o t h e r questions v i t a l