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Zusatztext 'highly recommended reading for everyone who wants to learn about the world of ATM and for professionals who want to reflect on the future management of air traffic.' Aviador! March-April 2008 'Bringing together the range of organisational! political! societal! technical issues and issues related to the Air Traffic Management industry is a large undertaking. Through careful choice of papers and contributors this book manages to represent the story of European ATM in a thought provoking and insightful way from the perspective of ANSPs! airlines and the public. From the initial steps taken in creating the first ATC service! through the key elements and constraints of our current operations to our future operations there is detailed and relevant information for the reader to draw upon. For me one of the great joys of working in ATM is that there is always more to learn! and this book will provide something for the seasoned expert through to those of us just embarking on a career in ATM - I will certainly keep my copy on hand for reference and loan.' Colin Smith! Head of Research & Development! NATS! UK 'This book is a single source of reference! explaining the complex relationship between capacity constraints! environmental impacts! airlines' expectations! and their relationship tp society and public expectations. If you want to understand that complexity and want it all in a single book! this one is written for you.' The Controller! 2008 '...this is a very readable book that should appeal to a wise audience ranging from undergraduate students to industry practitioners' Aerlines! March 2009 Informationen zum Autor Andrew Cook is a Senior Research Fellow at the Transport Studies Group! University of Westminster! London! UK. He has coordinated ATC performance measurement and benchmarking studies for European service providers! and has managed a number of technical and social studies for Eurocontrol! which have involved working closely with a range of operational and planning staff within airlines! airport authorities! and ATC service providers. He presents the Group's research regularly at international conferences. Klappentext Provides information on areas of air traffic management in Europe. This book explains the principles of air traffic management and its practical workings! bridging the academic and operational worlds to give an insight into this field. Zusammenfassung Provides information on areas of air traffic management in Europe. This book explains the principles of air traffic management and its practical workings, bridging the academic and operational worlds to give an insight into this field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Foreword; Preface; The organisation and operation of European airspace! Marc Baumgartner; The principles of flight planning and ATM messaging! Graham Tanner; Understanding en-route sector capacity in Europe! Arnab Majumdar; The management and costs of delay! Andrew Cook; European ATM and the environment! Victoria Williams; The future of European air transport operations! Nigel Dennis; The single European sky - EU reform of ATM! Ben van Houtte; ATM and society - demands and expectations! Nadine Pilon; Conclusions and a look ahead! Andrew Cook; Appendix! Graham Tanner; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. ...
