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15/02/2010, 1:19 PM FlyOnTrack Joined on 29/10/2006 GASCo Posts 96 2009 NATS Infringement Figures on FlyOnTrack Infringement Stats (NATS reported) for 2009 are now on FlyOnTrack. Disappointing that we could not keep the 'high risk' down to the '3' of 2008 or better but at least they show some improvement on the old 'standard' of one per month. http://www.flyontrack.co.uk then click on the Statistics box - although you might want to look at the 'future known restrictions' pdf in the hot news whilst you are on the home page. If we can keep the vigilance and awareness going, and get more and more help from technology such as the lightweight transponder I saw in a gyro recently, new ideas like the NATS approved GPS, and some back ground tricks up the NATS sleeve to do with detections of potential problems from primary returns too, that should all help, but I think the main gains to be had are still on the human side - preparation, planning, and recognising early the chain of events which often leads to cockpit overload and distraction, which then is often the lead in to an infringement. ps: new radar replay coming this week    Report

12/04/2010, 10:58 AM david Perry Joined on 09/04/2010 Posts 12 Re: 2009 NATS Infringement Figures on FlyOnTrack But no mention of making the airspace easier for a human to navigate through. Lets make something so hard to do that many people fail, then blame them. The airliners that the airspace is designed for, have, on the whole, highly capable complex FMGC units that we are not allowed to utilise. The number of times I am put onto a heading instead of being allowed to let the machine follow an RNAV / GPS STAR is amazing. Why not make the Open FIR EASY to use, and the Class A HARD to use...then my Airbus computers can do the work for which they were designed, the PPLs can enjoy easy flying and nav, there'll be no confliction. I really don't see why we are creating this mess. The cynic in me (and my colleagues) thinks we are protecting ATC jobs. Its so easy to do under the guise of "safety" isnt it, yet as Pilots we were all flying to and from airfields in safety before we strapped airliners to our bums. Now suddenly we are dangerous unless "controlled". Every day we see the effects of the ATC fiefedoms, "London can I climb?", "Dunno, I'll ask cardiff". Strewth, its a mess. What we need is ONE control centre and then individual airfield controllers. Just like we had when we were uncontrolled PPLs. I'm not having a go at ATC, they do a great job...I'm just not sure its a job that need doing the way it is done. But while we ponder the poor PPL makes infringements. D    Report

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