ATC

 

This week's highlighted article from SKYbrary.

SKYbrary Highlights Convective weather affecting multiple airports will put pressure on ATC which needs to be anticipated and managed. On 27 August 2023, an aircraft was subjected to significant ATC delay whilst en route from Glasgow to Palma de Mallorca after adverse weather affected all three Balearic Islands. A MAYDAY was declared for low fuel before a landing with less than Final Reserve Fuel despite extra fuel having been carried. Confused ATC flight handling in both French and Spanish airspace was attributed to an excessive workload, which resulted in no pre-tactical measures taken and subsequent errors in the implementation of the tactical response, which then led to use of reserve fuel. Learn more Les mer om denne konkrete saken her: https://tinyurl.com/4cy64jkc Related articles Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) ATC Unit Coordination Controller Workload