Toujours IATA ... toujours à l'ATC Maastricht

Pas avare en matraquage sur la consolidation, IATA s'en est pris cette fois à la logique bottom-up qui prévaut jusqu'ici à la constitution des FAB ...

"The vision must come from the top. I wrote to Chancellor Merkel. Presenting this as an opportunity for the German Presidency of Europe. Meanwhile, benchmarking, in partnership with CANSO, gives us direction at the working level. The first task is Functional Airspace Blocks. These are the building blocks for a Single European Sky. It is a crucial step forward. We must not let this effort end in fiascos. Such as the US$60 million wasted to date on CEATS. You have been playing politics for 2 years. Airlines have been paying the bill. And we don’t see any results. Only 1 FAB is showing real promise. We must be a lot more ambitious.

States must focus on targets. 20% improvement in controller productivity. 25% reduction in support costs. And a handful of FABs operating in Europe by 2010."