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The word ‘First’ that heads the FASTI
acronym refers to the fact that this form of
MTCD will eventually be succeeded by a
system that receives real-time downloaded
data from all the aircrafts’ Flight
Management Systems. So any time the
pilots reprogramme the flight’s trajectory –
or indeed if they fail to do so despite
having been passed a new clearance by
ATC – the system can predict even more
accurately where the aircraft will be even
further ahead in time.
But such a system will not be in
operation for many years yet. The
MTCD they have already is a massive
advance on traditional systems, insists
Brain, and controllers at the Area Control
Centres (ACCs) that are already using it
as such. The International Federation of
Air Traffic Control Officers Associations
(IFATCA) worked closely with
EUROCONTROL during development
of the man-machine interface for
MTCD, and controllers were kept in the
loop so as to gain the fullest possible
Switzerland’s skyguide, which controls one of the most intense
pieces of airspace in Europe, says that the use of MTCD
increased its capacity by 15 per cent in the first 12 months of use
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understanding of all the human factors
aspects of the change.
MTCD is already in operation in the
Balkans, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, the
Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland –
Brain points out that these ‘pioneers’ are
providing system validation and ideas for
continual improvement. This is not just
the case in the equipment function, but
also for better controller training in
preparation for other ANSPs who have yet
to introduce the system. Within two years
it will go live in several major European
ACCs, including Germany’s Karlsruhe,
UK’s NATS Swanwick ACC,
EUROCONTROL’s Maastricht Upper
Area Control Centre, and France’s Brest
and Bordeaux ACCs. Announcing NATS’
plans in March 2007, the company’s chief
executive claimed that the MTCD system
– to be known as iFACTS – would be “the
biggest change in air traffic control since
radar”. Starting from 2010, Austria, Italy,
Malta, Portugal and Turkey will also begin
introducing MTCD.
Switzerland’s skyguide, which controls
one of the most intense pieces of airspace
in Europe, says that the use of MTCD
increased its capacity by 15 per cent in the
first 12 months of use, and NATS
estimates iFACTS will increase its en-route
ATM capacity by about 13 per cent.
Brain explains that MTCD is
complemented by a tool called MONA –
short for monitoring aid. If an aircraft
deviates from its predicted position by
more than one nautical mile, the
controller is provided automatically with
an update, and even potential level-busts
can be predicted and notified immediately
to the controller, says Brain.
Another controller support aid in the
FASTI toolbox will make aircraft
handover from one ACC to another
easier. Known as SYSCO – systemsupported
coordination, Brain explains:
“This will improve coordination between
centres. It doesn’t yet exist, but we are
working hard to promote it for
introduction from 2010.”
EUROCONTROL has developed the
standards for it, based on improving an
existing system called the On-Line Data
Interchange. SYSCO says Brain, is a
tactical messaging tool that permits
controllers to exchange information about
flights being transferred between ACCs.
SYSCO will reduce the need to use the
telephone and the corresponding workload
involved, and it will also provide direct
screen-to-screen coordination.
FASTI keeps controllers fully in the
decision-making loop and gives them the
tools required to effortlessly bring huge
improvements to predictive data.
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SYSCO will reduce
the need to use
the telephone and
the corresponding
workload involved,
and it will also
provide direct
screen-to-screen
coordination
The Maastricht Upper Area Control
Centre (MUAC) was the world’s first truly
international air traffic control centre,
providing a seamless airspace area covering
the upper airspace of Belgium,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands and
northern Germany. Its entry into operation
　
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