Best Sesar Podcasts (2025)

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Season 5 - 021 - Lea Trampitsch-Vink - Austro Control 56:56

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In this episode, Kasia Żmudzińska meets Lea Trampitsch-Vink, Human Performance Lead at Austro Control, to discuss the future of humans in aviation. Lea tells the story of her remarkable journey — from serving as a navigator and warship commander in the New Zealand Navy, chasing pirates off the coast of Africa, to her current leadership role at Aust…

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Season 5 - 020 - Karl Wannenmacher - Frequentis CTO 24:39

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Karl Wannenmacher, CTO, Frequentis, speaks with our editor-in-chief Claudia Bacco about all things technology. Starting with highlights of the current focus of his organisation - Service-oriented architecture (SoA), cybersecurity internally and throughout the entire supply chain, and artificial intelligence (AI). What about the ANSP view? ANSPs are…

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Season 5 - 019 - Youzec Kurp, Vice President, Airspace Mobility Solutions at Thales 32:54

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Our editor-in-chief, Claudia Bacco had the opportunity to speak with Youzec Kurp, Vice President, Airspace Mobility Solutions at Thales to better understand the current status of unmanned traffic management (UTM) and how we progress this topic as an industry. The conversation touched on a great deal of material along the spectrum of UTM. Starting o…

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Season 5 - 018 - Laurent Renou - EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub 33:57

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In this episode, Marita Lintener sits down with Laurent Renou, Head of EUROCONTROL Innovation Hub, to uncover the ambitious new strategy. Listen to the insights about the tangible returns organisations are seeing from hub partnerships, and the hub's pivotal role in the European SESAR programme. Laurent shares surprising insights about the skills th…

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Inside the National Police Air Service's Amazing Drone Trial 49:47

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The National Police Air Service (NPAS) has launched one of the UK’s most ambitious trials of uncrewed aircraft in support of frontline policing. In this episode of Altitude, we speak to the team as they prepare for a bold new era - testing high-endurance, uncrewed aircraft capable of flying beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) in real operationa…

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Season 5 - 017 - Israeli National Drone Initiative 38:55

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Have you heard about the Israeli Done Initiative (INDI)? Maybe not, but now you have a chance to learn more. Claudia Bacco met with Dror Ben-David - Israel Drone Initiative (INDI) subject matter expert, Libby Bahat - Head, Aerial Infrastructure Department, Civil Aviation Authority of Israel and Ami Weisz - Chief Engineer, Manager, Aircraft Certific…

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Season 5 - 016 - Philip Butterworth-Hayes - The Global AAM/UAM Market Map 25:17

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Philip Butterworth-Hayes, Editorial Director, Unmanned Airspace shares the latest findings from their Global AAM/UAM Market Map reports with Claudia Bacco. Learn more about the latest research findings in North America and Europe about these topics. Key takeaways include: - Implications of the recent USA Executive Order - Who's winning the race to …

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Season 5 - 015 - Intersoft Electronics - Surveillance and Navigation technology with care 37:21

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Intersoft Electronics was created in 1983 and started with radar quality monitoring. The company then expanded its offerings with signal processors, and continued its expansion with navigation equipment measurement and validation tools. One of its flagship products is the SkyRF drone, used to shorten ILS, VOR and PAPI calibration, developed togethe…

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S05E14 - Looking ahead of the summer 2025 - Ourania Georgoutsakou 35:29

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In this episode, Ourania “Rania” Georgoutsakou, Managing Director of A4E European airlines association sits with Marita Lintener. They discuss the summer 2025 traffic peak and how A4E would measure “success” after the season from an industry and passenger perspective. Rania explains the airline's view on the revision of regulation EU261 on passenge…

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Engineering the Future of Flight 49:06

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In celebration of International Women in Engineering Day, we invited three amazing aerospace engineers to share their stories. Josna Joies from NATS talks surveillance systems - vital to our work keeping the skies safe - and how she was inspired by astronaut and aerospace engineer, Kalpana Chawla. Yvette Lawrenson takes us behind the scenes at Wind…

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Season 5 - 013 - The new SESAR Master Plan - Alain Siebert 44:16

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In this episode, Alain Siebert, Chief Technology and Strategy of the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) discusses the ATM Master Plan 2025 with Marita Lintener. Alain is sharing his surprises during the campaign journey and what is actually new in 2025. Together they have deep dives into the key elements of this edition which include the implications of…

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Season 5 - 012 - CANSO, Airspace World, CATS CONOPS, future of the industry - Simon Hocquard 35:05

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On this episode, Simon Hocquard, Director General of CANSO looks back at Airspace World 2025 with Claudia Bacco. They discuss how the event was and also the future with two new Airspace World events coming, in Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi. They also discuss the future of the workforce in the industry, the CATS CONOPS, Advanced Air Mobility readiness in …

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Season 5 - 011 - Speech recognition in ATC, UFA's ATTranscribe and stepping out of simulation 16:48

4M ago16:48

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This episode with Dale Drake, Director ATC Sales at UFA explores their latest product: ATTranscribe, which can be used to facilitate voice transcription in the context of incident investigation. We dig deeper in how voice recognition can be used in ATC and discuss how ATTranscribe is UFA's first step out of simulation.…

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Season 5 - 010 - Airspace World 2025 Special #3 12:12

4M ago12:12

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The team of Global Airspace Radar wraps-up Airspace World 2025 in this final episode of our special series. We look at everything what happened on the third day and give our final comments on this edition of Airspace World 2025. We discuss the best of this edition, identify new trends and share our insights on the latest topics in airspace manageme…

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Season 5 - 009 - Airspace World 2025 Special #2 10:13

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The team of Global Airspace Radar reports about Airspace World in this special episode recorded on site after the second day of the show. News, announcements, insights, trends, panels, press releases, we share it all with you. Wether you are at Airspace World and want to know the latest or if you could not make it, this special episode will sum it …

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Season 5 - 008 - Airspace World Special #1 8:07

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The team of Global Airspace Radar reports about Airspace World in this special episode recorded on site after the first day of the show. News, announcements, insights, trends, we share it all with you. Wether you are at Airspace World and want to know the latest or if you could not make it this year, this episode will bring you up to speed with all…

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Beyond Digital Towers: Airport Digitisation and the Great Data Convergence 54:33

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Aviation is at a crossroads. On one side is the familiarity of legacy systems, including decades-old air traffic control infrastructure and manual ground operations. On the other is the promise of digital transformation: smarter flight management, real-time operational insights, and seamless passenger experiences driven by advanced technologies. Wi…

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Season 5 - 007 - Speech Recognition for Air Traffic Control applications - Eric Button, EnhancedRadar 19:25

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Speech recognition has been around for a long time but never achieved results deemed sufficient for making it usable for Air Traffic Control. Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence and constant increases in computing power could change it. Eric Button, founder and CEO of EnhancedRadar discusses this and how the company focuses exclusively on th…

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Season 5 - 006 - Liberalisation of the instructors market - Samuli Suokas, Lektor 33:04

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Synthetic Device Training Instructors - STDI for short - can instruct in any organisation with an EASA license. This step in liberalisation shows how market rules apply and what the results can be. Samuli Suokas of Lektor discusses with Vincent Lambercy and shares his experience as somebody who runs both a training organisation and an agency provid…

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Season 5 - 005 - Detecting drones and protecting airspace - Stephan Kraschansky, AARONIA Austria 31:42

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Drones can pose a real threat to air traffic and detecting them is not an easy task. In this episode, Vincent Lambercy discusses with Stephan Kraschansky, the CEO of AARONIA's Austrian branch. This episode covers the following topics: The reality of the threat posed by drones Different types of cases, from ignorant to malicious Sensors used to dete…

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Time Flies: A decade of smarter, greener air traffic management 46:40

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A decade ago, NATS became the first air traffic management service in the world to introduce Time-Based Separation in a groundbreaking collaboration with Heathrow Airport and Leidos UK. Since then, it has reduced carbon emissions by 300,000 tonnes, saved airlines 100,000 tonnes of fuel and cut headwind-related delays by 62%, something that’s helped…

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Season 5 - 004 - Telecoms and airspace management - Anne Stephan, Rohde & Schwarz 23:16

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Claudia Bacco speaks with Anne Stephan about the latest innovations in 5G technology and how this could impact aviation and airspace management: The current status of LDACS 5G as the next step in telecommunication networks How the technology can support drones flying BVLOS operations 5G as a backup or even a main ground - air communication system T…

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Season 5 - 003 - First USSP Certification at EASA level - Amit Ganjoo, ANRA Technologies 19:44

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Claudia Bacco speaks with Amit Ganjoo about how ANRA Technologies is getting ready to become the first U-Space Service Provider (USSP) certified at EASA level. How should multiple USSPs work in the same U-Spaces? What states should prepare and offer to USSPs to make the competition possible? Which Common Infrastructure Service Provider (CISP) model…

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Season 5 - 002 - USSP and CISP in Germany - Ralf Heidger, DFS 32:47

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Vincent Lambercy discusses with Ralf Heidger of German ANSP Deutsche Flugsicherung about the development of Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) and Single Central Information System Provider (SCISP) in Germany. They discuss the need for central services provision for U-Space Services Providers (USSPs), what those services should be and how they shoul…

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Cleared for Green? The Future of Sustainable Aviation 48:22

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The race to net-zero aviation is on, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. In this month's Altitude we're taking you inside the cutting edge of sustainable flight, where game-changing technology, bold policies, and radical thinking are reshaping the skies. From hydrogen-powered aircraft to AI-driven efficiency, from SAF breakthroughs to the future of …

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Season 5 - 001 - Global Airspace Radar's team predictions for 2025 21:42

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The Global Airspace Radar team discusses the launch of this new multi-channel airspace management hub and but there is more to this episode. We each look our hopes and expectations for 2025: Vincent: more open systems and technical integration, giving more room to smaller industry providers Claudia: more-AI but not to the point of replacing ATCOs M…

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Inside Heathrow's Airport Operations Centre 43:11

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Beyond the tower and the terminals lies the APOC – Heathrow’s Airport Operations Centre. From here, up to 50 people from across the airport community are looking after just about every aspect of the Heathrow operation. From responding to suspect packages and monitoring traffic to planning presidential visits, it is all done by the team here. Alongs…

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Season 4 - 007 - Aviation professionals of the future - Marita Lintener - IAWA / Lintener Aviation Consultancy 24:17

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Our guest today is Marita Lintener - President-Elect of IAWA (International Aviation Womens Association) and MD/founder of Lintener Aviation Consultancy, talking about the current struggle of attracting and retaining new talents in the aviation and ATM industry. We listen to Marita's views about how to attract new talents, which skills will be of a…

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Season 4 - 006 - Paris 2024 Olympics from the airport and airspace perspectives - Juliette Bonet - ADP & Pierre Berolatti - DSNA 52:08

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Today's guests Juliette Bonet - Airside Operation Manager at Paris Airport and Pierre Berolatti - Deputy Chief of Operations at DSNA tell us about the "behind the scenes" of one of the biggest events of 2024 - Olympic Games in Paris. We learn about the preparations for the Olympics from the perspectives of the Airport and DSNA, about extraordinary …

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Drones: Redefining Industries, Revolutionising Lives 1:01:45

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From keeping us safe and reducing our climate impact to delivering hot meals in just three minutes – just some of the incredible drone use cases we heard about in a special episode of Altitude recorded at the DroneX Tradeshow & Conference. ✈ Taryn Evans tells us about the National Police Chiefs' Council ambitious drone programme. ✈ Alan Hicks expl…

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Season 4 - 005 - DFS and its technical aspects - Friedrich-Wilhelm Menge - DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung 46:46

1y ago46:46

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In this episode, Vincent speaks with the CTO of DFS Friedrich-Wilhelm Menge. Today we will get to know Friedrich-Wilhelm's story of joining DFS, what he does to keep the employees up to date, his opinion about advantages and disadvantages of being such a large European ANSP, how far is the ATM industry today in terms of leading edge technologies, h…

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Tips and Advice for Future Trainee Air Traffic Controllers 34:45

1y ago34:45

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NATS has just reopened recruitment for trainee air traffic controllers, but what does that process look like and what kind of career can successful candidates look forward to? In this special episode of Altitude we’re exploring the whole recruitment process, from understanding the requirements and the application process through to assessment and b…

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Beyond the Beaches: The amazing aviation innovations behind D-Day 45:59

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The 6th June 2024 will mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day – the Allied invasion of Western Europe during the Second World War and one of the most pivotal days in human history. Most people will be familiar with the sight of the landings in Normandy, but fewer know the story beyond the beaches. D-Day itself saw an incredible 14,674 flights, all hand…

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Season 4 - 004 - Headsets in ATC - Benjamin Baier - Imtradex 38:21

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The guest of today's episode is Benjamin Baier - the CEO of Imtradex - provider of communication solutions for ATC and other industries from Germany. In this episode we learn more about Benjamin and the company, what is the reason of having the manufacturing process in Germany, what are the advantages of having so specialised products, what are the…

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Serving from the skies - London's amazing emergency services pilots 47:54

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With such unique requirements, one of the most essential and complex users of our skies are the emergency services. In this month’s Altitude, we’re joined by pilots Captain Andrew Brandt from the National Police Air Service and Captain David Rolfe from London Air Ambulance Service to learn about their amazing life saving work and how collaboration …

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Season 4 - 003 - On Surface Movement Radars (SMRs) - Jannik Breum - Terma 25:35

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Vincent's guest in this episode is Jannik Breum - Product Manager at Terma. In today's conversation Jannik talks about his career path and what is a typical day of a product manager. We learn about what Terma does apart from SMRs, what products does it offer in other industries and what are the benefits of operating in various industries and applic…

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Season 4 - 002 - Updates from the Polish ANSP - Magdalena Jaworska - PANSA 21:15

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Today's episode was recorded at the Airspace World in Geneva and Vincent's guest is the CEO of PANSA - Magdalena Jaworska. Magdalena tells her story of joining the ATM industry and re-joining the Polish ANSP, gives updates about the ANSP's current situation, what are the plans for the future as regards the Agency's products and services to be offer…

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30 - Shaping our future skies 50:09

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From delivering airspace modernisation and integrating drones through to understanding the impact of AI and the ever pressing need to address aviation’s climate impact, the list of priorities for leaders in air traffic management is a long and complex one. Our industry is in the midst of a period of unprecedented change and that’s in addition to de…

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29 - Winter Operations: Finnish Snow-how 45:43

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Ice, snow, howling winds and temperatures as low as minus 30.C are hardly ideal conditions to be running an international airport, but that’s the reality for the team at Rovaniemi, Finland’s second busiest airport. In beautiful Lapland, sitting on the edge of the Arctic Circle, the near constant need to clear runways and de-ice aircraft should cons…

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Season 4 - 001 - Safety management in ATM - Cliona Mimnagh - AirNav Ireland 27:31

1+ y ago27:31

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This episode opens the new season of our podcast series. Vincent's guest today is Cliona Mimnagh - the Safety Manager Terminal Services at AirNav Ireland. We hear about Cliona's career path, what are the goals of safety in ATM an how is it managed, how do colleagues with engineering and with operational backgrounds work together, how is the safety …

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28 - The Human Factor 57:20

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Human Factors is the understanding of ‘the human in the loop’. It’s about how people behave and interact both with technology and each other, and it’s something that has become fundamental to safety across aviation and a host of other industries. But what really is Human Factors? Where did it come from and why is it become so integral? In this mont…

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27 - Concorde: 20 years on 49:42

2y ago49:42

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For more than 25 years, Concorde was the world's only successful supersonic airliner. Flying faster than the rotation of the earth, it could cross the Atlantic in just two and a half hours, with passengers arriving at JFK before they left Heathrow. Now, 20 years after its final ever flight from Heathrow to Filton on 26 November 2003, we look back a…

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Season 3 - 020 - AI applications in ATM - David Perez - DataBeacon & Innaxis 36:21

2y ago36:21

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In this podcast episode David Perez - the CEO of DataBeacon and MD of Innaxis, talks about what Data Beacon is and what are its offerings, shares his views about data analytics industry in the US and in Europe, certification of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) tools for ATC. We learn about DataBeacon's recent implementation of…

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26 - Artificial Intelligence and Aviation 51:10

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Can we expect Artificial Intelligence – heralded by just about everyone as the next great technology leap forward - to have a role in air traffic management? But how can we look beyond the hype and understand what this technology could really do for aviation? When is it right for AI to play a role in a safety critical industry and how could it impa…

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Season 3 - 019 - Perspective of the female Emirati ATCO - Jouhayna AlMheiri - GCAA 38:45

2y ago38:45

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In today's episode Vincent interviews Jouhayna AlMheiri - Senior Air Traffic Control Officer and On-The-Job Training instructor from the UAE. Jouhayna tells her story of becoming an Air Traffic Controller, what skills and abilities are useful in this job, what lifestyle and mode of work the ATCOs have, what has been her experience of being an Emira…

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Season 3 - 018 - A-CDM at Berlin Airport - Stephan Wollschläger - Head of Processes & Systems Operations at BER Brandenburg Airport & Dietmar Weishaupt - Senior Project Manager at T-Systems 39:20

2y ago39:20

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In this episode Vincent hosts the two guests - Stephan Wollschläger and Dietmar Weishaupt who talk about what T-Systems product has been provided to Berlin Airport, how was it possible to implement the pre-departure sequencer in only 6 months, what are the lesons learned from that process, what are their visions for the next 5 and 50 years as regar…

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Season 3 - 017 - What about smaller companies in ATM? - Kate Arlouskaya & Serge Miranovich - ANSART 27:05

2y ago27:05

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In this podcast episode Vincent meets Kate Arlouskaya - in charge of administration and marketing at ANSART, and Serge Miranovich - the CEO of the company. Firstly, the guests explain what ANSART does and what are its offerings to the market, then we hear views about the advantages of being an SME-size company in the ATM industry. The guests talk a…

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Season 3 - 016 - ADS-B network - Julian Sube - skysquitter 32:06

2y ago32:06

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In this podcast episode, Vincent Lambercy interviews Julian Sube, co-founder of Skysquitter, a company that operates an ADS-B network across Europe. Julian discusses the unique approach of Skysquitter, which owns all the receivers for their network, providing more control and higher data quality compared to crowdsourced networks. He also highlights…

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Season 3 - 015 - Time Based Separation at Amsterdam - Sebastiaan de Stigter - LVNL 39:00

2y ago39:00

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Time Based Separation or TBS is a great way to improve airport capacity. This is now in operation at Amsterdam Schiphol airpot and we discuss how this project went and dive deep in the details in this episode with Sebastiaan de Stigter, who is the TBS project manager with Dutch ANSP LVNL.By FoxATM

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25 - Airspace Modernisation: Transforming the Skies 48:14

2y ago48:14

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Airspace – our invisible motorways in the sky – is the underpinning of the entire aviation industry. Vital to the safe operation of tens of thousands of flights every single day, it is an infrastructure relied on 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to enhance the UK’s global connections. But it is also in need of a radical transformation. In this epis…