AOA Ops and Safety Conference

John DowFAS Implementation Lead

Airspace Regulation

22 June 2015

Overview

• SARG Organisation Structure• Airspace Change Process

– Challenges• Looking ahead

Organisation Structure

22 June 2015

Safety & Airspace Regulation Group

Phil RobertsAirspace, ATM & Aerodromes

Harry DalyInt’l

CNS/ATM

Stuart LindseyManager Airspace

Chris PeartManager

ATM

Graeme Ritchie

Manager Aerodrome

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Andy Wells

Manager Infrastructu

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SARG

AAA

Phil RobertsAirspace, ATM &

Aerodromes

Harry DalyInt’l CNS/ATM

Stuart LindseyManager Airspace

Chris PeartManager ATM

Graeme RitchieManager

Aerodromes

Andy WellsManager

Infrastructure

Airspace Regulation

Head of Airspace Regulation

Principal Airspace Regulator

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Airspace Regulators

Airspace Regulator

IFP

Airspace Regulator

NAV

Airspace Specialist

Cartographic

ATM Specialists

PBN Implementation Lead

FAS Implementation Lead

Airspace Change Process22 June 2015

Airspace Change Process

• Airspace Charter (CAP 724) provides a high-level description of CAA’s responsibilities and principles to conduct the planning of airspace in the UK

• CAA Guidance on the Application of the Airspace Change Process (CAP 725) provides guidance on the process for changes to UK airspace

• Compliant with National Law• Sets CAA’s Statutory Duties• Section 70 Air Transport Act 2000• Air Navigation Directions 2001 (2004)

• Regulator: • Owns, and is fully responsible for, the Airspace Change Process (ACP)

• Change Sponsor:• Owns, and is responsible for developing, the airspace change proposal

• Provides a framework for Change Sponsors• Abides by criteria set out in HM Government’s Consultation Principles• Defines the Roles and Responsibilities of stakeholders• Provides specific guidance for consultation and environmental assessments

• Environmental Guidance to the Civil Aviation Authority on Environmental Objectives Relating to the Exercise of its Air Navigation Functions (2014) – the ‘Air Navigation Guidance’

Overview of Airspace Change Process

• Transparency of the Process• Size and scope of the potential change programme• Change sponsors perceive the process to be:

• Too long • Too expensive• And a successful outcome is not guaranteed

Airspace Change Process - Challenges

Looking Ahead

22 June 2015

Looking Ahead• Airport Commission

– Findings due to be published imminently• Future Airspace Strategy

– DfT; Case for FAS• EU pilot Common Project

– ATM Functionalities 1-6– Deployment Programme

• VOR Rationalisation• PBN Deployment

Finish

22 June 2015