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 providing other organisations with STDIs.

The market is not mature yet and agencies can make an important contribution. And if one days ATCO endorsements can be made site independent or training significantly shorter, ATCOs could start moving around too, and the same kind of market would develop.

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 detect drones and data fusion
• The need for a multi-layers approach
• AARONIA's experience

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
• The interrelationships between AI and networking, how networks must adapt to AI use cases but also how AI can help manage networks in a better way

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) models exist and why it is important to choose one and the same for all of Europe?
• How the certification process is organised, with differences at EASA and national regulators levels?

Amit also explains where ANRA stands with the current certification of their systems.

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 should be provided, in a centralised or decentralised way.

The discussion also includes the need centralised tracking of drones and the question about funding for such centralised services.

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
• Marita: the impact of defence and military changes on civilian traffic management
• Kasia: more newcomers, especially at the edge of space and the return of supersonic flights

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 value in the future, what skills make great leaders, how to encourage diversity in work teams and design attractive workplaces, the importance of role modelling in Europe and all over the World and how to win the war for talents.   

Learn more by checking the studies mentioned in this episode:

• Lift Off To Leadership 
• McKinsey - Women in the Workplace 2024: The 10th-anniversary report
• IATA 25 Initiative
• World Economic Forum - Equity, diversity and inclusion
• McKinsey - The talent gap: The value at stake for global aerospace and defense
• Women in Transport – EU Platform for change
• Diversity Ambassadors in Transport
• War on the Rocks „Turbulence ahead: The Maintenance workforce dilemma threatening the future of airpower“
  
  

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 measures in place to make the event run smoothly, how the opening ceremony and the related no-flight zone around Paris was handled and how "the mass departure" of over 11,000 athletes and team officials was managed.

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, how easy it is to attract new talents to DFS, what are the ideas behind the Future Delivery Model, how DFS prepares for the future, and at the end, Vincent asks the standard closing question. 

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 new features of the new ATC headset model designed for remote towers ATCOs. We also hear about the most unusual request from customers Imtradex had to deal with and if ATC headsets have wireless connections.  At the end Vincent asks the signature question.