Our today's guests are Max Bezzina - the CEO of INGENAV and Richard Landreville - the principal and founder of Betterizon Consultants Inc. We talked about the idea and the team behind the "CHarlie" project and its goals, we discussed if the AI - based tools for ATCOs will replace humans from the job, or if they will remain just as a support in the future, certification of the AI tools and their compatibility with various ATC systems, and of course, what will the next 5 and 50 years bring in the context of AI and Air Traffic Control.  

Our guest today is Paul Stevens, the CEO of the Mayflower College. We talked about  standardization of ATC phraseology, how speaking to non-native English speakers is addressed in the training, the role of empathy in speaking with foreigners, communication tips for native English speakers, when to use plain English in ATC, the effect of stress on communication, what changes in communication between ATCOs and pilots we can expect in the future, and our signature question - what will the next 5 and 50 years bring in terms of communication in ATC?

Our today's guest is Christian Woborsky - the Product Manager OneControl at ADB Safegate. We talked about the company - how did it start, develop and what are its offerings. We discussed if the standardisation and configurability of ATC tools help reducing their cost,  involving clients, in this case - ATCOs, in the process of designing and modifying the ATM software, how to deal with replacing the existing 
ATC tools with new ones and, as always, what will the next 5 and 50 years bring in ATM. 

Our guest today is Klaus Meier - the CTO of Skyguide. We talked about Virtual Centres and what is so special about them, what does location independence mean, what is the current state of play of the Virtual Centre in Switzerland, was the Covid-19 time a challenge or an opportunity for Skyguide, the role of Skyguide in the standardisation of Virtual Centres, lessons learned from the implementation process, how does Skyguide deal with recruiting new talents, closure of the Swiss airspace in June 2022 and, of course, our signature topic - what will the next 5 and 50 years bring into ATM.

Our today's guest is Kristian Lavin - the CEO of TowerHouse Studios and an active ATCO in Estonian Air Navigation Services. Today's topic was about the ATC Simulation Game - "Flight Level" developed by TowerHouse. We talked about its features, intended users, how to get up to speed to play the game, why active ATCOs play it and at the end our signature topic - evolution of ATM industry in the next 5 and 50 years from now.

Our guest Francine Carron is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program Manager at Skeyes. We discussed the following topics:

• The guest's personal career path and current position.
• What ANSPs can do in terms of sustainability and CSR.
• The status of CSR at skeyes and ATM in general.
• Diversity and Integration in ATM.
• Vision of CSR and ATM in 5 and 50 years.

In this episode, we dive right into the signature question ourselves. Vincent Lambercy, the CEO of FoxATM and Julija Razmislaviciene, the managing Director of FoxATM Baltics discuss our vision of the operational and technical aspects of air traffic management (ATM). While also considering organizational and other elements that come up. 

If you would like to take a shot at answering our questions, please let Vincent know via his email: [email protected].

Our guest for this episode is Claude Levacher, the CEO of SkySoft-ATM. He joins us in this episode to discuss the following air traffic management (ATM) topics:

• Personal introduction and career path.
• The company history of skySoft-ATM and its working relationship with Skyguide.
• Bringing developers and air traffic controllers closer together for successful innovation.
• The benefits for Skyguide to work with SkySoft instead of joining a more extensive alliance such as iTEC with several air navigation service providers.
• ATM video recording technology brought outside to the control room industry.
• Cross-feeding between ATM and non-ATM activities.
• Cultural differences between international organizations.
• Evolution of ATM industry for the next 5 and 50 years from now.

In this episode, we look back to 100 years of ATC and talk about IFATCA with our guest Marc Baumgartner. We discuss the long history, the factors making ATC what it is today, and how IFATCA participated into that. And as always, we close-up with our typical question about Marc's view of ATC in 5 and 50 years.

Our guest Cate Bichara is the head of inclusion and diversity at Skyguide. We discussed the following topics:

• The guest's personal career path and current position.
• What psychological safety is and the four pillars to promote safety together with cross-industry examples.
• How to bring management on board with putting psychological safety as a priority.
• Cultural and generational differences and the tools to enable inclusion.
• What the guest expectations and goals are as an ambassador of diversity in a male dominated industry.
• The guest's vision of diversity and inclusion in ATM.
• Vision of ATM in 5 and 50 years.