The guest of this episode comes from the USA. Cyriel Kronenburg, is the Vice President International Development and Strategic Partnerships at uAvionix Corporation. We have discussed an interesting topic with the following aspects:

• What are TIS-B and FIS-B and how they relate to ADS-B
• The safety benefits of TIS-B-FIS-B and the role it can play in the integration of all airspace users
• Where are TIS-B and FIS-B used, geographically
• TIS-B and FIS-B were developed for general aviation, initially. How can they be used for unmanned vehicles and the integration of drones
• What is uAvionix doing on TIS-B and FIS-B market
• U-Space future: Will operators have to change drone related equipment depending on the country
• uAvionix and U-Space challenges
• Specifics of doing equipment for drones and for A/C 
• Integration of drones at airports
• ATM and UTM in 5 years and in 50 years in the US and abroad

In this episode we have two guests from skyguide  - Mario Winiger, the Just Culture Ambassador & Melanie Hulliger, the Line Safety Delegate. We have discussed the following aspects:

• What is Just Culture and why is it needed
• If the ATCO reports the error himself, is he freed of any charges or how does it work
• Responsibilities of the job of a Just Culture Ambassador as such and why does skyguide needs one
• Changing the law in regards to Just Culture & how was this process
• How is Just Culture implemented around the world in ATM and in Switzerland
• Just culture in 5 years from now and in 50 years from now
• ATM in 5 years from now and in 50 years from now

Following our conversation with Benoit Fonck from SESAR Joint Undertaking (Episode 009), the guest of this episode is Mariagrazia La Piscopia, the Chief Strategy and Program Manager at SESAR Deployment Manager. We discuss the following aspects in regards to the deployment of SESAR:

• What is SESAR deployment, why is it needed, how is it organized and who is involved
• How is SDM different from SJU
• What are the main benefits of SESAR deployment for ATM and European aviation / economy in general
• What has been good, what could be done differently, what are the challenges at SDM
• Operational stakeholders in SESAR deployment
• How can smaller ATM companies participate in the implementation of SESAR projects
• Importance of continuing the digitization and modernization of European ATM
• Key drivers for a smooth continuation of ATM modernization through SESAR
• ATM in the next 5 years and in the next 50 years 

The guest of this episode is Marek Bekier - Senior VP ACR. The topic of this episode is private ANSPs & new ANSPs and we touched the following aspects: 

• What distinguishes ACR, and other private ANSPs providers, from the legacy state-owned ANSPs, while looking at the organizational structure 
• Initial ATCO training takes years and costs a lot of money. How does ACR do the training: in-house or subcontracting 
• What is the service portfolio that ACR and other private ANSPs can offer the airport segment - today and tomorrow
• How do incumbent ANSPs normally react to competition in the market and how regulators react to a private ANSP
• Relationship with legacy ANSPs 
• Experience and particularities while working with smaller airports 
• How was the transition when taking over from the legacy ANSP
• ATM in 5 years from now and in 50 years from now 

The guest of this Episode comes from France. Loïc de Rancourt is the Expert of Performance Operations and the Project Manager for Skylab, at the Parisian division of DSNA. We discussed the following:

• Origin of Skylab project, need for performance management
• Choice of KPIs, who choses, which KPIs, target audience, time horizon (retrospective, vs. tactical, vs. post-ops)
• Proximity to operations at all stages of the project, including development on site
• Lessons learned from measured KPIs, COVID effects
• Lessons learned from developing close to operations vs. centralized development by a central technical department
• ATM / performance management in 5 years and in 50 years

The guests of this episode are Vicky Bhogal-Hunt, ATC Operations Specialist at Air Navigation Solutions Ltd and Paul Diestelkamp, the Head of Business Development & Solutions from Air Navigation Solutions Ltd (ANSL). The topic is radar in the tower and we touched the following aspects: 

• With radar in the tower, the approach service is provided by an ATCO sitting in the tower and not in the approach room - so, is it one more ATCO in the tower or is it the same tower ATCO managing TWR and APP traffic at the same time
• whether RiTT is replacing the usual approach unit or is it used in low traffic situations only
• In some cases, the APP is not collocated with the TWR. Advantages of RiTT in such a case
• Impact of RiTT in terms of ATCOs obtaining and maintaining new ratings
• whether RiTT is a specific rating or an usual APP rating and whether ATCOs  work both TWR and APP
• whether the implementation is more of a technical, operational or processes adaptation
• How does the regulator see such a change
• Future of ATM in 5 years and in 50 years

In this episode, our guest comes from from Brussels, this is Benoit Fonck the Chief Programme Officer at SESAR JU. The topic is to explain how smaller ATM suppliers can participate in SESAR. Among others, we touched on the following aspects:

• What is SESAR
• How is SESAR structured and what is the reporting hierarchy in this structure 
• Updates on current SESAR status and major directions currently covered by SESAR projects
• What has been good, what could be done differently, what are the challenges of the programme
• How can smaller ATM companies participate in SESAR research projects 
• What is the application procedure and how can smaller companies know when and where exactly to apply
• Advice to a small company wanting to contribute to SESAR
• SESAR in the next 5 years and in the next 50 years

The guest of this episode is Vanessa Rullier - Senior Manager ATM and Special Projects at European Business Aviation Association in Brussels. The topic discussed is the role of EBAA in ATM and  we touched the following aspects:

• why specifically is EBAA active in ATM
• EBAA activities related to the ATM 
• what works well and what works not so well in ATM
• differences between ATM in Europe and in the US
• specific needs of business aviation compared to commercial airlines in ATM
• ATM in five years from now and in 50 years from now

The guest of this episode is Niclas Gustavsson - Vice President Business Development & Governmental Affairs at SAAB Digital Air Traffic Solutions. The topic today is the remote towers in Sweden and touched the following aspects:

• developments at Swedish Mountain Airport and the new Remote Tower Centre in Stockholm
• lessons learned from remote tower projects 
• what could be done differently
• differences between building an airport with a remote tower from scratch and adding a remote tower to an existing airport
• remote towers - why now
• the role of new technologies and the human factor in regards to remote towers 
• how are partnerships between an ANSP and a tech company formed. New entrants to this field
• ATM /remote towers in five years from now and in 50 years from now

The guest of this episode is Xavier Pretat, the Head of Fatigue Risk Management at ENAC in Toulouse. We covered the following main points:

• the impact of fatigue on ATCOs and typical fatigue level
• how to manage fatigue and why there is a need for that
• what is fatigue management about: measuring and taking corrective measures or preventing it altogether
• how does COVID crisis impact on ATCOs fatigue
• links between fatigue in the cockpit and fatigue at the control sector
• changes in fatigue management in the next 5 years and in the next 50 years