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64th GATCO Annual General Meeting

64th GATCO Annual General Meeting

The 64th GATCO Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 23rd of October 2018 at 3:00pm at the Holiday Inn London Heathrow M4 Jct 4:Holiday Inn London Heathrow M4 ... read more
SES/SESAR Airspace Architecture Study Workshop

SES/SESAR Airspace Architecture Study Workshop

SESAR JU organised a 1.5 day event in Brussels on the 5th and 6th of July 2018 to discuss how to overcome the European airspace limitations, which are seriously impending ... read more
GATCO presents at the Global ATS ATM Seminar

GATCO presents at the Global ATS ATM Seminar

GATCO attended the annual Global ATS ATM Seminar in Cheltenham, UK, on the 7th of June 2018, presenting our views on the future of the ATC profession. This year's seminar ... read more
GATCO sends letter to Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd

GATCO sends letter to Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd

GATCO has written to Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd's managing director, Inglis Lyon, detailing its concerns about the introduction of remote tower services and, in particular, multiple remote tower operations ... read more
GATCO and BALPA publish drone sighting guidelines

GATCO and BALPA publish drone sighting guidelines

Drone sightings by commercial aircraft are on the rise. There have been numerous cases of airspaces and aerodromes being closed around the world due to reports of drones in the ... read more
2018 IFATCA Annual Conference in Accra, Ghana

2018 IFATCA Annual Conference in Accra, Ghana

GATCO has taken part in the 2018 IFATCA Annual Conference in Accra, Ghana. The delegation representing the UK was formed of 4 GATCO members: Mark Taylor (Deputy President), Jez Pigden ... read more
Professional staff organisations respond to RP3 SES Performance and Charging Schemes report

Professional staff organisations respond to RP3 SES Performance and Charging Schemes report

The ATM Professional Staff Organisations or PSOs (ATCEUC, ETF, IFATCA, IFATSEA and IFAIMA) have published a response to the Steer Davies Gleave report on "Impact assessment of options for the ... read more
FTEJerez becomes corporate member of GATCO

FTEJerez becomes corporate member of GATCO

Flight Training Europe Jerez (FTEJerez) has joined GATCO as a corporate member after its application was unanimously accepted during the recent EB meeting. FTEJerez is a dedicated aviation training academy ... read more
GATCO secures seat at influential Future Airspace Strategy group

GATCO secures seat at influential Future Airspace Strategy group

GATCO has secured a seat at the Future Airspace Strategy Industry Implementation Group (FASIIG), where a GATCO rep will be present from now on. This important milestone is one more ... read more
GATCO at the 2017 IFATCA European Regional Meeting in Austria

GATCO at the 2017 IFATCA European Regional Meeting in Austria

Jez Pigden and Tom Harrison, Manager Professional and Legal, attended 2 days of the 2017 European Regional Meeting (ERM) of the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA), which ... read more