GATCO and the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) are hosting the fourth edition of the Controller-Pilot Symposium in November 2021, which will have a completely different format given the current pandemic. The event will be online via Zoom and will include 4 sessions spread over November, including presentations and panel discussions. Each session will [...]
The 67th GATCO Annual General Meeting will take place online via Zoom on Tuesday 12 October 2021 at 3:00pm. GATCO members wishing to attend the AGM shall e-mail Katie Mason, es (at) gatco (dot) org, with their names and the e-mail address they want their Zoom invitation to be sent to ahead of the AGM. The [...]
The dedication and professionalism of the Royal International Air Tattoo’s volunteer Air Traffic Services (ATS) team during the past 50 years has been recognised with the presentation of GATCO’s prestigious Hunt Trophy. The Hunt Trophy is GATCO’s highest honour and is awarded only occasionally to an individual or group considered to have made [...]
GATCO, the Association of UK Flight Information Service Officers (AUKFISO), the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA), the General Aviation (GA) Alliance and the Honourable Company of Air Pilots have published today a join position statement on the UK airspace of the future, marking the beginning of a 5-way collaboration to ensure operational stakeholders, which [...]
GATCO has increased the value of its legal cover and representation to £300,000. The cover is one of GATCO's key members benefits providing a high level of insurance and peace of mind for members in a time where litigation in many areas is increasing. When something goes wrong, whether or not there has been any [...]
GATCO has been working with its corporate members Global ATS and FTE Jerez, both certified Air Traffic Control (ATC) initial training organisations, to provide further training options for those ATC trainees who have recently had their training terminated by NATS. Global ATS provides aerodrome and approach control training while FTE Jerez provides area control [...]
GATCO and the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) are hosting the third edition of the Controller-Pilot Symposium in November 2020, which will have a completely different format given the current pandemic. The event will be online via Webex and will include 5 sessions spread over November, including presentations and panel discussions. Each session will [...]
GATCO is shocked and concerned by the decision NATS has taken to terminate the training of a significant number (122) of Trainee Air Traffic Controllers (TATCs) after a review of its initial training organisation structure. Those trainees are now under threat of redundancy or redeployment. A number of those TATCs were within two weeks of [...]
In light of the current circumstances, the 66th GATCO Annual General Meeting will take place online via Webex on Tuesday 13 October 2020 at 3:00pm. GATCO members wishing to attend the AGM shall e-mail Katie Mason, es (at) gatco (dot) org, with their names and the e-mail address they want their Webex invitation to [...]
GATCO has recently published guidelines on the aviation restart hazards its members (ATCOs, FISOs and ATM support) can encounter as air traffic starts to increase, as a result of the easing down around the world of the COVID-19 lockdown measures. The COVID-19 crisis has caused huge changes in how we go about our work [...]
