GATCO News

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 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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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

63rd GATCO Annual General Meeting
The 63rd GATCO Annual General Meeting will take place on Friday the 13th of October 2017 at 11:00am at the Solent Sky Museum located in Southampton: Solent Sky Museum Albert ... read more