After the final validation day of Exercise 001, an Open Day was hosted by DLR and UkSATSE. Stakeholders and interested parties were invited to receive insights into the SESAR 3 FCA project and details of the validation exercise. Attendees were also introduced to the upcoming second exercise led by ENAIRE and CRIDA A.I.E, alongside discussions on ATCO support tools and traffic rules.
The highlight of the day were two simulation sessions in DLR’s Flight Centric ATC laboratory, where participants had the unique opportunity to take a seat at the controller working position, observe the working routine of the ATCOs in a typical validation run and get an introduction to the main functionalities and procedures of the system. The event concluded with brief talks by subject matter experts Ana Martins on preliminary Human Factors-related findings, Predrag Terzioski on the impact of the FCA concept on regulations and licensing and Dmytro Tereshchenko on the ATCOs’ conclusions on the concept.
