Europe’s Staff organisations have published an open letter to the aviation stakeholders within the Single European Sky concerning the proposed targets for ANSPs in the the period from 2020-24 – the so-called reporting period 3 (RP3)
In essence, the European Commission, the Airlines and the Performance Review Body (PRB) don’t seem to acknowledge that there is an obvious connection between the immense focus on cost reduction in RP1 and RP2 and the current delay situation in Europe.
It is clear that the Commission uses the same thinking for RP3 as used for RP1 and RP2. The staff organisations predict that the results will be the same: similar or more delay, underinvestment in the areas where there is an urgent need, a continued disharmony between the needs of the airlines and the performance of the ANSPs, continued distrust between the main stakeholders while there is no visible benefit for the passenger.
Read the full letter here.