THE CONTROLLER

The Controller – 2026, Issue 1

Journal of Air Traffic Control

Editor: Nicola Nì Rìada

Contents

  • From the Editorial Team

  • Welcome from EVP Europ

  • Code of Conduct

  • Welcome to Bucharest

  • IFATCA 2026 Organizing Committee

  • Resistance or Responsibility

  • Cleared for the Future: The New ATC Value Chain

  • ROMATSA, Leader in AIM Evolutions: FF-ICE

  • Advancing an Air Traffic Control Tower Through Technology and Innovation

  • LRBV – The Second Airport in the World Built from Scratch with DATS

  • Uganda 2027

  • Abu Dhabi to Bucharest: IFATCA PLC’S Journey

  • TOC Update – Our Work Over the Last Year

  • Changing the IFATCA Constitution and Administrative Manual (CAC)

  • Andropause/Menopause: The Future is Not Just for the Young

  • Tribute to Dr. Jaco van der Westhuizen

  • IFATCA at IPAAC

  • IFATCA Training Task Force: From Platforms to People

  • 2026 International women’s Day

  • Spoofing is Nothing New GNSS Radio Frequency Interference

  • Tomorrow’s Voices: Keeping the Next Generation at the Radar

  • Climate Impulse

  • IFATCA @ ICAO

  • From Telephone Calls to Digital Coordination

  • What are We Afraid of? Digitization, Al, and Air Traffic Control

  • It’s Not the Traffic, It’s the Accumulation

  • Strategic ATCO Retention in an Era of Global Mobility

  • Modernizing Air Traffic Control

    Update of SESAR Activities/ ICAO Study on Women in Aviation

  • Welcome to Our Newest Industry Partners

  • Meet Our New Industry Partners: Skeydrone, NACO & Scioteq

  • Conference 50 Years Ago

  • Philippe Domogala

  • NAV Portugal: From the Classroom to the Ops

  • A Bit of Serendipity from IFATCA’s Speak English Program

  • Classic Controller: 1999