010 - Radar in the Tower - Vicky Bhogal-Hunt & Paul Diestelkamp - Air Navigation Solutions Ltd (ANSL)

The guests of this episode are Vicky Bhogal-Hunt, ATC Operations Specialist at Air Navigation Solutions Ltd and Paul Diestelkamp, the Head of Business Development & Solutions from Air Navigation Solutions Ltd (ANSL). The topic is radar in the tower and we touched the following aspects: With radar in the tower, the approach service is provided by an ATCO sitting in the tower and not in the approach room - so, is it one more ATCO in the tower or is it the same tower ATCO managing TWR and APP traffic at the same timewhether RiTT is replacing the usual approach unit or is it used in low traffic situations onlyIn some cases, the APP is not collocated with the TWR. Advantages of RiTT in such a caseImpact of RiTT in terms of ATCOs obtaining and maintaining new ratingswhether RiTT is a specific rating or an usual APP rating and whether ATCOs  work both TWR and APPwhether the implementation is more of a technical, operational or processes adaptationHow does the regulator see such a changeFuture of ATM in 5 years and in 50 years