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 time
• whether RiTT is replacing the usual approach unit or is it used in low traffic situations only
• In some cases, the APP is not collocated with the TWR. Advantages of RiTT in such a case
• Impact of RiTT in terms of ATCOs obtaining and maintaining new ratings
• whether RiTT is a specific rating or an usual APP rating and whether ATCOs  work both TWR and APP
• whether the implementation is more of a technical, operational or processes adaptation
• How does the regulator see such a change
• Future of ATM in 5 years and in 50 years