Post by FabienA380 on Jul 16, 2014 16:04:59 GMT 1
from Edmonton metronews today's edition (16/07/14)
Pilots flying into the Edmonton airspace are going digital, with many pilots using texts instead of radio to relay instructions.
On-route traffic flying over 29,000 feet are using the new technology that puts Canada ahead in aviation technology to avoid clogging the airwaves.
“It’s mostly commercial international airlines that fly to Europe—Air Canada being one of them— that are using it more and more,” said Ron Singer, manager of media relations with Nav Canada, the agency that operates the country’s air traffic control system.
Controllers are assigning pilots changes in altitudes, headings, speed and routings via text. And in return, pilots can text their own requests to controllers for changes to their flight on a cockpit display.
There are seven controllers in the country—including Edmonton— using this new technology called Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC).
The new equipment, according to Nav Canada officials, decreases the amount of errors and frees up a lot of air time.
That’s important for Canadian controllers, who oversee hundreds of flights daily operated by foreign carriers from Europe and Asia that transit Canadian airspace en route to and from airports in the U.S. and points south.
metronews.ca/uncategorized/1097526/airlines-using-text-over-edmonton-airspace-becoming-more-common/
Pilots flying into the Edmonton airspace are going digital, with many pilots using texts instead of radio to relay instructions.
On-route traffic flying over 29,000 feet are using the new technology that puts Canada ahead in aviation technology to avoid clogging the airwaves.
“It’s mostly commercial international airlines that fly to Europe—Air Canada being one of them— that are using it more and more,” said Ron Singer, manager of media relations with Nav Canada, the agency that operates the country’s air traffic control system.
Controllers are assigning pilots changes in altitudes, headings, speed and routings via text. And in return, pilots can text their own requests to controllers for changes to their flight on a cockpit display.
There are seven controllers in the country—including Edmonton— using this new technology called Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC).
The new equipment, according to Nav Canada officials, decreases the amount of errors and frees up a lot of air time.
That’s important for Canadian controllers, who oversee hundreds of flights daily operated by foreign carriers from Europe and Asia that transit Canadian airspace en route to and from airports in the U.S. and points south.
metronews.ca/uncategorized/1097526/airlines-using-text-over-edmonton-airspace-becoming-more-common/
