Following the launch of the latest update campaign of the European ATM Master plan on 5 October, the SESAR Master Planning Group (MPG) members have finalised their first, important technical review of Operational Improvement Steps, Enablers, Deployment Scenarios and Deployment Packages. With this, the update campaign is well on track and can move to the following step, the broad consultation with ECAC experts.

“It is due to the outstanding commitment of the involved stakeholders in some key projects and especially the members of SESAR WP-C that I am highly confident that we will achieve the best result; the updated European ATM Master Plan will be a document clearly identifying the performance needs of the future ATM system as well as providing a roadmap to their achievement”, says Denis Koehl, SESAR Senior Military Advisor in charge of the update campaign.

After the review by ECAC experts, the drafting of the updated Master Plan document can start. The core principles of the new document are:

• simplifying the Master Plan into a more readable and useable document;
• applying a pragmatic, stakeholder-specific approach; and
• delivering results in a timely and efficient manner.

It will include an update of the performance needs required for the future ATM system; an update of the deployment plan; new will also be a summary explaining the benefits and costs per category of stakeholders; as well as an update of the risk management plan.

The first draft updated ATM Master Plan document will be presented to the SESAR JU Administrative Board in March 2012.