We've added two articles published in Eurocontrol's Insight magazine earlier this year. The article from issue 13 - february 2007 - is here and the one from issue 14 - May 2007 - is here.

A list of articles on MOSAIC can be found on this page.

We've added new content to the document section, including a new category 'Feature Articles'. These are articles from magazines mentioning MOSAIC or relating topics such as privatisation. Currently, articles from Flugleiter (German) and Aiguilleurs du Ciel (French) are available.

The MOSAIC Project continues to lobby our politicians. Click on 'attachments' below to access a letter we wrote to Chancellor Merkel (FRG) and the reply we received from her offices.

The MOSAIC group members held a meeting in Brussels at the end of June. The project is still gaining momentum, with the Austrian Controllers Association looking to join forces. Read more of what was discussed at the meeting in the release below.

The MOSAIC group met in Brussels today.

During its meeting on the 22nd of November in Luxembourg, MOSAIC welcomed the decision of M. Kohler, President of Germany, to suspend the privatisation of air traffic services. We hope that this strong signal will be seen, by all, as a unique chance to build an efficient service of air navigation, based on cooperation rather than competition.

The full text of the communique by clicking on the pdf below...

Opposition from a wide variety of stakeholders in aviation, not least of all GdF, the German Trade Union Air Navigation Services increased the public attention given to these intentions and increased awareness of the Federal President of the risk associated with this project. GdF strongly congratulates Mr. Köhler on his decision not to ratify a piece of legislation that is largely disregarding the intent of the constitution in regard to the control and conduct of the public task of Air Traffic Services.

GdF believes that cost efficiency, return on investment and market share are factors that must never be allowed to decide the policies and the everyday work philosophy of an ANSP. For years DFS staff has been told that safety is never in question, that it is implicit in ATS. But we don’t believe this anymore, with economic factors as the above so obviously at the forefront of management’s decision-making.

For the full explanation, click on the pdf file below...

After his initial refusal earlier, President Horst Koehler has definitely vetoed legislation that would have privatised the country’s air traffic control agency DFS (Deutsche Flugsicherung). He stated that DFS role in keeping the skies safe should be left in the hands of the state.