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Flexible Use of Airspace Flexible Use of Airspace –– DemystifiedDemystified““Setting the MoodSetting the Mood””

Chisinau, 4 to 6 August 2009Chisinau, 4 to 6 August 2009

LTC Martin RaduschLTC Martin Radusch

German Air ForceGerman Air Force

(Address high ranking attendees), honoured Delegates from States andOrganisations, colleagues and friends,

My presentation is not a display of our national policy. It reflects my own personalthoughts and ideas. However, they do generally coincide with our national position. I am also not presenting any official ICAO views. I am giving this presentation on an ICAO template in order to reflect the origin and nature of this workshop.Today it is my intention to place Flexible Use of Airspace in the overall context of civil/military cooperation in aviation matters.I also invite you to share your thoughts with me at any time during this workshopand I am looking forward to many inspiring conversations.

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FUA - Demystified

Commander Airfield Services, Recce Wing 51 born March 4th 1962 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Professional Development

07/81 – 09/81 Basic Military Training 10/81 – 05/82 Administrative Training and NCO School 05/82 – 09/84 Administrative NCO NATO Headquarters Europe, Mons, Belgium 09/84 – 09/85 Air Force Officers Academy, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany 09/85 – 05/86 Training at Military ATS Academy, Kaufbeuren, Germany 06/86 – 02/87 On the Job Training Aerodrome and Approach Control Service, Tactical Fighter

Wing 35, Sobernheim, Germany 03/87 – 04/91 Aerodrome and Approach Controller, Tactical Fighter Wing 35, Sobernheim,

Germany 05/91 – 03/96 Approach Controller and Assistant to Branch Chief Air Traffic Services, NATO

Airborne Early Warning Component, Geilenkirchen, Germany 04/96 – 09/00 Senior Air Traffic Control Officer, Fighter Wing 72, Hopsten, Germany 10/00 – 12/04 Deputy Director of Air Navigation Services, Federal Ministry of Transport,

Building and Housing, Bonn, Germany 02/05 – Present Commander Airfield Services, Recce Wing 51, Schleswig, Germany including a

deployment as Deputy Commander of the Air Wing in Mazar e Sharif, Afghanistan from July to November 2007

Advanced Training:

Defence Staff College, Staff Officers Training, 08/96 – 12/96 Defence Staff College, Operational Planning and Civil/Military Co-operation, 03/99-05/99 Air Force Officers Academy, Command Level Training, 01/05 – 02/05 NATO School Oberammergau, European Security Co-operation, 02/07 Defence Staff College, Staff Work in International Organizations, 09/08

Language Proficiencies:

Federal Linguistic Institute, "English Negotiation", 10/00 Highest obtainable language profile for Non-Native-Speakers in English, 06/08 Basic working knowledge of the French language (EU-Level A 2.4)

Chairmanships:

Air Proximity Evaluation Group Germany, 10/00 – 12/04 SLOT Performance Monitoring Committee Frankfurt Airport, 05/01 – 12/04 Technical Commissions supporting bilateral State Treaties with France, Switzerland and the

Netherlands, 05/02 – 12/04 SLOT Co-ordination Committee Frankfurt Airport, 06/03 – 12/04 EUROCONTROL Safety Regulation Commission, 06/03 – 05/05 German Military ATM development Working Committee, 01/06 – 04/07

Lieutenant Colonel Martin Radusch Bi-Lateral State Treaties

Airport CoordinationFrankfurt

Aviation Group of theEU-Council

Member and Chairman of EUROCONTROL SRC

National Representativeto EANPG

Alternate Head of Delegation 11th ANC

Safety Regulation Rapporteur 11th ANC forEUROCONTROL

Please be assured that I will not torment you with every single step of my almost 30years in the military service.But what I do want to extract from this CV are my close links with civil aviation shown on the right side of the slide, which I believe to be the main reason for my invitation as a speaker to this workshop.

Alas, when it comes to civil/military issues, ICAO particularly has kept a low profile for a rather long period of time...

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2003 11th ICAO Air Navigation ConferenceRecommendation: „States shall seek closerCoordination with Military Authorities“

2005 47th Meeting of ICAO EANPGEUROCONTROL „Military Airspace Requirements“endorsed for entire EUR Region

2007 36th ICAO General AssemblyAssembly Resolution: „Coordination of Civil and Military Air Traffic“

2008 50th Meeting of ICAO EANPGVision of „Single Civil Military Sky“Task Force „FUA over High Seas“ established

...until 6 years ago, at the 11th Air Navigation Conference, which I would call the first Milestone Event in this instance, a surprising change became apparent. For the first time in a global ICAO conference, the subject of civil-military coordinationwas expressed in such a direct manner.Over the subsequent years the trend towards incorporating military issues in officialICAO business manifested itself, leading to one of the „Challenges for the next 50years“ during the 50th Meeting of the EANPG in December 2008:The Vision of a „Single Civil Military Sky“.Honoured Delegates, it is my sincere belief that at this moment in time we are atcrossroads,when it comes to ICAOs involvement in military matters;ICAO has picked up a momentum that I urge you to take advantage of. To combine efforts and use synergetic effects, this is the time to rely on the knowledge of your own aviation experts and those working in ICAO offices around the globe, in order to sustain this movement for the benefit of the overall aviation system.This may also be the right time to send a signal to ICAO from the Contracting States, expressing your welcome of and your support for this new civil/military approach undertaken by ICAO.

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FUA Can be Prescribed?

Council of EU Transport Ministers, June 1999

Moldova FUA Workshop, August 2009

„FUA Demystified“ – The title of this workshop indicates that the subject stillcontains some mysteries that wait to be solved.I have selected a few of the most popular mysteries – or misconceptions – aboutFUA, and tried to find a way to „demystify“ them in the sense of finding a wayforward.You can quite frequently hear the statement that all we need is stronger and more binding regulations, setting the requirement for FUA as an overall standard. But I believe that the reality of the past decade proves to us, that such an approach would be likely to fail.FUA is already embedded in Annex 11, we have the requirement in the Single European Sky legislation but yetIn the years that have passed since the EU Ministers of Transport have agreed that solutions have to be found and this workshop almost 10 years later, despite goodefforts made in individual States, a consolidated effort is still lacking.

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FUA Can Only be Lived From Within!

Despite years of efforts, we are still in need to speed up progress

Regulation alone is not sufficient to fill„Flexible Use of Airspace“ with life

I am not saying that there has been no progress but I think we have underestimated the rigidity of the system. Over the past years we have been moving in the rightdirection but at a rather slow pace – too slow to keep up with current developmentsin the aviation sector – and I believe too slow because we were, at least in parts,relying too much on regulation.What in my opinion is still needed to supplement the regulatory Top-Down-Approach is a Bottom-Up-Approach, considering the cultural context, bringing regulation and individual culture together. Learning from the different perceptionsof the people that fill the rules with life from within – in other words you.

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FUA Alone Can Solve Our Problems?

FUA

Let me continue with another common misconception. Flexible Use of Airspace is often seen as a solitary and universal problem solver in civil/military relationswithin the aviation community.In reality, FUA alone is a fairly lonely piece of the puzzle, seen against the background of the aviation world...

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FUA Needs Company!

PeopleEquipment

Procedures

(SESAR, NextGen ATM)

(FUA)

(Organisation,Regulation)

...particularly, when it is regarded as a strictly procedural tool. FUA only forms aworking unit, when combined with the other two essential elements to complete anysystem, „Equipment“ and „People“. What I do want to clarify though is, that we do not have to wait for new generationsof technology. By using what we already have, everybody can start FUA now!And again it is the people who complete the circle, who link the elements to form afunctioning system, who provide the company necessary to create a platform forcivil/military cooperation.A platform that nevertheless requires a certain degree of common ground tofunction....

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Civil/Military Aviation – Two Worlds Apart?

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...which can be a challenge to find, when you see the aviation world split into two elements – a civil and a military element.From analysing the needs of these two stakeholders it is just a short step to the conclusion......

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Civil/Military Aviation – One Community!

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....that both share a fairly large common ground of requirements. A functioning aviation system forms the core requirement of both stakeholders.A functioning aviation system lies also within the center of our national interests,which, in case of deviating civil or military requirements have to find a balanced approach between the two, unless a working compromise can be found. And this„finding a working compromise“ is the key element to any multilateral working arrangement in aviation, be it airport coordination or civil/military cooperation.Finding the difference in requirements mainly at the fringes, we might as well say that we are on a good way to form one Aviation Community.Example: Even under adverse conditions and in an operational environment thecivil/military co-sharing of the International Afghan Airport Mazar e Sharif worksto suit the needs for both stakeholders. Even when during the Hadj thousands ofpilgrims need to be flown to and back from the holy sites of Islam.With all the talk about mysteries, I have not yet mentioned why we should make allthe effort towards Flexible Use of Airspace, particularly since I just told you thatFUA as a procedure alone does not really serve our needs.My answer is: FUA is a good start! - Flexible Use of Airspace can be established initially, without requiring additional resources and, and that to me is the most important aspect: FUA is an excellent facilitator to commence and assure a civil/military dialogue as the beginning of a deeper cooperation process.

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- Effficiency - Continuity

- Environmental Protection

- Safety- Security

- Project of Enormous Dimensions• Current Focus Mainly Military Driven• Vast Impact on All Airspace Users

Direct Impact on ICAO Strategic Objectives

Indirect Impact on ICAO Strategic Objectives

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

This process will be beneficial to five of the six ICAO Strategic Objectives with direct impact on:Efficiency and Continuity – essential factors for the aviation industry, particularlyin light of the global economic crisis.Environmental Protection – a factor that gained additional weight with the decisions made to counter global warming at the Kyoto follow up summit.To illustrate the significance: DEU State A/C subject emmission tradeAs far as the indirect impact is concerned: an airspace that is inefficiently managed due to lack of civil/military cooperation is an airspace that bears the inherent risk ofbeing run above its capacity limits – when that happens, we do have an impact onSafety. For the factor of Security: well established civil/military cooperation contributes to a better Air Picture, not only improving awareness but also helping to avoid false alerts, unnecessary interceptions and, worst of all, a possible false identification as arenegade aircraft – with all possible consequences.The Last Subject is entirely different in nature; introducing Unmanned AircraftSystems into our airspaces. A Project of bigger dimensions than anything that hashappened in aviation since Charles Lindbergh and yet a project, that to this date stillremains mainly driven by military stakeholders. The outcome will be a radical change of our entire aviation world, so just for this reason alone every aviationstakeholder should actively pursue a well-established civil/military coordination process.

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Having the People, to Commence,

Maintain and Progress the Task

of Civil – Military Co-operation!

For this civil/military cooperation process I see only one challenge:Having the people, however, is not limited to numbers alone. It also means that we need the people who can get the job done; put into aviation terms – not only getting the plane off the ground but also keeping it in the air and here lies the true challenge.

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MindsetProcedures

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People EANPG 50

„Single Civil

Military Sky“

In meeting this challenge, I would like to introduce a fourth element: „Mindset“ –You may also call it „Attitude“, an element closing the loop to the beginning of my presentation, placing the people again at the center of our attention.Mindset both at operational and policymaking level:– the will to make a positive contribution and to make this process work - the will to make the continuous effort to keep the process of civil/military cooperation running - the will and ability to „think outside the box“ when it is required and,- although realizing that for good reasons some military operations as such cannot be forced into a scheme of international standards, the will to strive for compliance whereever this is possible.With that in Mind, we might indeed be able to turn that vision for the next 50 years, a „Single Civil Military Sky“ into a Mid- if not a Short-Term Goal.(Last words without slide - A word of warning and a word of advice)(Warning) Differences, however small, leave potential for conflict – conflict, that will have to be addressed to be solved.Not addressing these conflicts but rather ignoring them may lead to a serious disruption of the civil/military dialogue.(Advice) (If you consider FUA to be important, you need to act now)

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