For “outdated systems” and for “surprise” successful the caller measure of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, which “does not fulfill basal requirements of the European regulations,” speaks the Union of Air Traffic Controllers (E.E.E.K.E) successful its announcement.
The controllers enactment successful the 24-hour onslaught of ADEDY connected Wednesday, October 1, against the caller bill, but according to applicable NOTAM from the CAA, their information successful the onslaught whitethorn beryllium suspended pursuing applicable determination of the competent judicial authorities. Aegean and Sky Express issued announcements with which they pass the passengers that they bash not proceed successful changes successful the docket of routes, offering alternatives for those who privation to alteration the day of their trip.
It concerns the draught instrumentality with title: “Establishment of ineligible entity of nationalist instrumentality (n.p.d.d.) with the sanction Civil Aviation Authority (Y.P.A.) and different provisions of competence of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport” which came retired yesterday successful consultation and volition stay until October 9, 2025.
The controllers constituent out: “The measure that was presented successful the nationalist consultation contains provisions that not lone were ne'er agreed, but not adjacent discussed, frankincense choosing the method of surprise. Obviously this from our broadside volition not beryllium tolerated.”
E.E.E.K.E mentions that from the opening of the summertime the controllers successful each aerial postulation units service larger measurement of postulation than the already accrued 1 that has been agreed, and that according to information of Eurocontrol the A.T.C. of C.A.A. are the 5th astir productive among 38 providers successful each Europe, contempt that the conditions successful which the Greek A.T.C. enactment are worse than anyplace other successful the remainder of Europe, adjacent successful the Balkans.
With the projected provisions of the draught instrumentality is pursued the organization betterment with the translation of the Civil Aviation Authority from autarkic nationalist work into n.p.d.d. with purpose to lend to the upgrade of the provided services of aerial navigation and airdrome absorption by the C.A.A., wrong the goals acceptable by the European and planetary organizations, with parallel modernization of the systems of aerial navigation for the changeless pursuit and accomplishment of the extremity of information of flights.
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“With consciousness of responsibility, we would similar to pass the rider nationalist that each Air Traffic Controllers (A.T.C.) service regular with information arsenic galore flights arsenic possible, moving successful authorities of utmost understaffing and deficiency of modern equipment.
In bid to look the measurement of the aerial traffic, which each twelvemonth notes caller record, the A.T.C. person accepted to enactment successful the summertime play with reduced remainder days, truthful that the strategy of absorption of the aerial postulation tin cope, which is 1 of the pillars of enactment of tourism successful our country. Having consciousness of our work towards the state and the rider nationalist and being devoted to the non-negotiable attraction of the levels of safety, we person demanded from the Administration of C.A.A. and of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport to instrumentality besides their responsibilities for the sanitization of C.A.A.
On the 1 manus the Administration of C.A.A. committed successful penning from May 2024 for the following:
The implementation of programme of gradual replacement of the instrumentality of surveillance, of dependable communications, and of navigation.
The upgrade of the reliability and of the availability of the existing instrumentality with the proviso of each the captious spare parts to the grade this is possible.
Until contiguous the Administration of C.A.A. has not managed to motion immoderate of the captious contracts for the proviso of caller radar system, arsenic good arsenic of the connection systems for the attack of Athens and the Area Control Center Athens Macedonia. The lone happening it has done is to contented consecutively property releases successful which it reproduces the aforesaid proclamations, simply shifting the dates that the proviso of the captious instrumentality volition beryllium implemented. A glimpse astatine what it promised, with the from 1/2/2025 property release, to hap successful the archetypal 4th of 2025 and what from these has happened contiguous (as fortunately ends the 3rd 4th of 2025), is capable for the nationalist to recognize that the C.A.A. simply is constricted to exercises connected insubstantial without results.
The incidental connected 19/8/2025, with the nonaccomplishment of a captious spare portion and the nonaccomplishment of the representation of the terminal radar and of the backup frequencies of the attack of Athens connected the elevation Merenta proves that since past twelvemonth the C.A.A. has not taken attraction to procure a spare part, which has been recovered that needs replacement, with effect the state to beryllium disgraced internationally. Even contiguous the C.A.A. has not yet procured the said spare part.
On the different hand, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport committed against and of the European Commission to marque a instrumentality that reorganizes the C.A.A., transforming it into a modern supplier of services of aerial navigation that satisfies the European Regulations.
We person met with the typical of the European Commission who deals with the reorganization of the C.A.A. and we person recovered that we person communal views for the sanitization of the C.A.A. and that we stock the communal extremity to marque the C.A.A. a modern Provider of Services of Air Navigation that afloat applies the European Regulations.
Already from July we person submitted proposals to the Ministry based connected an archetypal draught instrumentality that was communicated to us. The European Commission besides submitted observations. The Ministry chose not to judge neither our observations, nor of the European Commission and presented yesterday successful the nationalist consultation a draught instrumentality worse adjacent than the 1 it gave america initially. It is evident that the Ministry did not adjacent fuss to analyse the proposals of the employees who volition beryllium called to use this bill.
The measure that was presented successful the nationalist consultation contains provisions that not lone were ne'er agreed, but not adjacent discussed, frankincense choosing the method of surprise. Obviously this from our broadside volition not beryllium tolerated.
From the opening of the summertime we service successful each the aerial postulation units larger measurement of postulation than the already accrued 1 that has been agreed.
Especially for the Athens International Airport we service adjacent 36 arrivals per hr though the nominal capableness is 22 and the accrued capableness that has been agreed is 28. The precise medication of the C.A.A. with missive to Eurocontrol connected 22/8/2025 recognizes the exceeding that is done successful the agreed limit.
Now aft the mockery that we acquisition it has nary meaning to over-exert ourselves and to service postulation supra the already accrued agreed levels. Even present we service really 28 arrivals per hr successful the A.I.A. which unneurotic with the flights that are made visually we scope up to 33 full arrivals per hour. Therefore nary “slow down” bash the aerial postulation controllers make, arsenic conveniently is written arsenic excuse successful immoderate media.
The A.T.C., particularly the past 4 summers, we person proved that we attraction for the work of the rider nationalist and the upgrade of the C.A.A.. The crushed that the strategy of the aerial postulation has not collapsed is exclusively the effort that the A.T.C. make, since the C.A.A. and the Ministry implicit clip person not done their duty.
We sent missive from 1/9/2025 asking gathering with the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Mr. Dimas and we did not person adjacent answer. We sent him again missive connected 22/9/2025 and until contiguous determination has been nary involvement to perceive our proposals. In the past missive we made wide that we would halt to service supra the already accrued limit, people without receiving answer. There is nary excuse that helium did not cognize the concern oregon that yesterday’s improvement was sudden.
Despite the efforts to contiguous the occupation arsenic “personal differences” oregon “union demands” the world is indisputable. The systems are outdated and the measure that was presented does not fulfill basal requirements of the European regulations, thing that certifies the precise European Commission which threatens our state with sanctions.
The precise typical of the European Commission gave congratulations to the Greek A.T.C. who negociate unprecedented measurement of traffic, being highly understaffed and moving with specified outdated systems. The information that presents Eurocontrol beryllium that the A.T.C. of the C.A.A. are the 5th astir productive among 38 providers successful each Europe, contempt that the conditions successful which the Greek A.T.C. enactment are worse than anyplace other successful the remainder of Europe, adjacent successful the Balkans.
We telephone the Administrations of the C.A.A. and of the Ministry to instrumentality their responsibilities and not to hunt excuses accusing the A.T.C., who are those that are called each clip to carnivore the value of mismanagement and to look unsocial the problem. Our patience has been exhausted and we nary longer tolerate immoderate mockery. We besides telephone the Ministry and the Administration of the C.A.A. to instrumentality what they person committed, to measure and to incorporated our proposals, which successful galore cases coincide with those of the European Commission, for the caller instrumentality of the C.A.A. and to amusement the indispensable appreciation and respect to the enactment of the Air Traffic Controller.”
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