One other thing is sure; the media never talked about the flexibility of those ATCO's. The general public only sees "fake doctor attests", "strikes", "actions", while many of them still cancel their days off to replace sick colleagues. That has been going on for ages. Don't you think too much flexi...

jan_olieslagers wrote: ↑

18 Apr 2019, 21:17

Portion of airspace is delegated from Brussels ACC to Liege Approach

Must we then understand that, whereas Brussels ACC operates from Steenokkerzeel, Liege Approach is really at EBLG?

Yes Liege Approach is operating from control tower at LGG !

So, the Germans take over the work of the sick Belgian ATCO’s? No. Portion of airspace is delegated from Brussels ACC to Liege Approach enabling a direct coordination between Liege and Langen. German ATCO'S don't do anything more than usual (even less as traffic is regulated : max 6 mouvements an h...

A1329/19 NOTAMN Q) EBBU/QSCLT/IV/NBO/E /045/245/5026N00544E064 A) EBBU B) 1904182330 C) 1904190230 E) BRUSSELS ACC SECTORS EAST LOW, EAST HIGH, HULDENBERG AND LUXEMBOURG CLSD DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE. EMERG FREQ ARE WATCHED And this one : EBBR A1332/19 NOTAMN Q) EBBU/ATCH/IV/NBO/AE/000/999/5038N00533E...

Interesting discussions here. Thanks for keeping it civilised and thanks for the load of information that you provide about ATC. I do have some questions: 1. When Reagan fired all the civilian atcos and replaced them with military ones, the civil aviation of the US did not collapse. How then is it ...

A1299/19
From:16 APR 19 23:30 Till:17 APR 19 02:30
Text:BRUSSELS ACC SECTORS NORTH LOW, WEST HIGH, WEST LOW CLSD DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE. EMERG FREQ ARE WATCHED

I was told the reason of tonight's 6 hours airspace closure is because there is no supervisor available for the night shift.

https://www.knack.be/nieuws/belgie/in-n ... 53105.html

https://www.lalibre.be/economie/libre-e ... 0b45a4e4bc

Staff shortage tomorrow at LGG ! EBBR A1266/19 NOTAMN Q) EBBU/FALT/IV/NBO/A/000/999/5038N00527E A) EBLG B) 1904150600 1904152000 E) NO IFR/VFR TRG FLT ALLOWED EBBR A1267/19 NOTAMN Q) EBBU/STLC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/5038N00527E A) EBLG B) 1904150730 1904151755 D) 0730-0750 1000-1045 1500-1520 1710-1755 E)...

Passenger wrote: ↑

13 Apr 2019, 20:02

See:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=62809&p=369570#p369570

Website:
https://www.ace-freighters.com/

Looks like there is another website : https://www.aceaviationservices.com

OO-ACE is former 4X-ICC from israeli Cargo AirLines (CAL)

I see that the whole Belgian press is reporting about the closure of Belgian airspace at night, almost a daily feature in newspapers. It might be simpler to announce when airspace remains open the whole night! Some explanation from ACV/CSC representative : https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbi...

NOTAM A1244/19 From:12 APR 19 23:30 Till:13 APR 19 02:30 Text:BRUSSELS ACC SECTORS EAST LOW, EAST HIGH, HULDENBERG AND LUXEMBOURG CLSD DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE. EMERG FREQ ARE WATCHED Isn't it a little bit too much? And this one too ! A1245/19 From:12 APR 19 23:30 Till:13 APR 19 02:30 Text:BRUSSELS AC...

By the way, every night, those 3 sectors are collapsed on ONE sector and managed by ONE controller. That means that unless only one "west qualified" controller is present for the whole night (very unlikely as the sectors would have to close for much longer than 3 hours), it is possible to remain op...

Notam seems to be cancelled. No airspace closure this night

TLspotting wrote: ↑

07 Apr 2019, 12:29

No ATC restriction to expect during the day or the following night, according to NOTAMs

I wish you were right

TLspotting wrote: ↑

07 Apr 2019, 12:29

No ATC restriction to expect during the day or the following night, according to NOTAMs

Really ?

A1165/19
From:08 APR 19 00:00 Till:08 APR 19 03:00
Text:BRUSSELS ACC SECTORS NORTH LOW, WEST HIGH, WEST LOW CLSD DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE. EMERG FREQ ARE WATCHED

It looks like weather department at skeyes is also impacted by staff shortage !

mill100 wrote: ↑

05 Apr 2019, 10:01

SR20 wrote: ↑

03 Apr 2019, 14:46

Dep
1200LT FRH B744 OOACE (test flight)

Although planned yesterday but didn't fly
Previous 4X-ICC. Last flight as such on 24th.

Test flight cancelled one more time !

A1131/19 NOTAMN Q) EBBU/QSCLT/IV/NBO/E /045/245/5029N00411E064 A) EBBU B) 1904042330 C) 1904050230 E) BRUSSELS ACC SECTORS NORTH LOW, WEST HIGH, WEST LOW CLSD DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE. EMERG FREQ ARE WATCHED At least Partoune and Happart won't be too upset this time 😉 That was the only intelligent thi...