POLAND CIVIL AVIATION MASTER PLAN FINDINGS, DEFICIENCIES, REQUIREMENTS, AND COST ESTIMATES FOR ATC, AIRSPACE, NAVIGATION, COMMUNICATION, AND WEATHER SYSTEMS

The Poland Project Team was initially split into three groups: (1) Airports; (2) Economic Data Analysis and Forecasting; and (3) ATC, Airspace, Navigation, Communications, and Weather Systems. WMA performed all of the work in the third area. The first phase of the study consisted of a review process which applied a total system's approach designed to establish a system baseline. The first step in this process was to assemble and conduct a comprehensive review of all relevant documentation describing the Polish system, existing modernization plans and studies, and all relevant International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Eurocontrol, and European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) materials. This period of study, review, and analysis was followed by field observations in numerous facilities, interviews at the headquarters of the General Inspectorate of Civil Aviation (GILC) and Polish Airports Head Office (PPL), discussions with users and operators of the ATC, Maintenance, and Weather Systems, coordination with the Polish military, and visits to European agencies involved with ATC services, standards, and policy.

The findings of this review and the results of the aviation forecasts were used within the methodological framework described in Chapter 4 of the Civil Aviation Master Plan to develop an integrated set of detailed requirements for the ATC, Airspace, Navigation, Communications, and Weather Systems. Also, WMA's system engineering experts developed cost estimates for implementing these new requirements. The cost estimates were further processed in the life-cycle costing model for use by the team's investment program planners. The Civil Aviation Master Plan for Poland's ATC, Airspace, Navigation, Communications, and Weather Systems' requirements for modernization over the planning period extending for 12 years were developed to resolve deficiencies. The requirements were grouped in six sections covering:

Overall Findings

ATC System Requirements and Cost Estimates,

Airspace Requirements and Cost Estimates,

Navigation Aids Requirements and Cost Estimates,

Communications Requirements and Cost Estimates, and

Weather System Requirements and Cost Estimates.