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Year:
2006

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Volume:
10

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Article:
4
Safety science monitor
Introduction

The ATM 1 system is generally considered to be one of the safest transport systems in the world. It is used 
by, and is certainly visible to, most of the western world. However, it is being subjected to considerable change 
due to the expectations of its stakeholders in terms of cost of operation and more recently as it opens its Safety 
Processes to outside attention. 
This paper aims to address how ATM regulation began, what required it to change, how that change is 
being accommodated, and how to prevent that change from losing the desirable features of the system. 
The paper also shows how these changes have been based on the idea of quantified risk. 

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Author

G. MORTON

Safety Regulation Unit, Eurocontrol

STEVE KINNERSLY

AEA Technology

BOB HUMBERTSON

Federal Aviation Administration/System Engineering and Technical

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