Abstract
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Since 2010 there has been a noticeable effort to implement harmonized European transition altitude (HETA). This effort resulted in establishing of several working groups. As outputs were proposed three options but no mandatory implementation rules for European countries (resp. air navigation services providers). Nowadays each country evaluates impacts of implementation of one of three proposed solutions and some countries even implement kind of harmonized transition altitude in cooperation with neighboring countries (Slovakia, Hungary and Austria). This article briefly describes the general problem in section I and II. Impacts of all three proposed options by working group on involved subjects such as crew, controllers, but also environment or safety are evaluated. The end of the article describes in details the way of implementation in Slovakia and some case studies related to </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">altimeter setting rules in the area of common interest at the interface between FIR Prague, Bratislava and Vienna</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">.</span>
Highlights
Efforts to harmonize the Transition altitude (TA) in Europe origins date back to year 2000
harmonized European transition altitude (HETA)-TF should participate in the processing of potential solutions evaluation and preparation of underlays for regulatory harmonization of “European TA”
There was not created by working groups, which was established for this purpose, the common EC Regulation ordering the implementation harmonized transition altitude in all European countries, there is obviously growing effort for cross border cooperation in terms of implementation the harmonized TA
Summary
Efforts to harmonize the TA in Europe (on the ground EUROCONTROL) origins date back to year 2000. –7.4.2011) approved establishing of common working group consisting of EC, EASA and EUROCONTROL members. Working group was called “Harmonized European Transition Altitude Task Force” – HETA-TF. HETA-TF should participate in the processing of potential solutions evaluation and preparation of underlays for regulatory harmonization of “European TA”. There is really wide range of values of transition altitudes across Europe. Each country has at least one value of TA in its airspace. Values of TA can changed during the day in some countries (The UK / NATS). See table I and figure 2 and 3 for detailed scheme of TA values in Europe.
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