Citation
(2006), "Eurocontrol launches environmental-awareness e-learning", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 38 No. 7. https://doi.org/10.1108/ict.2006.03738gaa.006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Eurocontrol launches environmental-awareness e-learning
A new e-learning program is helping Eurocontrol, the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation, to educate air-traffic staff and the general public about the impact of aviation on the environment. With research suggesting that world aircraft fleet will double by 2020, the training has been produced to outline the key environmental issues and explain how the growth of aviation can be sustained without harming the environment.
The Aviation and the Environment program, the first of its kind, has been launched to air-traffic control staff through Europe. It considers the complex issues of economic, social and environmental sustainability and investigates specifically how air-traffic operations can contribute to sustaining the environment while meeting the diverse needs of aviation stakeholders.
“Environmental issues such as noise and emissions are of increasing global concern. Air-traffic management does not have the solution but we do have a role to play in mitigating the environmental impact of aviation,” said Mr Bo Redeborn, Eurocontrol’s director of air-traffic movement strategies. “The environmental-awareness e-learning program is designed to give all operational staff a good understanding of general issues associated with the environment and aviation, as well as indications of what actions they can take in their daily work to help to mitigate the impact of aviation on the environment.”
Mike Ditchburn, managing director of Bourne Training, commented: “Having won a pan-European tender to develop the program, we are delighted with the outcome in what is a key objective for Eurocontrol, given the likely increase in European air traffic and the associated environmental impact. The important aspect now is to monitor learners through the program, to identify its impact on air-traffic operations.”
As well as being available to air-traffic control staff, the program is available to members of the public so they can better understand the environmental issues related to the aviation industry. Eurocontrol now intends to develop more advanced aviation and the environment courses as part of its environmental-sustainability commitment.