Enrico Spinielli

I joined the Performance Review Unit (now Aviation Intelligence Unit) in order to improve the data management processes, workflows and products via aggressive automation, version control and use of (sometimes open, cheaper) cloud technologies (GitHub, TravisCI, Google Spreadsheets/Documents,...) Open/Free-source software makes also a big set of our toolset: Git, R, Python, GNU unix tools. I am promoting open and reproducible performance review following the ideas of reproducible research (see my 2 most recent publications). I am involved in the definition/production of open Reference Trajectories via the use of crowdsourced ADS-B position reports. I have been cooperating with OpenSky Network and using the ADS-B/Mode S collected data in order to research improvements in ATM and airport operations.

I managed a team of seven architects, business analysts and project managers within the Techinical Organizer unit. We looked after requests from internal (Network Management Operational Room) and external users (AO [Aircraft Operator], ATC [Air Traffic Control centres], ... from ECAC area and beyond). We tried to best evolve, change the architecture and the design of our mission critical systems (and keep them as simple and maintainable as possible!) to fulfill the business needs. I participated/contributed to the scope definition of future Network Manager's release, i.e. change requests effort for functional and technical blocks. I was also Requirements and Architecture Process (RAP) owner whereby I looked after refining/defining the process and working practices that we followed to elaborate service/systems requirements for the development of the Network Manager systems. With both my hats on, I organized 4 sessions of "Mastering the Requirements Process" with Suzanne Robertson (http://www.volere.co.uk/masteringrequirementsprocess.htm). This course, for TO and for other NM Units, aimed at providing a sound methodology for requirement elicitation and at enlarging the awareness of the process and needs among all the people involved (but often not actively participating).

I manage a team of 22 software engineers. We developed, maintained and supported the two mission critical families of systems in the CFMU: IFPS and ETFMS. IFPS is a family of systems that support the provision, processing and distribution of Flight Plans in the pre-flight phase (i.e. the period preceding the first delivery of air traffic control clearance, for flights departing from within the IFPS Zone, or in the period preceding entry into the IFPS Zone for other flights.) IFPS ensures the consistency of Flight Plan data between Aircraft Operators (AOs), Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management (ATFCM) and the Air Traffic Services Units (ATSUs). ETFMS has two main functions for use in the ATFCM 'Tactical' operations (day of flight) but also for a large part of the 'Pre-tactical' operations (1-6 days prior airborne): 1. the calculation of the traffic demand in every sector of concern within the CFMU area, using the flight plan information received from the Aircraft Operators (AOs) via IFPS and real-time update messages (i.e. radar derived data provided by the Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), position report data provided by the aircraft operators and, meteorological data.) In cases where the computed traffic demand exceeds the ATC sector capacity, the Flow Management Controllers within the CFMU and their Flow Management Position (FMP) colleagues in the various ACCs decide whether or not to implement a 'regulation', delaying flights through the allocation of a departure slot and effectively moving the excess traffic out of the overload period. 2. the complex slot list calculation, allocation and distribution to the involved parties (ATC, AOs etc). This part of the system is called CASA (Computer Assisted Slot Allocation). IFPS: Initial Flight Processing System ETFMS Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System CFMU: Central Flow Management Unit, an operational unit of Eurocontrol. Eurocontrol: European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation