controllers (ATCOs) from the EUROCONTROL
member nations could be trained. Upon its
formation, IANS was instrumental in training
the initial cadre of ATCOs who would staff
EUROCONTROL’s own ATM centre, the Upper
Area Control Centre (UAC) at Maastricht, in
the Netherlands. Today, IANS is regarded
as a centre-of-excellence for ATM-training
throughout the world.
The creation of the Maastricht UAC
marked the fi rst time that air traffi c over one
nation had been entrusted to an international
en-route centre, it represented an
important step in the vision of Bulin and
his colleagues to have a fully-integrated
European ATM service. Later in the decade,
the work pioneered at Maastricht would
provide the blueprint for the development
of other planned international ATM centres
– such as Shannon in the Republic of Ireland
– to manage air traffi c moving between
North America and Europe, and a facility at
Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1975.
In 1978, Bulin was succeeded by Jean
Lévêque, who would remain as DG until
1983. Lévêque would be responsible for
overseeing the development of the UAC at
Shannon, which was declared operational in
1978. Much of the technology and practices
developed for the Maastricht and Karlsruhe
UACs were transferred into Shannon,
including the Maastricht Automatic Data
The directors general
EUROCONTROL’s 50-year history has been characterised by the dynamic
leadership of the directors general that have headed the organisation
since its foundation. Thomas Withington picks out the high points
THE AGENCY’S FIRST director general
(DG), René Bulin, was the head of the interim
organisation – the Association for the Development
of ATC Methods – that was created
in December 1960 on the signing of the
EUROCONTROL International Convention
relating to Cooperation for the Safety of Air
Navigation. He later became the DG of EUROCONTROL
when it was offi cially created
with the ratifi cation of the Convention three
years later, in 1963.
In fact, Bulin made such an impact that
he remained in the post right up until 1978.
During Bulin’s leadership, the organisation
took several important steps regarding its
emergence as the continent’s leading air
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