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20 April 2004User Group Meeting at AIS HeathrowA meeting was held on 20 April at AIS Heathrow involving representatives from AIS and users with an observer from the CAA. The meeting notes can be found here. Click here to
view the notes as html in your browser 8 April 2003New FIR and Aerodrome BriefsThe AIS website http://www.ais.org.uk now contains new briefs. There is a geographically sorted FIR brief for each of the two UK FIR's and an Aerodrome Brief, sorted in order of aerodrome name for each of the UK FIR's. These are generated on demand and so are always up to date. In the event of problems accessing the AIS site you can also obtain briefs at http://www.nats.co.uk/operational/pibs/index.shtml however these are only updated twice a day and are intended as a backup only. 19 March 2003NotamPro working again. http://www.notampro.com
18 March 2003Alt AIS produces alternative access to NOTAM.Alt AIS takes the NOTAM data and sorts it geographically and also provides alternative access to the AIP. We have pointed out to the CAA that if pilots are not getting what they want from official channels then they will come up with ways of getting round the problem. Alt AIS demonstrates that this is true. It would be far safer in our opinion to make all of the data available so that pilots are working with good official data rather than data that has been edited to replace the location co-ordinates which are currently being withheld. See also the comments re NotamPro above, which also apply to Alt AIS. 14 March 2003Area Briefs available from backup sourceFIR briefs are now available at http://www.nats.co.uk/operational/pibs/index.shtml These are updated twice a day by UKAIS and are suitable for display on self-briefing boards at airfields. In a few weeks time the new "one button" briefs will be available, which will be similar but with the data sorted geographically. These will be available from http://www.ais.org.uk as well, which will be the best source as they will be generated on demand and so be totally up to date. 20 February 2003AOPA write to CAAAOPA have written to the CAA to request that the A1/A8 bulletins be
re-instated for download from a separate server pending the introduction of a
back-up source of NOTAM data which can be used when the AIS web server is
unavailable. 14 February 2003AIS intend to add new flying sites to databaseUK AIS have advised that they will be adding a number of flying sites to their database wef from the scheduled update on Thursday 20 Feb. These sites do not have ICAO locators so AIS will be allocating dummy codes to be used for them. Full details should appear on the AIS website from 20 Feb. 12 February 2003Notes on the meeting at NATS on 6 FebruaryAn account of and comments on the proceedings at a meeting held at NATS to
review progress in resolving problems with the UK AIS Website which took place
on 6 February 2003. 6 February 2003Server uptime dataAIS is now publishing statistics on server availability, the intention is to update this at fortnightly intervals. There is a link to the data on the login page or it can be found at http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/en/report.htm 24 January 2003AIS Website UnavailableThe domain ais.org.uk appears to have disappeared from the World Wide Web. The site can still be accessed using the URL http://195.217.206.162 23 January 2003New FAQ's postedA new set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) have been posted on the AIS website. 6 January 2003CAA calls meeting for 6 FebruaryJohn Gentleman, Manager Aeronautical Charts and Data at the CAA, the Regulator for AIS has called a meeting at the CAA offices in Kingsway, London at which NATS/AIS will report on progress in implementing the CAA requirements arising from the meeting at AIS Heathrow on 15 November 2002. 3 December 2002CAA requires action from NATS/AISJohn Gentleman, Manager Aeronautical Charts and Data at the CAA, the
Regulator for AIS has now issued his report on the meeting of 15 November. It
includes the action that the CAA require from NATS/AIS. 25 Nov 2002Further Parliamentary Questions
Anne McIntosh MP tabled three further questions about the AIS website. The written answers
were given on 25 November
click here to view the questions and the answers. 18 Nov 2002Results of Meeting at AIS on 15 November.The outcome of the meeting, a copy of the Agenda, and details of the discussion that took place. This document is factual rather than an expression of opinion. We will be happy to respond to any questions that may be raised in the forums. Click here for links to the forums that we are monitoring. The first page of the document contains the names of those attendees who have
seen and agreed it.
There may be changes to correct any inaccuracies that come to light so please come back to this page to
watch for amendments. 14 Nov 2002Parliamentary Answer
Anne McIntosh MP tabled a question about the AIS website. The written answer
was given on 13 November
click here to view the question and the answer. 6 Nov 2002Dramatic speed improvementAIS today performed a software upgrade, the immediate result of which appears to be a marked increase in speed. 4 Nov 2002MP takes an InterestParliamentary written questions tabled for answer on 4 November 2002 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received from UK pilots who have to log onto the Swedish air traffic service in order to obtain UK NOTAM for safety and time critical information owing to faults on the UK NATS website. Anne McIntosh has asked to be advised of the outcome of the meeting on Nov 15. Her husband, John Harvey, is a Director of Delta Airlines. 3 Nov 2002UK AIS Web Site downAutomatic monitoring reports 7 Hrs 8 mins of downtime on 3 Nov 2002. 1 Nov 2002FAA issues Standards AdvisoryThe US FAA issued AC 00-62 covering Internet provision of NOTAM, which can be
found at
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2002/ac00-62.pdf 31 Oct 2002Updates to UK AIS WebsiteUpdated Help File, FAQ and various other updates. See the "what's new" page for details. 23 October 2002Meeting with the RegulatorA meeting has been arranged at AIS Heathrow on 15 November. Probable attendees include John Gentleman, Manager, Aeronautical Charts and Data at the DAP who is the regulator for AIS, other interested parties from the CAA, AIS representatives, Andrew Roch, Rod Bailes-Brown, Russell Howton and Mike Cross. Click here to mail your views to the regulator in advance of the meeting. 18 October 2002Proposals for fixing the problemClick here for Microsoft Word
format The proposal was submitted to AIS and their regulator, Manager Aeronautical Charts and Data at the CAA's Directorate of Airspace Policy on 21 October 2002. If you would like to make representations there are contact details at the end of the document. Please make your voice heard! CAA DAP is the regulator for AIS. Mail the regulator by clicking here. We have worked on a proposal which can be done quickly and which we feel should satisfy the majority of users. It is intended to hold a meeting with UK AIS, CAA DAP and other interested parties in mid November to consider the proposals and set a timetable for implementation. 17 October 2002NotamPlotIan Fallon, author of NotamPlot posted the following on the PPRuNe Private Flying forum:- "Have been away from the
forum for a while. Glad to see that progress is being made in talking to NATs
re. the website. AIS site outageSite was down at 18:30 local. AIS briefing staff unaware, engineers "looking into it". Website was due an AIRAC update today and the same thing happened last time. Back up again around 20 mins later. 18/10/02 AIS say they consider that this was indeed a repeat of the AIRAC update problem. 16 October 2002Various AIS site updates, see "What's New" page for details. 15 October 2002Mike and Russell visited AIS at Heathrow again - report to follow soon. 14 October 2002As many will be aware the AIS website was down for much of Friday 11 October. The following emails were received from Phil Bate, Manager UK AIS. Sent 20:24 on Friday 11 Oct
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