Date: 18 Sep 2003

This is a Region *NoticeToAirMen* to all members of VATSIM
Europe Region.

1 - EUROBOOK, your ATC preview tool
We have all waited a long time for this to be realized. EUROBOOK
is a new centralized ATC Booking System open to anyone. ATCs 
input data, pilots read data.

The principle is quite simple: announce your anticipated ATC 
presence via your local (vACC/ARTCC) booking system and everybody 
will be able to see this booking via, a) the latest version of 
ServInfo or via browser at,
b)http://www.geardown.de/EUbooking/active.asp
c)the local vACC/ARTCC homepage. It is ESSENTIAL that everybody 
takes part in this project by announcing his or her *anticipated* 
presence by using the local ATC booking systems. Pilots will now 
have the possibility to plan flights more reliably as they can 
now check for planned ATC coverage for any time within the next 
seven days.

One of the major updates of *just released ServInfo* (2.01) is 
that it displays "Eurobook" data in the third network button as 
if it were a 3rd network. Visit 
http://www.avsim.com/hangar/utils/servinfo/ and download the 
update.

For further information on the project visit 
http://www.geardown.de/EUbooking/active.asp and check the 
detailed documentation about EUROBOOK that we have prepared in as
many languages as we could. We wish that this project will be a 
success and don't forget that you, the users, are as well 
responsible for it ! Use the system seriously to make it a useful 
tool for everyone. Many thanks again to everybody involved in the 
project. It was a real pleasure to work with ALL European vACC's, 
Seattle ARTCC and VATSIM Israel Division and hopefully we will 
soon have to rename EUROBOOK into VATBOOK !

Dirk Trinkaus, Andreas Fuchs
SAGvACC

2- Eurocenter vACC, ATC in Europe's upper levels Europe Division 
announces Eurocenter VACC (EUC VACC), a group dedicated to
perform ATC and have responsibilities only for Europe's Upper
Information Regions (UIRs), covering a rather vast area. Its 
controllers are in charge of the UIR (FL245 & above) only when 
local CTR is *not* online. For more information on this new vACC 
and the requirements to join it as visitor ATCO visit its 
homepage at http://www.euc-vacc.org/ . EUCvACC is "Eurobook" 
compatible !

3 - New procedures in Poland
Poland vACC informed us that new SID/STAR for EPWA (Warsaw-
Okecie) are in use. Starting from 20th Sept. 2003 these 
procedures are mandatory, including speed restrictions and new 
descend planning rules. All required charts are available at 
http://www.pl-vacc.org in Files->Maps section. Please download 
also AIRAC0308 or later from http://www.navtada.at before flying 
to Warsaw. Without this AIRAC your FMC/flight planning utillity 
will not show new waypoints, used in SID/STARS. Also, "Procedural
approach" control has been introduced in some local polish 
airports (EPWA exluded). Please check ATIS text about where ATC 
will inform you about procedural control in use and ensure you 
are capable to execute a procedural approach (without radar 
vectors).Check http://www.plvacc.org/eng/downloads/simplified.pdf 
for guidelines to procedural approaches.

4 - OneSky3, Europe on line
Well Richard Jenkin's VATSIM NOTAM told you all about it two days 
ago. Don't miss VATSIM's largest event that evening. More 
information in the event's website :
http://vatsim-eur.org/onesky3.htm


Regards,

Kyprianos Biris
VATEUR1
http://vatsim-eur.org