The search for an optimal form of civil-military cooperation in the air traffic management in Poland : new challenges - new solutions

The article contains an overview of the European Union’s legal regulations and provisions of the national aviation law applying to civil and military cooperation and coordination in managing air traffic, as well as operational agreements between the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency and organisational units of the Ministry of National Defence. The author conducts an analysis of the standards applicable in this scope, points out the practical consequences of certain legal instruments that are in force and suggests solutions that may contribute to improvement of the existing legal and organisational mechanisms of cooperation in the area of studies in question.