WORKING PAPERS |

Review of ICAO’s Global Performance Manual

48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-24 April 2009 WP No. 161 Review of ICAO’s Global Performance Manual Presented by PLC Summary The WP looks into part I of the “Manual on Global Performance of the Air Navigation System”, with a … Continued

Environmental Policy

48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-24 April 2009 WP No. 105 Environmental Policy Presented by the Executive Board Introduction 1.1 At the 47th IFATCA conference in Arusha TOC has presented two excellent working papers on environmental issues, WP 93 (Review … Continued

Surveillance – Investigate the Use of Re-Transmitted Data to Aircraft (ADS-R and TIS-B)

48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-24 April 2009 WP No. 87 Surveillance – Investigate the Use of Re-Transmitted Data to Aircraft (ADS-R and TIS-B) Presented by TOC Summary The United States of America (USA) is planning to use two different … Continued

Surveillance – Investigate (Wide Area) Multilateration

48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-24 April 2009 WP No. 86 Surveillance – Investigate (Wide Area) Multilateration Presented by TOC Summary Multilateration (MLAT) is a surveillance technique whereby 1090 MHz transponder signals from aircraft are detected by ground receivers, by … Continued

Datalink – Review Policy on Downstream Clearances

48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-24 April 2009 WP No. 90 Datalink – Review Policy on Downstream Clearances Presented by TOC Summary With Downstream Clearances, a pilot can contact via data link a second controller further down his route and … Continued

Surveillance Applications Policy – ASAS

46TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-20 April 2007 WP No. 93 Surveillance Applications Policy – ASAS Presented by TOC Summary Many changes have occurred to Airborne Separation Assistance System (ASAS) since 2003, when the provisional IFATCA policy on ASAS and … Continued

Review Policy on Visual Observation in a Control Tower Environment

46TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-20 April 2007 WP No. 167 Review Policy on Visual Observation in a Control Tower Environment Presented by PLC Introduction 1.1 This item was put on the Professional & Legal Committee (PLC) work programme after … Continued

Surveillance Applications Policy – Review Policy on Radar Monitoring

46TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-20 April 2007 WP No. 92 Surveillance Applications Policy – Review Policy on Radar Monitoring Presented by TOC Summary Radar monitoring is a controller skill based around the most common form of electronic surveillance in … Continued

Aerodrome – Land and Hold Short Operations

46TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-20 April 2007 WP No. 86 Aerodrome – Land and Hold Short Operations Presented by TOC Summary At the 2005 IFATCA Conference in Melbourne, Germany expressed concern with regard to the safe operation of Land … Continued

Review Policy on CPDLC

46TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-20 April 2007 WP No. 96 Review Policy on CPDLC Presented by TOC Summary Many evolutions in the data link technologies and implementations required an update of the IFATCA (Controller to Pilot Data Link Communications … Continued