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Terrain and Obstacle Clearance Responsibilities

53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Gran Canaria, Spain, 5-9 May 2014 WP No. 85 Terrain and Obstacle Clearance Responsibilities Presented by TOC Summary During the work related to SID- and STAR-phraseology changes and cancellation of level restrictions, fundamental issues arose regarding ICAO … Continued

ANSP Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

59TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Singapore, 30 March – 3 April 2020 WP No. 167 ANSP Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Presented by PLC IMPORTANT NOTE: The IFATCA Annual Conference 2020 in Singapore was cancelled. The present working paper was never discussed … Continued

COM 4.11 RADIO MANDATORY ZONES / TRANSPONDER MANDATORY ZONES

Traffic density is constantly increasing and due to specific airspace classification, controlled IFR traffic can be mixed up with uncontrolled VFR traffic. With the intention to improve safety, additional SSR transponder and radio equipment carriage requirements have been implemented. This … Continued

ADME 2.8 ADVANCED APPROACH PROCEDURES

IFATCA Policy is: Controller tools should be provided for integrating traffic on different approaches to the same or dependent runways. See: WP 85 – Geneva 2001, Resolution B7, B8, B9, B10, B11, B12, B13, B14, B15, B16, B17, B22 … Continued

ATS 3.19 MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING SYSTEMS

There continues to be an unacceptable high level of Controlled Flight into Terrain (CFIT) accidents. Although there are enhancements in the cockpit to prevent such incidents: Ground Proximity Warnings (GPWS), IFATCA believes that devices such as Minimum Safe Altitude Warning … Continued

WC 10.7.7 SEPARATION BETWEEN UNITS WITHOUT PROCEDURAL AGREEMENT

In some areas separation between aircraft seems to be achieved merely by those aircraft being under the control of different authorities, with no agreed procedure between the authorities as to who is providing the separation and how. Having a situation … Continued

Study on Legal Liability when Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems (ACAS) are Implemented

25TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, San José, Costa Rica, 21-25 April 1986 WP No. 35 Study on Legal Liability when Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems (ACAS) are Implemented Introduction At the 24th Annual Conference a number of MAs requested a study on the … Continued

Review the Issue of ASAS Separation when less than the Relevant ATC Separation, e.g. Radar

40TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Geneva, Switzerland, 19-23 March 2001 WP No. 81 Review the Issue of ASAS Separation when less than the Relevant ATC Separation, e.g. Radar Introduction At the 39th IFATCA conference in Marrakech 2000, SC1 presented a working paper … Continued

Recent Developments in Mode S

35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Tunis, Tunisia, 15-19 April 1996 WP No. 93 Recent Developments in Mode S This paper brings conference up to date with the recent developments in Mode S, with particular emphasis to the core area of Europe. … Continued

Revision of Advanced Approach Policy

55TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Las Vegas, USA, 14-18 March 2016 WP No. 163 Revision of Advanced Approach Policy Presented by TOC Summary During the past 2015 Conference held in Sofia a paper about satellite approach and landing systems pointed to policies … Continued