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ATS 3.15 (ADVANCED) STRATEGIC LATERAL OFFSET PROCEDURES

Strategic Lateral Offset Procedures (SLOP) are mitigating the risk of vertical collision and wake turbulence encounters between aircraft with high precision navigation capabilities. Provisions of SLOP are published in ICAO Doc 4444 (PANS-ATM) as special procedures for oceanic and remote … Continued

ATS 3.36 EMERGENCY DESCENT PROCEDURES

Existing ICAO recommended practices concerning emergency descent procedures provide guidance to pilots and ATS units in the event of an emergency descent. However, these provisions are outdated. Updates are needed to handle modern scenarios. Proposal was to switch TCAS to … Continued

Safe Use of TCAS/ACAS and the Impact of Mode S Development

23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Estoril, Portugal, 26-30 March 1984 WP No. 78 Safe Use of TCAS/ACAS and the Impact of Mode S Development Introduction This paper expands on the paper presented last year and takes account of current development work. It … Continued

Airspace Classification

35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Tunis, Tunisia, 15-19 April 1996 WP No. 83 Airspace Classification The ICAO airspace structure , offering seven different airspace classes (A to G), has been accepted in 1991. The IFATCA policy on VFR Operations and Classification … Continued

Radar Monitoring in the En-route Phase

33RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Ottawa, Canada, 18-22 April 1994 WP No. 102 Radar Monitoring in the En-route Phase At the 32nd. IFATCA Conference the subject of Radar Monitoring was put on the SC 1 Work Programme. the subject was divided … Continued

Review ATS 3.36 – Recategorization of Aircraft for Wake Turbulence

56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toronto, Canada, 15-19 May 2017 WP No. 92 Review ATS 3.36 – Recategorization of Aircraft for Wake Turbulence Presented by TOC Summary This working paper reviews the current provisional policy on Recategorization of Aircraft for Wake Turbulence … Continued

Fusion of ADS and Radar Data

34TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Jerusalem, Israel, 27-31 March 1995 WP No. 106 Fusion of ADS and Radar Data An application of ADS being actively pursued by ICAO’s CNS/ATM committee, and by industry, is to use ADS data to fill in … Continued

Weather Deviation Procedure in Asia-Pacific Region

37TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toulouse, France, 30 March – 3 April 1998 WP No. 164 Weather Deviation Procedure in Asia-Pacific Region Introduction This paper proposes IFATCA Policy regarding the Weather Deviation Procedure that has been developed for use in the Asia … Continued

Aircraft Flying with ‘Due Regard’

41TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Cancun, Mexico, 15-19 April 2002 WP No. 89 Aircraft Flying with ‘Due Regard’ Presented by SC1 Introduction 1.1 At the 40th IFATCA conference in Geneva, SC1 accepted the work item concerning aircraft with ‘due regard’, with particular … Continued

Interactions ATC/ACAS

42ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17-21 March 2003 WP No. 97 Interactions ATC/ACAS Presented by Philippe Domogala, IFATCA Representative to the IFALPA ATS Committee Introduction 1.1 The collision over Germany last July highlighted in the cruellest way the limits … Continued