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Rating for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Control

37TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toulouse, France, 30 March – 3 April 1998 WP No. 150 Rating for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Control Introduction IFATCA ADS Provisional Policy Page 3213 para.1.2. states: “Where an ADS-ATC service is introduced ATC staff shall receive comprehensive … Continued

RVSM

41TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Cancun, Mexico, 15-19 April 2002 WP No. 112 RVSM Presented by EVP Europe Introduction 1.1 On the 24th of January 2002 (See Ref. 6. and Annex 1) Reduced Vertical Separation Minima above FL290 (up to FL410) was … Continued

Review of Policy on Ground Based Safety Nets

42ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17-21 March 2003 WP No. 88 Review of Policy on Ground Based Safety Nets Presented by SC1 Introduction 1.1 As part of the 2002/3 work programme, SC1 undertook to review existing policy on ACAS … Continued

Investigate Applications of Provision of Area Proximity Warnings

44TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Melbourne, Australia, 17-22 April 2005 WP No. 91 Investigate Applications of Provision of Area Proximity Warnings Presented by TOC Introduction 1.1. Working paper number 92 of the 2004 conference produced a definition of Area Proximity Warning (APW) … 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

ATS – Study Restrictions in the Enroute Environment

50TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Amman, Jordan, 11-15 April 2011 WP No. 91 ATS – Study Restrictions in the Enroute Environment Presented by TOC Summary In November 2007 ICAO introduced Amendment 5 to Doc 4444, which contained new procedures and phraseologies for … Continued

Harmonised Transition Altitude

53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Gran Canaria, Spain, 5-9 May 2014 WP No. 93 Harmonised Transition Altitude Presented by TOC Summary The harmonisation of transition altitude is a subject, which has already been discussed for a long time. More and more stakeholders … Continued

Radio Mandatory Zones / Transponder Mandatory Zones

59TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Singapore, 30 March – 3 April 2020 WP No. 88 Radio Mandatory Zones / Transponder Mandatory Zones Presented by TOC IMPORTANT NOTE: The IFATCA Annual Conference 2020 in Singapore was cancelled. The present working paper was … Continued

ATS 3.46 SECTORLESS ATM

As the industry is pushing to implement flight-centric ATM, there is a need to evaluate the benefits and potential concerns related to these systems. New challenges related to their implementation will require the adoption of a set of guidelines to … Continued

ATFM Licensing study

65TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Abu Dhabi, 28 April – 2 May 2025 WP No. 153 ATFM Licensing Study Presented by PLC Summary Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) personnel are currently not required under International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards and … Continued