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Separation in Class E Airspace

55TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Las Vegas, USA, 14-18 March 2016 WP No. 310 Separation in Class E Airspace Presented by PLC Summary Class E Airspace is the lowest class of controlled airspace. Controlled doesn’t mean visual flight rules (VFR) traffic has … Continued

EATCHIP ATM Procedures Development Sub-Group

35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Tunis, Tunisia, 15-19 April 1996 WP No. 115 EATCHIP ATM Procedures Development Sub-Group At the 1990 Conference the following policy statement was adopted “Only aircraft capable of meeting the Minimum System Performance Specifications /equipment requirements upon … Continued

The Use of GNSS – ATC

38TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Santiago, Chile, 15-19 March 1999 WP No. 93 The Use of GNSS – ATC Introduction The GNSS can be defined as a world-wide position and time determination system that includes one or more constellations of navigation satellites … Continued

Review Policy on Mode S – Operational Requirements

41TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Cancun, Mexico, 15-19 April 2002 WP No. 85 Review Policy on Mode S – Operational Requirements Presented by SC1 Introduction 1.1 The present IFATCA Policy on Mode S was developed mainly when ICAO started to discuss amending … Continued

Co-operative Separation

43RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Hong Kong, China (SAR), 22-26 March 2004 WP No. 158 Co-operative Separation Introduction This topic has been known in the past as Transfer of Control Functions to Pilots, and has been on SC4’s working programme since the … Continued

Operating in Unsafe Airspace

45TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 27-31 March 2006 WP No. 164 Operating in Unsafe Airspace Presented by PLC Introduction 1.1 There are situations, in regard to “unsafe airspace”, that are causing great concern among air traffic controllers around the world. … Continued

Surveillance – Provide an update on ITP

48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-24 April 2009 WP No. 85 Surveillance – Provide an update on ITP Presented by TOC Summary At the 2008 Conference in Arusha Tanzania, the Technical and Operations Committee (TOC) presented a working paper on … Continued

Study Merging and Sequencing Concepts

51ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Kathmandu, Nepal, 12-16 March 2012 WP No. 88 Study Merging and Sequencing Concepts Presented by TOC Summary Due to environmental, economical and operational reasons the need for more accurate merging and sequencing tools has arisen. This working paper … Continued

Emergency Descent Procedures

53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Gran Canaria, Spain, 5-9 May 2014 WP No. 88 Emergency Descent Procedures Presented by TOC Summary Existing ICAO recommended practices concerning emergency descent procedures provide guidance to pilots and ATS units in the event of an emergency … Continued

TPM Review – ATS Editorials

59TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Singapore, 30 March – 3 April 2020 WP No. 83 TPM Review – ATS Editorials Presented by TOC IMPORTANT NOTE: The IFATCA Annual Conference 2020 in Singapore was cancelled. The present working paper was never discussed … Continued