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Study Civil/Military Cooperation

52ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Bali, Indonesia, 24-28 April 2013 WP No. 84 Study Civil/Military Cooperation Presented by PLC and TOC Summary The increase of air traffic, changed airspace requirements for military aviation, environmental driving forces, and a growing demand for airspace … Continued

Performance Targets in Air Traffic Management

53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Gran Canaria, Spain, 5-9 May 2014 WP No. 158 Performance Targets in Air Traffic Management Presented by PLC Summary Performance Schemes for the Air Traffic Management industry have been developed and introduced in regions around the globe … Continued

Sectorless ATM

61ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 23-27 May 2022 WP No. 69 Sectorless ATM Presented by TOC Summary As the industry is pushing to implement flight-centric-ATM systems IFATCA has to evaluate the benefits and challenges approaching with these kinds of systems. This … Continued

AAS 1.22 RPAS ASSUMPTIONS

IFATCA Policy is: The RPAS Operator or the Remote Pilot shall notify ATS only that the RPAS has entered the Lost C2 Link state or that the nominal state has been re-established after a C2 Link Lost. ATCOs shall … Continued

AAS 1.15 CONCEPT OF GNSS-BASED ALTITUDE

The use of pressure-based altimeters to determine aircraft altitude has been universal across the globe for most of aviation history. This policy examines alternatives provided by Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technologies. IFATCA Policy is: IFATCA encourages development of technologies … Continued

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 However, these provisions are outdated.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

Optimisation of Climb and Descent Profiles and Fuel Economy

22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Split, Yugoslavia, 21-25 March 1983 WP No. 74 Optimisation of Climb and Descent Profiles and Fuel Economy This subject was first raised by the German Association at the 21st Annual Conference when they introduced a paper … Continued

Development of Policy on the Application of Datalink

32ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Christchurch, NZ, 19-23 April 1993 WP No. 103 Development of Policy on the Application of Datalink The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the international developments, benefits, applications and operational requirements of … Continued

Defining the Terms “Strategic” and “Tactical” in the ATC Context

33RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Ottawa, Canada, 18-22 April 1994 WP No. XX3 Defining the Terms “Strategic” and “Tactical” in the ATC Context The terms “strategic ” and “tactical” are becoming widely used by almost all elements of the aviation community. … Continued