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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

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

AAS 1.9 REMOVAL OF GROUND BASED AIDS

The implementation of GNSS is precipitating the removal of certain ground based navigation aids. IFATCA is concerned that as these GNSS systems are subject to natural temporary degradation and unserviceabilities that there should not be a reliance on a sole … Continued

ATS 3.34 TERRAIN AND OBSTACLE CLEARANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

During the work on SID and STAR phraseology changes and cancellation of level restrictions, fundamental issues arose regarding ICAO standards and procedures for terrain and obstacle clearance. ICAO provisions presently have problems: Currently most responsibility lies with pilots. Implied responsibility. … Continued

ATC Aspects of Interception of Civil Aircraft

26TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Nairobi, Kenya, 27-30 April 1987 WP No. 60 ATC Aspects of Interception of Civil Aircraft The subject of ATC aspects of interception of civil aircraft was placed on the SC 1 work programme by the 1986 … Continued

TCAS and ACAS Procedures

34TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Jerusalem, Israel, 27-31 March 1995 WP No. 88 TCAS and ACAS Procedures Introduction This working paper will outline 3 additions to the current policy statement, as well as a revision to an existing policy statement, their necessity … Continued

WAAS

35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Tunis, Tunisia, 15-19 April 1996 WP No. 87 WAAS There have been a number of proposed systems that could be used to improve the accuracy and integrity of the Global Positioning System (GPS) to enable it … Continued

Off–Set Tracking in the North Atlantic (NAT)

38TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Santiago, Chile, 15-19 March 1999 WP No. 89 Off–Set Tracking in the North Atlantic (NAT) Introduction Due to the continued reduction in the North Atlantic (NAT) separations, the importance of utilising the airspace between the NAT tracks … 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

Study Numbering of Aircraft in the Aerodrome Traffic Circuit

47TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Arusha, Tanzania, 10-14 March 2008 WP No. 85 Study Numbering of Aircraft in the Aerodrome Traffic Circuit Presented by TOC Summary The IFATCA Technical and Operations Committee (TOC) was asked to investigate numbering of aircraft in the … Continued