Standard Application of Units of Measure in Civil Aviation

Standard Application of Units of Measure in Civil Aviation

39TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Marrakech, Morocco, 6-10 March 2000 WP No. 100 Standard Application of Units of Measure in Civil Aviation Introduction The IFALPA ATS Committee has debated over 3 years the feet/metric problem and has come to the conclusion that, … Continued
ARIWS – Autonomous Runway Incursion Warning Systems

ARIWS – Autonomous Runway Incursion Warning Systems

57TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Accra, Ghana, 19-23 March 2018 WP No. 88 ARIWS – Autonomous Runway Incursion Warning Systems Presented by TOC Summary This paper highlights the implementation of autonomous runway incursion warning systems developed to improve runway safety. A comparison … Continued
Monitoring TIBA

Monitoring TIBA

36TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Taipei, Taiwan, 17-21 March 1997 WP No. 92A Monitoring TIBA   This work paper was given to SC l at last years IFATCA conference in Tunis as a result of some concern expressed by IFALPA. This organisation … Continued
Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM)

Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM)

40TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Geneva, Switzerland, 19-23 March 2001 WP No. 102 Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) Introduction RVSM is planned to be introduced in the ECAC area on the 24th of January 2002 (See Ref 6. And Annex 1) . … Continued
Review policy of ACAS / TCAS

Review policy of ACAS / TCAS

42ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17-21 March 2003 WP No. 94 Review policy of ACAS / TCAS Presented by SC1 Introduction 1.1  As part of the 2002/3 work programme, SC1 undertook to review existing policy on ACAS / TCAS. … Continued
Study Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure

Study Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure

47TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Arusha, Tanzania, 10-14 March 2008 WP No. 90 Study Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure Presented by TOC Summary Strategic Lateral Offset Procedures (SLOP) are mitigating the risk of vertical collision and wake turbulence encounters between aircraft with high … Continued
Study Recategorization of Aircraft for Wake Turbulence

Study Recategorization of Aircraft for Wake Turbulence

52ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Bali, Indonesia, 24-28 April 2013 WP No. 90 Study Recategorization of Aircraft for Wake Turbulence Presented by TOC Summary Current wake turbulence categories have been considered outdated and unnecessarily restrictive. To address this inefficiency, FAA and EUROCONTROL … Continued
Navigation – Magnetic vs True

Navigation – Magnetic vs True

62ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 8-12 May 2023 WP No. 95 Navigation – Magnetic vs True Presented by TOC   Summary Since the early days of aviation aircraft have navigated using Magnetic North as reference. However, in the polar … Continued