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Review of Policy on MLS

40TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Geneva, Switzerland, 19-23 March 2001 WP No. 83 Review of Policy on MLS Introduction The IFATCA Policy on MLS was developed when ICAO planned to replace ILS with MLS as the world-wide standard precision approach aid. At … Continued

Investigate interactions between Traffic Collision Avoidance System and Mode S

44TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Melbourne, Australia, 17-22 April 2005 WP No. 86 Investigate interactions between Traffic Collision Avoidance System and Mode S Presented by TOC Introduction 1.1 The carriage of a functioning Mode S transponder is a basic requirement for any … Continued

Study Advanced Offset Procedures

48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-24 April 2009 WP No. 92 Study Advanced Offset Procedures Presented by TOC Summary A number of mid-air collisions and close encounters have raised concern in the aviation community that aircraft navigation has become so … Continued

Study Minimum Fuel

53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Gran Canaria, Spain, 5-9 May 2014 WP No. 90 Study Minimum Fuel Presented by TOC Summary Proper fuel management is responsibility of the airlines and pilots but ATM is also involved. Correct flow management may be as … Continued

ATS 3.42 HELICOPTER OPERATIONS

The integration of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters on an airfield can present considerable difficulties to airfield ATC. IFATCA Policy is: Procedures should be developed in order to integrate fixed and rotary-winged operations at airfields. In developing these procedures cognisance … Continued

ATS 3.47 VFR AND SVFR FLIGHTS

IFATCA Policy is: Information regarding VFR flights should be published on VFR charts. ANSPs should consider the impact of VFR/SVFR flights on the workload of Air Traffic Controllers, and mitigations should be put in place if required. If VFR/SVFR … Continued

ATS 3.16 THE USE OF SAFETY NETS IN ATM

The use of safety nets within the ATM system has been established for many years. The scope of safety nets has extended to be not only airborne based but ground based as well. There is a move to extend their … Continued

Helicopter Operations (ATC Aspects)

20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Cairo, Egypt, 02-06 May 1981 WP No. 29 Helicopter Operations (ATC Aspects) At the 19th Annual Conference, the title subject was placed on the 1980/81 work programme of SC 1, with a view to the early … Continued

Review of Policy: Non-plannable Level in the NAT-Region

54TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Sofia, Bulgaria, 20-24 April 2015 WP No. 91 Review of Policy: Non-plannable Level in the NAT Region Presented by TOC Summary This working paper makes a review of the current IFATCA policy with regards to the use … Continued

Clearances vs Instructions

57TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Accra, Ghana, 19-23 March 2018 WP No. 91 Clearances vs Instructions Presented by PLC and TOC Summary At the 2017 conference, some indistinctness was found in the difference between clearances and instructions. It was concluded that clearances … Continued