Study Remote/Virtual TWR from the Professional, Procedural and HF View

Study Remote/Virtual TWR from the Professional, Procedural and HF View

55TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Las Vegas, USA, 14-18 March 2016 WP No. 313 Study Remote/Virtual TWR from the Professional, Procedural and HF View Presented by PLC Summary The recent step-change in technological capabilities coupled with an increasing need to improve the … Continued
Legal Issues in Paperless or Strip-less Environments

Legal Issues in Paperless or Strip-less Environments

46TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-20 April 2007 WP No. 162 Legal Issues in Paperless or Strip-less Environments Presented by PLC Introduction At the 45th annual Conference of IFATCA in Kaohsiung, Taiwan the Technical and Operational Committee (TOC) presented the … Continued
Determining Operations Readiness of Automated ATM Systems

Determining Operations Readiness of Automated ATM Systems

51ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Kathmandu, Nepal, 12-16 March 2012 WP No. 87 Determining Operations Readiness of Automated ATM Systems Presented by PLC and TOC Summary Modern ATM systems are more and more complex. Safety critical tasks as Radar Data Processing or … Continued
ATCOs and Professionalism

ATCOs and Professionalism

53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Gran Canaria, Spain, 5-9 May 2014 WP No. 160 ATCOs and Professionalism Presented by PLC Summary Professionalism is a common term used in the aviation community, especially in reference to air traffic controllers and pilots. The term … Continued
Review of Policy in Regards to TCAS RA Downlink

Review of Policy in Regards to TCAS RA Downlink

53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Gran Canaria, Spain, 5-9 May 2014 WP No. 94 Review of Policy in Regards to TCAS RA Downlink Presented by PLC and TOC Summary The purpose of the paper is to examine the introduction of TCAS RA … Continued
Report on the Information Hand Book (IHB) – 2019

Report on the Information Hand Book (IHB) – 2019

58TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Conchal, Costa Rica, 20-24 May 2019 WP No. 154 Report on the Information Hand Book (IHB) – 2019 Presented by the Liaison Officer to the ICAO ANC Summary Article I, paragraph 3, Objects, of the IFATCA Constitution … Continued
Review of WC 10.2.11 – The Free Flight Concept

Review of WC 10.2.11 – The Free Flight Concept

62ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 8-12 May 2023 WP No. 162 Review of WC 10.2.11 – The Free Flight Concept Presented by PLC   Summary In 1999 a free flight concept policy was introduced at the International Federation of … Continued
MED 8.1.1 GENERAL

MED 8.1.1 GENERAL

  IFATCA Policy is: Local medical centres should be established for the examination of the ATC personnel. A National Medical Body should be established as the General Authority for determining questions of fitness of controllers whose fitness is questioned by … Continued
WC 10.1.6 SINGLE / LONE PERSON OPERATIONS (SPO)

WC 10.1.6 SINGLE / LONE PERSON OPERATIONS (SPO)

ANSPs have considered implementing SPO and removing 4EP. Factors inducing SPO: staff shortages, night shifts, introducing automation and technical tools to better predict conflicting traffic, etc. When SPO is applied, there is no “Human Safety Net” and when working alone, it does … Continued