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SEP 5.3 AIRBORNE SEPARATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS (ASAS) AND COCKPIT DISPLAY OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION (CDTI)

IFATCA Policy is: Where ASAS procedures are implemented, which involve a change of responsibility for separation, this shall be clearly stated and be made known to all airspace users. ASAS procedures shall meet all appropriate safety levels. MOPS (Minimum … 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

Reduced Vertical Separation Above FL 290

32ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Christchurch, NZ, 19-23 April 1993 WP No. 102 Reduced Vertical Separation Above FL 290 This paper gives an update about the introduction of Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) above FL 290. The only notified region in … Continued

En-route Wake Turbulence

57TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Accra, Ghana, 19-23 March 2018 WP No. 89 En-route Wake Turbulence Presented by TOC Summary All the prescriptions about wake turbulence separation are established only for approach/ or departure phases. En-route separation (time or distance based), is … Continued

Safety Components in a Separation Minima

38TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Santiago, Chile, 15-19 March 1999 WP No. 83 Safety Components in a Separation Minima Until the early days of CNS/ATM implementation, controllers accepted the separation standards as defined by ICAO and considered them not subject for … Continued

RVSM

41TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Cancun, Mexico, 15-19 April 2002 WP No. 112 RVSM Presented by EVP Europe Introduction 1.1 On the 24th of January 2002 (See Ref. 6. and Annex 1) Reduced Vertical Separation Minima above FL290 (up to FL410) was … Continued

Produce a Definition of Conflict Detection Tools

43RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Hong Kong, China (SAR), 22-26 March 2004 WP No. 90 Produce a Definition of Conflict Detection Tools Presented by SC1 Introduction 1.1. IFATCA policy exists for Automation, Short Term Conflict Alerts (STCA) and the Technical aspects of … Continued

Investigate Potential Applications of ADS-B

45TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 27-31 March 2006 WP No. 86 Investigate Potential Applications of ADS-B Presented by TOC Introduction 1.1. With the global evolution of Automatic Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) statements such as: “air traffic controllers this week began separating … 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

Concept of GNSS-Based Altitude

54TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Sofia, Bulgaria, 20-24 April 2015 WP No. 87 Concept of GNSS-Based Altitude Presented by TOC Summary The use of pressure-based altimeters in to determine aircraft altitude has been universal across the globe for most of aviation history. … Continued