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Review Policy on ACAS Phraseology

47TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Arusha, Tanzania, 10-14 March 2008 WP No. 95 Review Policy on ACAS Phraseology Presented by TOC Summary On 22nd November 2007, Amendment 5 of ICAO Doc 4444 Air Traffic Management was included. One of the changes with … Continued

Surveillance Applications Policy – ASAS

46TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-20 April 2007 WP No. 93 Surveillance Applications Policy – ASAS Presented by TOC Summary Many changes have occurred to Airborne Separation Assistance System (ASAS) since 2003, when the provisional IFATCA policy on ASAS and … Continued

Aerodrome – Study Runway Status Lights

50TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Amman, Jordan, 11-15 April 2011 WP No. 89 Aerodrome – Study Runway Status Lights Presented by TOC Summary Runway Status Lights (RWSL) is a set of new technologies emerging in the United States to reduce runway incursions. … Continued

Study the Concept of Block Upgrades

51ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Kathmandu, Nepal, 12-16 March 2012 WP No. 89 Study the Concept of Block Upgrades Presented by TOC Summary This paper provides an insight to the ICAO Global Harmonisation project that is called Global Aviation System Block Upgrades. … Continued

Terrain and Obstacle Charting

53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Gran Canaria, Spain, 5-9 May 2014 WP No. 86 Terrain and Obstacle Charting Presented by TOC Summary Work on SID- and STAR-phraseology changes and cancellation of level restrictions identified fundamental issues regarding ICAO procedures for terrain and … Continued

Datalink – Review Policy on Air Ground Datalink

48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-24 April 2009 WP No. 89 Datalink – Review Policy on Air Ground Datalink Presented by TOC Summary Data link communications between pilots and controllers will not totally replace voice communications and both will coexist … Continued

TPM Review – Helicopter Operations

59TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Singapore, 30 March – 3 April 2020 WP No. 85 TPM Review – Helicopter Operations Presented by TOC IMPORTANT NOTE: The IFATCA Annual Conference 2020 in Singapore was cancelled. The present working paper was never discussed … Continued

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

AAS 1.03 MODE S DEVELOPMENT

Mode S has been established by ICAO as the standard for SSR surveillance due to those performance and functional limitations of the present system which are becoming increasingly significant. Whilst the initial implementation emphasis is on surveillance, Mode S also … Continued

AAS 1.16 FUTURE WEATHER DISTRIBUTION

Aviation Weather Information is and has been critical for the advances in flight safety. However, there is room for improvement, not the least due to technological advances. IFATCA Policy is: IFATCA encourages the development and use of aircraft-derived meteorological data … Continued