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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

Separation Between Units Without Procedural Agreement

55TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Las Vegas, USA, 14-18 March 2016 WP No. 309 Separation Between Units Without Procedural Agreement Presented by PLC Summary In some areas separation between aircraft seems to be achieved merely by those aircraft being under the control … Continued

The Development of MLS Continues

33RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Ottawa, Canada, 18-22 April 1994 WP No. 100 The Development of MLS Continues The programme of MLS trials continues. An interesting development is the trial at London Heathrow where the MLS datalink is to be used … Continued

ATCOs and Colour Vision

57TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Accra, Ghana, 19-23 March 2018 WP No. 161 ATCOs and Colour Vision Presented by PLC Summary The issues surrounding colour vision deficiency testing were examined in WP165L at the Toronto conference 2017. This follow up paper looks … 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

Conditional Clearances to Rescue and Firefighting Vehicles

56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toronto, Canada, 15-19 May 2017 WP No. 86 Conditional Clearances to Rescue and Firefighting Vehicles Presented by TOC Summary This paper examines the status of the conditional clearance and the question of whether extending their range to … Continued

Training for On-the-Job-Training-Instructors (OJTI)

55TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Las Vegas, USA, 14-18 March 2016 WP No. 311 Training for On-the-Job-Training-Instructors (OJTI) Presented by PLC Summary This paper presents a proposal to introduce a suite of competency-based training criteria as guidance material to the IFATCA Technical … Continued

Provision of Services by Third Party Service Providers

34TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Jerusalem, Israel, 27-31 March 1995 WP No. 103 Provision of Services by Third Party Service Providers The objectives of the ICAO CNS/ATM concept is to bring into service a global ATM system. The enabling technologies that … Continued

Display of GNSS Status to ATC

35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Tunis, Tunisia, 15-19 April 1996 WP No. 86 Display of GNSS Status to ATC During the Committee B deliberations at the Jerusalem conference, there was considerable discussion on the requirement for the monitoring of GNSS by … Continued

Examine the Interface Between AFIS and ATC

36TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Taipei, Taiwan, 17-21 March 1997 WP No. 84 Examine the Interface Between AFIS and ATC The implementation of Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS) units has globally experienced recently a sudden growth. The main cause being the … Continued