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Safety Management Systems (SMS)

40TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Geneva, Switzerland, 19-23 March 2001 WP No. 157 Safety Management Systems (SMS) Introduction The inexorable increase in air traffic throughout the world, year on year, has focussed attention on aviation safety in general, and ATM safety in … 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

Collaborative Decision Making

41TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Cancun, Mexico, 15-19 April 2002 WP No. 94 Collaborative Decision Making Presented by SC1 Introduction This paper is has been prepared to provide information on the development of Collaborative Decision-Making (CDM) in the ATM environment. It follows … Continued

Conditional Clearances

42ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17-21 March 2003 WP No. 90 Conditional Clearances Presented by SC1 Introduction 1.1 At the 41st annual Conference in Cancun 2002, SC1 accepted the request to investigate the use of conditional clearances. 1.2 Conditional clearances … Continued

Develop Policy on System Defences During Planned System Degradation

43RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Hong Kong, China (SAR), 22-26 March 2004 WP No. 100 Develop Policy on System Defences During Planned System Degradation Presented by SC1 Introduction 1.1 In the light of the serious accidents in Italy and Germany the EUROCONTROL … Continued

Investigate Remote Aerodrome Control Concepts

44TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Melbourne, Australia, 17-22 April 2005 WP No. 93 Investigate Remote Aerodrome Control Concepts Presented by TOC Introduction 1.1. This topic was raised last year in Hong Kong. 1.2. The current situation, in particular the growing low cost … Continued

Review Policy on RTF Phraseology (Helicopters)

45TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 27-31 March 2006 WP No. 94 Review Policy on RTF Phraseology (Helicopters) Presented by TOC Introduction 1.1. This paper is prepared as part of the regular review of IFATCA policy. 1.2. The current policy was … Continued

Surveillance Applications Policy – Operational Applications of ADS-B

46TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-20 April 2007 WP No. 94 Surveillance Applications Policy – Operational Applications of ADS-B Presented by TOC Summary Automatic Dependence Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) is a new technology that has been forecast as the enabler … Continued

Produce Definitions on Spacing, Separation and Segregation

47TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Arusha, Tanzania, 10-14 March 2008 WP No. 96 Produce Definitions on Spacing, Separation and Segregation Presented by TOC Summary The IFATCA Technical and Operations Committee (TOC) has been tasked to investigate the terms separation, spacing and segregation. … Continued

Surveillance – Investigate (Wide Area) Multilateration

48TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-24 April 2009 WP No. 86 Surveillance – Investigate (Wide Area) Multilateration Presented by TOC Summary Multilateration (MLAT) is a surveillance technique whereby 1090 MHz transponder signals from aircraft are detected by ground receivers, by … Continued