Safety Management

Safety Management

Safety – Different Approaches (IFATCA, 2013) The safety approach of the industrial age until the closing years of the 20th century was founded on the notion that safety is defined by its opposite: by what happens when safety is missing. … Continued
Meteorology

Meteorology

The World Meteorological Organization (2003) describes the purpose of meteorological services to aviation as “to provide the operational meteorological information that is required for safe, regular and efficient air navigation as well as meteorological support to the near-real-time activities of … Continued
Flight Operations

Flight Operations

The Flight Operations section covers all aspects related to commercial air transport operations, including general aviation (GA) operations and helicopter operations. Similarly to ATM Operations for IFATCA, Flight Operations is at the core of the International Federation of Air Line … Continued
Aerodrome Operations

Aerodrome Operations

The concepts of Aerodrome Operations and Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) include inter alia the sharing of information between stakeholders and predefines the rules and procedures for everything related to the airport domain, its surroundings, and of course the collaboration … Continued
ATM Operations

ATM Operations

The domain of ATM Operations is vast, and is most certainly at the core of the profession of air traffic controller (ATCO). It includes inter alia the development of strategies and coordinated solutions for air traffic services (ATS), airspace management, air traffic flow … Continued
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems

As highlighted in Doc 10019 (ICAO, 2015), Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) are a new component of the aviation system that all stakeholders, including the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), States and the industry are working to understand, define and … Continued