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Virtual Centres – Review ATS 3.15 Functional Blocks of Airspace

56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toronto, Canada, 15-19 May 2017 WP No. 84 Virtual Centres – Review ATS 3.15 Functional Blocks of Airspace Presented by PLC and TOC Summary The worldwide patchwork of FIRs and associated ANSPs is a cause of operational … Continued

CISM Programmes Throughout IFATCA Member Associations

56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toronto, Canada, 15-19 May 2017 WP No. 154 CISM Programmes Throughout IFATCA Member Associations Presented by PLC Summary Critical Incident Stress Management is a comprehensive, integrated, systematic and multicomponent crisis intervention programme developed to help managing traumatic … Continued

Ambient Workplace Recording

56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toronto, Canada, 15-19 May 2017 WP No. 83 Ambient Workplace Recording Presented by PLC and TOC Summary Many Member Associations (MAs) are confronted with their ANSPs considering the implementation of Ambient Workplace Recording (AWR), following the ICAO … Continued

Guidelines on Mental Fitness

56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toronto, Canada, 15-19 May 2017 WP No. 160 Guidelines on Mental Fitness Presented by PLC Summary Mental health problems can affect the way one think, feel and behave and in a safety critical profession the reaction to, … Continued

Complexity of Multiple Delay Absorption Programmes

56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toronto, Canada, 15-19 May 2017 WP No. 90 Complexity of Multiple Delay Absorption Programmes Presented by TOC Summary As air traffic counts around the world increase, the demand on airports is growing exponentially. In order to facilitate … Continued

Cybersecurity

56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toronto, Canada, 15-19 May 2017 WP No. 87 Cybersecurity Presented by TOC Summary The use of automation and networking means that cybersecurity needs to be considered. The implementation of cybersecurity has arrived late in aviation but the … Continued

Airframe Based Weather Reporting Systems

56TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toronto, Canada, 15-19 May 2017 WP No. 89 Airframe Based Weather Reporting Systems Presented by TOC Summary As aviation weather technology gets more advanced, with products such as Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay (AMDAR), there is an … Continued

Provision of ATS over Foreign Territories

57TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Accra, Ghana, 19-23 March 2018 WP No. 163 Provision of ATS over Foreign Territories Presented by PLC Summary For several reasons ATC is sometimes responsible for airspace of two or more countries. For ATCOs working this airspace, … 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

Review of the IFATCA Initial Training Manual for Air Traffic Control

57TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Accra, Ghana, 19-23 March 2018 WP No. 159 Review of the IFATCA Initial Training Manual for Air Traffic Control Presented by PLC Summary In the six years since the IFATCA Initial Training Manual for Air Traffic Control … Continued