IWEN 16 of 2016 – Newsletter

IFATCA Weekly Email News IWEN | Issue 16 of 2016 | 11 to 17 April To access past issues of IWEN click here (IWEN-NET Login required)

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Information for MAs & IFATCA Reps Air Trafic Situation in Belgium IFATCA Press Release

The International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations, IFATCA, is deeply concerned about the developments within Belgocontrol, the Belgian air traffic services provider, and the problems these have caused for the safe and efficient flow of air traffic in the region.

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ICAO-MID First Meeting of the Accident and Incident Analysis Working Group (AIA WG1) IFATCA Meeting Report

The AIA WG was established by the RASG-MID/4 meeting, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 30 March-1 April 2015, with a main objective to review, analyze and categorize on annual basis the accidents and incidents at the regional level and provide an agreed and harmonized regional dataset of accidents and incidents. The Group would also, to the extent possible, identify the main root causes and contributing factors of the reviewed accidents and incidents.

IFATCA Report by Mohamed Talaat Metwally

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Flight Safety Conference (FoF) IFATCA Meeting Report

No theme as such but what hinders safety today: Regulations (far too much changes, no time to understand and train on one the next one already coming (e.g. RNP-AR approaches) Terrorism (ISIS), Business first (Commercial pressures) Fatigue (not recognised) Mental health monitoring (Germanwings aftermath).

IFATCA Report by Philippe Domogala

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ICAO Global ICAO State Letters The only way most controllers can respond to proposed changes is through IFATCA's status with ICAO. All ICAO State Letters (SLEDs) sent to IFATCA are forwarded to our Member Associations through the IWEN and our MAs can respond to the IFATCA CONTACT listed in the 'REGISTER OF STATE LETTERS' in IWEN. You, the MA, can consider the State Letters and forward your view to the IFATCA contact by the date in the 'REPLY TO/BY' date column. These views will be collated by the Executive Board and included in the preparation material for our response to ICAO; allowing us to have a broader cross-section of views from the ATC community as well as providing MAs with this unique opportunity.

REPLY IFATCA NUMBER SUBJECT TO/BY REPLY

2016/41 Invitation to participate in the ATCO and/or Information click here ATSEP competency-based training and assessment workshop, Montréal, 28 to 30 June 2016

Notify any 2016/39 disapproval click here before Adoption of Amendment 50 to Annex 11 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/38 disapproval click here before Adoption of Amendment 59 to Annex 4 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/37 disapproval click here before Adoption of Amendment 105 to Annex 8 11 July 2016

2016/30 Thirty-ninth Session of the Assembly, Information click here Montreal, 27 September to 7 October 2016

Notify any 2016/29 disapproval Adoption of Amendment 105 to Annex 8 click here before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/27 Adoption of Amendment 7 to Annex 14, disapproval click here Volume II before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/25 Adoption of Amendment 90 to Annex 10, disapproval click here Volume III before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/24 Adoption of Amendment 90 to Annex 10, disapproval click here Volume II before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/23 Adoption of Amendment 90 to Annex 10, disapproval click here Volume I before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/20 disapproval Adoption of Amendment 15 to Annex 13 click here before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/19 Adoption of Amendment 13 to Annex 14, disapproval click here Volume I before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/18 disapproval Adoption of Amendment 39 to Annex 15 click here before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/17 disapproval Adoption of Amendment 77 to Annex 3 click here before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/16 disapproval Adoption of Amendment 1 to Annex 19 click here before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/14 Adoption of Amendment 20 to Annex 6, Part disapproval click here III before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/13 disapproval Adoption of Amendment 34 to Annex 6, Part II click here before 11 July 2016

Notify any 2016/12 disapproval Adoption of Amendment 40 to Annex 6, Part I click here before 11 July 2016

Comments to 2016/10 Proposal for the amendment of PANS-OPS, EVPT/10 reach Montreal click here Volume I for the restructuring of Parts I and II June 2016 by 24 June 2016

Notify any 2016/01 disapproval Adoption of Amendment 173 to Annex 1 click here before 11 July 2016

ICAO Electronic Bulletins ICAO Electronic Bulletins merely supplies information and do not require action.

NUMBER TITLE DATE

EB 2016/22 Posting of a Significant Safety Concern (SSC) - Kyrgyzstan 06/04/2016 click here

Distribution Of Final Audit Report Under The Universal Safety EB 2016/19 Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) Continuous Monitoring 08/04/2016 click here Approach (CMA) - Guatemala

ICAO Global Aviation Dialogues (GLADs) on Market-Based EB 2016/18 Measures to Address CO2 Emissions from International 18/03/2016 click here Aviation, March - April 2016, Various ICAO Regions

EB 2016/17 Council President Certificates 21/03/2016 click here

Amendment to the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 9284) Relating to a EB 2016/16 Prohibition on the Transport of Lithium Ion Batteries as Cargo 16/03/2016 click here on Passenger Aircraft and Additional Mitigation Measures for Cargo Aircraft

Distribution of Final Reports under the Universal Safety EB 2016/14 Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) of the ICAO Coordinated 31/03/2016 click here Validation Missions – Latvia and Switzerland

Asia Pacific Region (ASP) Understaffed and overworked ATCs told to work longer

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has come out with a controversial solution that will end up reducing the number of days off they get in a month. In an order last week, AAI increased the normal duty time of controllers by 12 hours a month - meaning two extra six-hour shifts that will lead to the loss of two off days. It will hit the Mumbai air traffic control the most, where overworked controllers each have been putting in an extra duty of 18 hours a month already.

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Air traffic control officers charged over deadly Taiwan crash

Taipei (AFP) - Taiwan has charged two air traffic control officers with causing a TransAsia plane crash that killed 49 people in 2014, the first prosecutions in the country's worst air disaster for a decade.

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European Region (EUR) ICB/59 post-meeting distribution

Approved minutes of ICB/58 ICB/59 Minuting Summary ICB/59 Full Minutes (draft) ICB/59 Facilitation Slides Agreed ICB Terms of Reference Approved ICB Information Paper on Global Aircraft Tracking Amended ICB Position Paper on the regulatory response to SWIM as per comments made during the meeting

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Draft EUROCONTROL Specification for Time Based Separation (TBS) for Final Approach - Ongoing

The Time-Based Separation (TBS) concept defines a set of wake separation rules in terms of time rather than distance to improve runway throughput resilience to strong headwind conditions. The controllers need tool support to translate the required time separation / spacing into the equivalent distance separation / spacing for the prevailing headwind conditions to enable visualisation of the required time separation / spacing on the applicable Approach and Tower Controller Working Positions (CWP).

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Reg 2016/583 Amending Reg 1332/2011 (ACAS-IR)

Regulation 2016/583 amending Regulation 1332/2011 laying down common airspace usage requirements and operating procedures for airborne collision avoidance Updated synthetic view on EU legislation in force in the fields of ATM/ANS and aerodromes

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Other Information How much should ATM contingency cost?

Air traffic management is a very safety-conscious business and policy makers have a role to play in establishing investment levels for ATM contingency. Paul Ravenhill asks if they should invest in technical resilience or contingency arrangements, or both.

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Solar Impule ready to resume First-Round-the-World Solar Fight from Hawaii

Swiss pioneers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are ready to resume their attempt to achieve the first ever Round-The-World Solar Flight with Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) – the first solar airplane capable of flying day and night without using a drop of fuel. After replacing overheated batteries and running maintenance flights, the team is now re-entering “mission mode”, and as of tomorrow, will identify the first favorable window for Bertrand Piccard to fly toward North America, despite the current difficult weather conditions. The goal of this entire endeavor is to demonstrate how modern clean technologies can achieve the impossible.

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IWEN Calendar

IFATCA

EUROCONTROL

ICB

IFALPA

ICAO European and North Atlantic (EUR/NAT) Office

ICAO Asia and Pacific (APAC) Office

ICAO Middle East (MID) Office

ICAO South American (SAM) North American, Central American & Caribbean (NACC) Office

ICAO Eastern and Southern African (ESAF) Western and Central Africa (WACAF) Office

Other

APRIL 2016

MSG/5, Kish Island, Iran 18 20

17th IGWG (International GBAS Woking Group) meeting, Oslo, Norway 18 21

Flight Safety Foundation GSIP (Global Safety Information Project) Workshop, Hong 19 20 Kong

ADQi WG 5th meeting, Brussels, Belgium 19 20

Flight Safety Foundation GSIP (Global Safety Information Project) Workshop, Sao 20 21 Paulo, Brazil

ARWG 13th meeting, Brussels, Belgium 20 21

1st Meeting of the Surveillance Implementation Coordination Group (SURICG/1), 21 22 Bangkok, Thailand

Safety Regulation Commission (SRC/52), Brussels, Belgium [RESCHEDULED] 21 22

4th World Aviation Safety Summit, Dubai, UAE 25 26

EUROCAE Symposium, Vienna, Austria 28 29

MAY 2016

a) 3rd Africa-Indian Ocean (AFI) Aviation Safety & Security Symposium b) 2nd Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) for Africa Meeting c) 17th Comprehensive Regional Implementation Plan for Aviation Safety in Africa (AFI Plan) Steering Committee Meeting 2 6 d) 3rd Comprehensive Regional Implementation Plan for Aviation Security and Facilitation in Africa (AFI SECFAL Plan) Steering Committee Meeting Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

CANSO Asia Pacific Conference 2016, Queenstown, New Zealand 4 6

Aviation Safety Conference 2016 – Challenges and the Way Forward, Hong Kong 5 6

Flight Safety Foundation 61st annual Business Aviation Safety Summit, Austin, 5 6 Texas, USA

ICAO TRIP Seminar, Tehran, Iran 9 11

ICAO RPAS and Remote ATS Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden 9 10

SASP/1 - Separation and Airspace Safety Panel, Air Navigation Bureau, Montreal, 9 20 Canada

TOD WG/21, Rome, Italy 10 11

WSHRS - ICAO/ACI Wildlife Strike Hazard Reduction Symposium, Air Navigation 10 12 Bureau, Montreal, Canada [POSTPONED]

High-level Meeting on a Global Market-based Measure (MBM) Scheme, and pre- 10 13 High-level Meeting briefing, Montreal, Canada

ICB Technical Sub-Group (TSG/43), Brussels, Belgium 11 11

RNAV Approach implementation Support Group (RAISG10), Brussels, Belgium 11 12

Route Network Development Sub-Group (RNDSG/88), Brussels, Belgium 11 13

[RESCHEDULED]

ICAO Aviation Training and TRAINAIR PLUS Global Symposium, Seoul, Republic of 11 13 Korea

Flight Safety Foundation GSIP (Global Safety Information Project) Workshop, Kuala 11 12 Lumpur, Malaysia

ICB Sub-Group (ISG/64), Brussels, Belgium 12 12

ICAO Workshop on SWIM - Bangkok, Thailand 16 18

AIGP/2 - Accident Investigation Panel, Air Navigation Bureau, Montreal, Canada 16 20

Flight Safety Foundation GSIP (Global Safety Information Project) Workshop, 17 18 Jakarta, Indonesia

Global AIM Rio 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17 19

Flight Safety Foundation GSIP (Global Safety Information Project) Workshop, 18 19 Panama City, Panama

15th Meeting of the ADS-B Study and Implementation Task Force (ADS-B SITF/15), 18 20 Bangkok, Thailand

ICAO Regional Workshop on Annex 14, Volume II - Heliports, Bangkok, Thailand 18 22

ICAO Civil-Military Cooperation Conference, New Delhi, India 19 20

5th Meeting of the Regional Aviation Safety Group- Middle East (RASG–MID/5), 22 24 Doha, Qatar

4th Meeting of the Aerodromes Operations and Planning Working Group 23 25 (AOP/WG/4), Bangkok, Thailand

3rd MID Region Safety Summit, Doha, Qatar 24 26

SSG-23, Brussels, Belgium 25 26

High-Level Briefing to the DGCAs and CEOs, Doha, Qatar 26 26

CNS SG/7, Cairo, Egypt 31 2 Jun

JUNE 2016

Lithium Battery workshop, Paris, France 6 7

IM-ADQ Course, Luxembourg 6 10

2016 Safety Forum, Brussels, Belgium 7 8

SESAR SWIM Global Demonstration, Roma, Italy 8 9

Flight Safety Foundation GSIP (Global Safety Information Project) Workshop, Lima, 8 9 Peru

RPASP/5 - Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Panel, Air Navigation Bureau, 13 17 Montreal, Canada

SESAR 1 Closure Event, Amsterdam, Netherlands 14 16

AI Operations Sub-group # 14, Brussels, Belgium 15 16

RPAS 2016 - RPAS Regulatory, Policy & Innovation Forum, Brussels, Belgium 22 23

Provisional Council (PC/45), Brussels, Belgium [RESCHEDULED] 23 23

20th ATRS (Air Transport Research Society) World Conference, Rhodes, Greece 23 26

EASC#20 (European ATM Staff Representatives Conference) 24 24

Airport Operations Team 10 (AOT 10), Brussels, Belgium [RESCHEDULED] 27 28

ATCO and/or ATSEP competency-based training and assessment workshop, 28 30 Montreal, Canada

JULY 2016

TSG Workshop on Regulation and Standards, Brussels, Belgium 6 6

SMP, Montreal, Canada 11 15

ICB/60, Brussels, Belgium 13 13

AUGUST 2016

IFATCA Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2016, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 22 24

SEPTEMBER 2016

Air Transportation Information Exchange Conference (ATIEC), Maryland, USA 19 23

IM-ADQ Course, Luxembourg 19 23

AIM-SWIM TEAM-11, Brussels, Belgium 27 28

39th Session of the Assembly, Montreal, Canada 27 7 Oct

OCTOBER 2016

SST/3, Abu Dhabi, UAE 10 13

RGS WG/3, Cairo, Egypt 17 20

APM TF/3, Cairo, Egypt 24 24

ANSIG/2, Cairo, Egypt 25 27

NOVEMBER 2016

EASC#21 (European ATM Staff Representatives Conference) 7 7

SSG-24, Brussels, Belgium 9 10

iSTARS Workshop, Cairo, Egypt 15 17

AI Operations Sub-group # 15, Brussels, Belgium 22 23

RSC/5, Cairo, Egypt 28 30

DECEMBER 2016

Provisional Council (PC/46), Brussels, Belgium 1 2

MIDANPIRG/16, Kuwait 5 8

OPMET BMG/6, Kuwait 6 6

2017

IFATCA 2017, Toronto, Canada [Dates Tentative] 8 May 12 May

ICAO/ACI Wildlife Strike Hazard Reduction Symposium, Montreal, Canada 16 May 18 May

[RESCHEDULED]

Provisional Council (PC/47), Brussels, Belgium 22 Jun 22 Jun

2018

IFATCA 2018, Accra, Ghana TBD TBD

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