La Ligne 704 de juillet-août est disponible
Cette Ligne 704 met particulièrement à l’honneur les Pôles technique et juridique du SNPL. Le technique d’abord, puisqu’à l’occasion de la publication du rapport du BEA au sujet d’un incident grave survenu en 2022 lors d’une approche sur CDG, la Cometec revient largement pour nous dans son Rendez-vous mensuel sur les enseignements de l’incident impliquant un erreur de calage altimétrique et sur les documents les plus récemment édités concernant ce problème. La rédaction a également profité de ce numéro double de l’été pour mettre en avant l’un des services parmi les plus sollicités au sein du SNPL. Les quatre membres du Pôle juridique ont en effet accepté de répondre à nos questions (...)
Safety Bulletin IFALPA (Update): Winter Conditions at Finland Airports
Update: Safe winter operations normally require special procedures by airline maintenance, engineering, ground crew, and de-icing personnel. The attached bulletin focuses on operations in northern Finland but the content is relevant to other locations subject to similar weather. It provides excellent guidance for both flight crews and operators.
Position Paper IFALPA: Flights Into and Over Conflict Zones
Due to the dynamic political situation across the world, conflict zones persist and change, sometimes suddenly and/or unpredictably, exposing civil aviation to the risk of collateral damage or targeted attack. According to ICAO regulations, it is the responsibility of Member States to close any airspace over their territory in which the safety and security of air traffic cannot be guaranteed. Unfortunately, Member States do not adhere to this obligation in many cases (...)
Flash Cometec #7 – GPS Spoofing en espace Irakien
Position Paper IFALPA: Weather Radar
There are multiple weather hazards that can be identified by a weather radar, e.g. thunderstorms, towering cumulus clouds, cumulonimbus clouds, clouds with potential icing, windshear. There is no plausible justification for an aircraft to be exposed to such hazards if it is carrying only crew and no passengers (...)
Safety Bulletin IFALPA: GNSS Interference at Mexico City
Over the past year, various operators have reported the loss of GNSS signal in the MMMX terminal area. GNSS signal jamming in MMMX could result in navigation errors and/or avionics system failures. While this impacts the approach phase of flight, the remaining threat to terminal operations still exists.
EASA Safety Information Bulletin – Possible Risks Emerging During Summer 2023
After two years of significant traffic reductions, the aviation industry in Europe experienced a strong recovery in summer 2022. However, the recovery came together with significant travel disruptions. Travel demands and traffic levels for summer 2023 are forecast to be significantly higher than in 2022. Air operators, aerodromes, ATM/ANS service providers, maintenance organisations, and training organisations continue to face significant challenges in having sufficient qualified personnel, availability of aircraft, spare parts, and traffic slots to cope with the increased demand. Precursors of possible disruptions have already been evident in April and May 2023 with some time to go until the peak of the summer operational season (...)
Joint Position Paper IFALPA-ECA-IFATCA: Unauthorized Flying of Drones Near Airports
Drones have recently become more affordable to the public as their performance in terms of height, speed, and distance has greatly improved. Consequently, the hazard posed by the flying of unauthorized drones near airports worldwide has also increased. Available data indicate that the frequency of drone activity, both authorized and unauthorized, in the vicinity of airports continues to rise significantly (...)
Position Paper IFALPA: MANPADS
The MANPADS threat continues to be a concern for civil aviation. IFALPA believes that preventing the proliferation of MANPADS is the most effective countermeasure.
Joint Briefing Leaflet IFALPA/IFATCA: Ankara-Nicosia FIR Boundary
This joint IFALPA-IFATCA Briefing Leaflet, written in close cooperation with IFALPA's Member Associations in Cyprus and Türkiye, details the communication procedures that pilots should be familiar with when flying around the Ankara-Nicosia FIR boundary.