Position Paper IFALPA: Operational Experience in Fatigue Management Decision-Making

Proper fatigue management requires the use of operational experience to be incorporated into the decision-making process. IFALPA has identified that there is a need across the industry to standardize and discuss what the term “operational experience” means in practical implementation. While this paper addresses fatigue management, the topic also applies to broader safety management principles (...)

Safety Bulletin IFALPA: New Runway in Hong Kong & its Approach Procedure

Hong Kong International Airport is expanding to a three Runways System (3RS). Its third runway was completed in 2021. The new “North Runway” was scheduled to be opened on 8 July 2022 and the existing “Middle Runway” will be closed for reconstruction. Taxi times are expected to increase to and from the new runway (...)

La Ligne n°677 de février 2022 est disponible

L’Autorité de contrôle des nuisances aéroportuaires, ou ACNUSA, est un organisme indépendant, créé en 1999, dont la vocation principale est de contrôler l’application des dispositifs législatifs et réglementaires de lutte contre les nuisances générées par le secteur aérien. Si la plupart d’entre nous connaît son existence, nous sommes cependant assez peu nombreux à pouvoir en détailler le fonctionnement et le champ de compétence. A l’heure où les questions environnementales autour des aéroports constituent un enjeu majeur pour les populations survolées, La Ligne vous propose en compagnie de l’un des membres du Collège de l’ACNUSA, pilote retraité, de faire la lumière sur cette autorité singulière et sur son rôle vis-à-vis des procédures et des pilotes (...)

Position Paper IFALPA: Crew Member Security Aspects of an Operator’s Security Programme

Commercial flights are sometimes operated into areas and destinations where the security situation is very difficult to predict. Moreover, the situation in any country has the potential to change rapidly due to a sudden terrorist attack, civil unrest, or a natural disaster which can put both security and safety under threat (...)

Safety Bulletin IFALPA: Changes to In-Flight Contingency Procedures for Oceanic Airspace

The ICAO changes to the In-flight Contingencies for Oceanic Airspace come into effect 05 November 2020. Full details can be found in 20SAB08 – Special Procedures for In-Flight Contingencies in Oceanic Airspace. Attached here is an Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA-I) Operations Bulletin identifying special procedures for non-weather in-flight contingencies.

Safety Bulletin: Recommended Procedures in the Mogadishu (HCSM) FIR

Aircraft operating within Class G airspace: • Do not receive Air Traffic Control Service. Effectively, ATC clearances do not apply within Class G airspace. • Are not separated from each other. The Pilots in Command (PICs) are solely responsible for conflict detection and collision prevention. • Are not required to communicate with the unit providing Flight Information Service. • May deviate from routes and altitudes at their discretion and the PICs are solely responsible for conflict detection and collision avoidance.