Briefing Leaflet IFALPA: Follow the TCAS RA?
Following the EUROCONTROL report on TCAS RA compliance in 2020, both IFALPA and IFATCA issued a joint statement as a reminder to the pilot and controller community. The Eurocontrol study analysed radar data of TCAS RA events taken over a 12 month period over the core area of Europe. In a first Analysis, it reports only 38% of the RAs were followed correctly, and 34% were even manoeuvred in the opposite direction (...)
Press Release ECA/IFALPA: Global Pilots on Ryanair Flight 4978
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) and the European Cockpit Association (ECA) fully share the concerns expressed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regarding the forced landing of Ryanair Flight 4978 in Minsk, Belarus, on 23 May. Pilots are concerned that the intervention of the Belarussian Air Force was enacted for political reasons, in contravention of the Chicago Convention, and amounts to an act of unlawful interference, bearing all the hallmarks of state-sponsored hijacking (...)
La Ligne 668 d’avril 2021 est disponible
Créée en janvier 2020 par le Bureau national du SNPL, la CEF ou Cellule Emploi Formation – dont la vocation première est de faciliter les échanges entre les différents acteurs de l’emploi pilote et mieux répondre aux attentes des adhérents, notamment les demandeurs d’emploi et les stagiaires – a dû très rapidement entrer en action pour soutenir les premiers pilotes frappés par la perte d’emploi ou la non concrétisation d’une promesse d’embauche en compagnie. Nous étions alors au printemps 2020 (...)
Press Release: IFALPA calls on Albania to adhere to International Regulations and free three air traffic controllers
Press Release SNPL: Let’s not play with flight safety! SNPL France ALPA do not support the development of Single-pilot Operations (SPO)
SNPL France ALPA, one of whom’s main missions is to maintain and to increase air transport safety, is opposed to the implementation of Single-pilot Operations as suggested by the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). In an interview on 20 January 2021, Patrick Ky, EASA Executive Director, told FlightGlobal that, regarding Single-pilot Operations (flight with only one pilot flying), he believes "this could be implemented quite soon, typically for phases of the flight when you don’t necessarily need two pilots in the cockpit". These words challenge us as much by the discrepancy they reveal between the field reality and the European decision-making spheres, as well as the technological beliefs they peddle (...)
Press Release IFALPA on Sriwijaya Air Flight 182
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) is closely monitoring the developments related to yesterday's accident of Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, a Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea about 20km north of Jakarta, Indonesia shortly after take-off from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.
Press Release IFALPA on Sriwijaya Air Flight 182
10 January 2021 - The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) is closely monitoring the developments related to yesterday's accident of Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, a Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea about 20km north of Jakarta, Indonesia shortly after take-off from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.
IFALPA & ITF Joint Statement on Vaccines
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) welcome progress in the development of vaccines for COVID-19. As vaccines continue to be approved and distributed worldwide, aviation workers will play a key role in the integrity of their global supply chain. An effective global vaccine strategy will rely on the availability of healthy, rested and trained flight crews and other aviation workers.
Press Release: IFALPA Calls for Immediate Release of Russian Air Traffic Controllers
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) was extremely disappointed to learn about the final verdict passed by a Court of the Russian Federation where three Air Traffic Controllers were sentenced to 5, 5 1⁄2 and 6 years imprisonment in the aftermath of the take-off accident of a Unijet Falcon 50 at Moscow- Vnukovo airport on 20 October 2014.
Joint IATA/IFALPA Statement: Safely Enabling the Global Air Transport Supply Chain
The impact of COVID-19 on the global air transport supply chain continues to be significant , with airlines struggling to cope with the unpredictable and ever-changing border restriction measures implemented by States. From the outset of the pandemic , these fluctuating border regulations impacted both the trave ling public and the transportation of crucial medical supplies . As a result, the International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO) Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation (CAPSCA)made public their initial “Harmonized Guidance on Facilitating Cargo Flights and Protecting Crew during the COVID-19 Pandemic ”.