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.
Compte-rendu du Conseil National du 8 mars 2023
Ordre du jour du Conseil National du mercredi 5 avril 2023
Press Release ECA/IFALPA/ALPA : Global Pilot Leaders Unite to Keep Two Pilots on the Flight Deck
Leaders of the world’s largest pilot organizations today announced a global coalition to prevent airlines and manufacturers from pushing ahead with plans to remove pilots from the flight deck, a profit-driven scheme that poses a significant safety risk. Pilot representatives from the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA), the European Cockpit Association (ECA), and Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) vowed to take collective action to protect the flying public and counter an aggressive corporate-led lobbying campaign targeting regulators around the world, including the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).(...)
IFALPA Briefing Leaflet: Template Agreement for a Flight Data Analysis Programme (FDAP)
A successful FDAP relies on the trust established between management and the flight crews who are being monitored. The goal of this template agreement is to ensure that the FDAP remains a safety programme, and becomes neither a disciplinary nor a punitive tool.
Position Paper IFALPA: Pilot Self-Assessment Systems
Airlines have introduced software and tools that enable flight crews to assess their own performance after every flight. IFALPA cautions that careful thought must be given to the unintended negative effects that such systems may have, and recommends that any implementation be held wholly within an airline’s fully established FDA/FOQA Programme.
Joint Position Paper IFALPA-IFATCA-IATA: Positive Security Culture
A new joint position from IFALPA, IFATCA, and IATA - The establishment of a positive security culture is a key component of aviation security. Understanding errors, mistakes, and unintentional actions, and allowing them to be reported in a non-punitive environment is essential to the identification and management of both existing and emerging security threats. IFALPA, IFATCA and IATA call for States and Operators to implement a positive security culture throughout the aviation industry, and make sure that it is reflected in all security-related documentation and procedures (...)
Position Paper IFALPA: Unruly Passengers
The term “unruly passenger” refers to any passenger who fails to respect the rules of conduct while on board an aircraft or refuses to follow the instructions of crew members, thereby disturbing good order and instruction and discipline.1 Unruly behaviour includes assault of other passengers or crew, sexual abuse or harassment, abusive consumption of alcohol and/or narcotics (...)
Position Paper IFALPA: Intoxicated Passengers
Two recent incidents have once again highlighted the ongoing issue of intoxicated passengers on board aircraft. On 16 May 2022, a flight originally scheduled from Gran Canaria to Newcastle was forced to divert to Porto, where a disruptive passenger was taken off the aircraft. The following day, another flight between Manchester and Faro was also forced to divert, this time to Nantes, due to the safety of the flight being compromised by five intoxicated passengers (...)
Position Paper IFALPA: Transport of Passengers Subject to Judicial or Administrative Proceedings
It is not unusual for aircraft Operators to have to transport deportees, inadmissible persons, or persons in lawful custody. IFALPA is not opposed to this practice, however, strict guidelines should be followed to ensure that the safety and security of the flight are not compromised. The final decision on accepting such passengers and any escort onboard should rest with the pilot- in-command (...)