Position Paper IFALPA: Command Training
11 décembre 2019 - IFALPA has identified that there is a need across the industry to standardize and enhance command training. In the airline context, the Captain has final authority and final responsibility for the operation and safety of the flight; this requires specific training in the roles and responsibilities as well as enhanced knowledge, skills, and competencies associated with command.
Safety Bulletin: IATA In-Flight Broadcast Procedure (IFBP) AFI Region
This IATA Operations Notice replaces 14SAB004 - IATA In-flight Broadcast Procedure (IFBP) Revision 7, in total.
Safety Bulletin: Winter Conditions at Northern Finland Airports
Safe winter operations normally require special procedures by airline maintenance, engineering, ground crew, and de-icing personnel. In Finland, FINAVIA and TRAFICOM publish an annual Safety Bulletin on winter conditions. 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.
Safety Bulletin: NAT Lateral ASEPS
On March 2019, longitudinal separation standards were reduced based on the availability of Space-Based ADS-B in the Shanwick (EGGX), Gander (CZQX), and Santa Maria (LPPO) Oceanic Control Areas in the North Atlantic (NAT), as part of the Advanced Surveillance Enhanced Procedural Separation (ASEPS) trials. The NAT region will be commencing the second phase of the ASEPS trials to include reduced lateral separation starting on or about 10 October 2019.
Position Paper IFALPA: In-flight Flight Crew Rest Facilities
26 août2019 - This position paper provides generic guidance for the design and specification of dedicated flight crew rest facilities provided for the exclusive use of flight crew on commercial transport aircraft operated with augmented flight crews. The main purpose of such facilities is to provide flight crew members with an adequate rest environment before commencement of the next in-flight duty period.
Position Paper IFALPA: Downlink of pilot selected levels
22 August 2019 - For some time now, several ATS Units (ATSUs) have been using an alert function that is based on data sent by the Enhanced Mode S transponder. This transponder version provides a down-link of various airborne parameters that includes the flight level or altitude selected by the pilots in the altitude window of the associated auto-flight system. If the pilot selected flight level or altitude does not correspond with the cleared level/altitude stored by the controller in the ATM (Air Traffic Management) system, an alert is triggered at the controller station. This warning is used by the controller to verify the pilot selected level/altitude and provides a valuable safety net.
Position Paper IFALPA: Reduced Runway Separation Minima for Night Operations
22 August 2019 - IFALPA is opposed to Reduced Runway Separation Minima being applied for Night Operations. The provisions to reduce runway separation have been agreed worldwide and should be used accordingly. The documented safety assessment for every runway that will be used is a major aspect in reducing separation but maintaining a high level of safety. With more and more utilization of stable approach criteria and thus the higher possibility of conducting a missed approach, the separation standards between two succeeding departing aircraft should also apply between a departing aircraft and an aircraft conducting a missed approach.
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.
Communiqué de presse/Press Release de l’ECA : Ryanair opte une fois encore pour la confrontation / Ryanair on a confrontation course, again
Ryanair opte une fois encore pour la confrontation Les années se suivent et se ressemblent chez Ryanair. L’incapacité de la compagnie à engager un véritable dialogue social avec ses employés reste la même. Pire, les négociations collectives ne semblent plus une priorité pour ses dirigeants. Au travers de nouvelles menaces de suppressions de postes, la compagnie renoue avec sa traditionnelle stratégie de la confrontation. Ces suppressions de postes et les rumeurs de sureffectif pilotes en son sein apparaissent d’autant plus fantaisistes que la compagnie augmente son programme de vols et continue de recruter des pilotes et ce, malgré les problèmes du B737 MAX. Alors qu’elle s’était engagée il y a un an à appliquer le droit du travail local, à négocier des conventions collectives significatives pour l'ensemble de ses employés ou encore à offrir aux travailleurs indépendants et auto-entrepreneurs qui opéraient pour elle un contrat de travail direct, seuls les représentants des pilotes Belges, Italiens et Portugais ont été en mesure de signer un accord sur leurs conditions de travail. Pour les autres, tout reste à faire d’autant que la menace de dumping social demeure au travers du développement des deux nouvelles filiales de Ryanair : Malta Air et Ryanair Sun. Compte tenu de l’ensemble de ces éléments, il n'est pas surprenant que les pilotes de Ryanair se mobilisent pour garantir le respect de leurs accords, du droit du travail et des engagements antérieurs de la compagnie. Pour en savoir plus, nous vous invitons à lire le communiqué de nos partenaires de l’ECA (European Cockpit Association) en pièce jointe.
Safety Bulletin – East/West Traffic increases over Africa during Hajj Pilgrimage season
24 July 2019 - Every year, millions of pilgrims travel to Mecca and other religious sites in Saudi Arabia – and this changes the predominant traffic flow over the African continent. ATC in the most affected FIRs put standard routings in place to help flow that traffic.