ECA Leaflet on COVID-19: health and safety aspects
Since so many authorities have published guidance to limit spreading of the virus – covering different areas in more detail – and some incorrect information is also out there, it may be difficult for flight crews to find relevant information for their specific task. This leaflet is an attempt to address this issue by collecting official guidance regarding the coronavirus in a single paper. Referenced text is reproduced as-is. The hyperlinked references (e.g. [EASA]) provide easy access to check the source and check for possible updates.
Position Paper IFALPA: Onboard Protection Against Fire and Smoke
IFALPA believes that the results from the industry initiative on smoke and re following the Swissair 111 acci- dent should become industry best practice and be implemented worldwide. IFALPA believes that a follow-up initiative is necessary to develop further industry guidelines to improve safety. This follow-up programme must address the following items...
Position Paper IFALPA: Use of Transponder-Derived Data
11 décembre 2019 - The air transport industry is under constant pressure to increase airspace capacity and reduce separation minima without decreasing safety. One method to augment data derived by surveillance radar is Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS).
Safety Bulletin – GNSS Vulnerabilities
18 July 2019 - The Regional Aviation Safety Group for the Middle East Region (RASG-MID) has issued a Safety Advisory concerning GNSS Vulnerabilities and provided guidance material to mitigate the safety and operational impact of GNSS service disruption. The Safety Advisories are issued to encourage States and aviation Stakeholders to adopt practices that mitigate major aviation safety risks in the Middle East Region as identified through the analysis of regional safety data. This IFALPA Safety Bulletin is meant to disseminate the information contained in the Safety Advisory.
Safety Bulletin – Loss of GPS signal at Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel (LLBG)
25 June 2019 - IFALPA has received many reports from pilots that they have experienced loss of GPS signal in the vicinity of the Ben Gurion International Airport (LLBG) in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Safety Bulletin – Intersection of Airways A593 – B576/Y722 & Y711 (also known as the ‘AKARA Corridor’)
28 February 2019 - This Safety Bulletin is reproduced from the IATA Operations Notice Number: ON 002/2017
Position paper IFALPA : Flights into and over conflict zones
26 septembre 2018 - Due to recent events in the Eastern Mediterranean, IFALPA is reissuing its position paper "Flights into and over Conflict Zones" to bring a heightened awareness to flight crews operating in this region.
Bulletin de securite IFALPA : POTENTIAL CPDLC MESSAGE DELIVERY LATENCY
Safety Bulletin: Potential CPDLC message delivery latency
8 décembre 2017 - IFALPA has been made aware that flight crews have no access to information indicating the time of transmission of uplinked CPDLC messages. The possibility of a delayed message cannot be ruled out which could lead to an old clearance being delivered past its validity time or to the wrong aircraft.