5 July 2023 - There have been several accidents which serve to illustrate the safety threat posed by a failed or released propeller blade. Some examples are listed below. No certification standards currently address this safety threat.

16 June 2023 - Over the past year, various operators have reported the loss of GNSS signal in the MMMX terminal area. GNSS signal jamming in MMMX could result in navigation errors and/or avionics system failures. While this impacts the approach phase of flight, the remaining threat to terminal operations still exists.

08 June 2023, LONDON, MONTREAL – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) have secured significant steps forward in the goal to advancing labour standards at a tripartite meeting at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The conclusions of the April meeting, which recommend measures to progress labour standards, will be formally adopted when approved by the ILO’s Governing Body later this year. The meeting brought government officials of ILO member countries and employers and workers’ representatives together to examine labour issues in the aviation industry. The goal was to discuss opportunities and challenges in occupational safety and health and the promotion of good jobs to shape the post-pandemic recovery of a sustainable aviation industry (...)

18 May 2023 - Tokyo Haneda Airport is located only 5nm south of Metropolitan Tokyo and is partially a landfill airport on Tokyo Bay. The airport’s history dates to the World War II era. Since then, the airport has made several expansions as the economy of Tokyo, and all of Japan, grew quickly. This rapid expansion resulted in airport modifications which are noncompliant with ICAO standards, and has created many complicated taxiways and operational limitations for the operators (...)

18 April 2023 - IFALPA acknowledges the contribution of Flight Recorders to accident and serious incident investigation conducted by the relevant State Investigation Authorities in accordance with ICAO Annex 13..., however, in no circumstances should onboard recordings be made available for purposes other than accident or incident investigation.

18 April 2023 - When mentioned in the report of an Annex 13 investigation...the word “cause” and its derivations have a strong potential for over-simplifying the many aspects behind an occurrence...IFALPA therefore reiterates that all instances of those words should be removed from this Annex and from the final reports of occurrence investigations conducted in accordance with it and replaced with "contributing factors"...

18 April 2023 - This paper outlines IFALPA's position that there are events outside the current scope of accidents and serious incidents that warrant investigations to establish lessons learned and improve aviation safety.

6 April 2023 - While a pilot may assume it could never happen to them, arrest by the police of a foreign State is always a possibility. It is important to be prepared and aware of what actions can be taken and how to instruct your members beforehand on how to react in these circumstances (i.e. instructions card). This Briefing Leaflet provides guidelines for both the Member Association and the individual pilot on how to deal with a pilot arrest.

31 March 2023 - The MANPADS threat continues to be a concern for civil aviation. IFALPA believes that preventing the proliferation of MANPADS is the most effective countermeasure.