Position Paper IFALPA: Air Cargo Security
There are many types of security controls in place at airports around the world to improve the safety and security of flights. Most of these controls include some form of physical screening and in some cases, such as passenger screening, this is the only security control in place. In other cases, however, physical screening can be complemented by other measures or applied randomly for reasons of deterrence.
Position Paper IFALPA: Smoking and Aircrew
Cigarette smoking is the single most important preventable environmental factor contributing to premature death in the world. The high morbidity and mortality rates are due to the e ects of cigarette smoke on several diseases, but primarily on lung cancer, ischaemic heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease.
Position Paper IFALPA: Passenger Flights Carrying Deportees
There are necessary and important guidelines that crews should follow when passengers are carried who are not travelling of their own volition. Such flights often present challenging scenarios and there may be political and humanitarian viewpoints to be considered. Deportations are the result of a state judicial or administrative process. It is important to understand that Operators, Aircraft Commanders, and their crew are not involved in these decisions, nor can they be held responsible for deportees after their disembarkation at destination.
Position Paper IFALPA: Carriage of Persons on All-Cargo Aircraft
Position Paper IFALPA : It has come to the Federation’s attention that Cargo Aircraft Only (CAO) provisions are being used to prevent individuals from traveling on cargo aircraft when such aircraft carry Dangerous Goods (DG) not allowed on passenger aircraft. The CAO provisions allow types and quantities of DG on all-cargo aircraft because it was believed pilots of those aircraft had specific means of responding to DG incidents that are not normally available to passenger aircraft pilots.
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).
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.
Position Paper IFALPA: Combatting Human Trafficking In Aviation
11 décembre 2019 - Human trafficking (human trafficking, trafficking in persons, TIP, or trafficking in human beings), despitebeing a heinous crime and a violation of human rights, is becoming one of the most profitable and fastest growing black-market businesses. It also serves as an important source of revenue for terrorism. The cross-border issue is not restricted to large cities, but also affects smaller communities, rural areas, and tourist areas.
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.
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.