Safety Bulletin IFALPA: New Runway in Hong Kong & its Approach Procedure
Hong Kong International Airport is expanding to a three Runways System (3RS). Its third runway was completed in 2021. The new “North Runway” was scheduled to be opened on 8 July 2022 and the existing “Middle Runway” will be closed for reconstruction. Taxi times are expected to increase to and from the new runway (...)
ECA Conference Statement: 2022 – A summer of disruptions
Years of cost-cutting, social dumping and COVID crisis management are now wreaking havoc in Europe’s aviation. A summer of disruptions, flight cancellations and aircrew fatigue has started and will likely worsen in the coming weeks. This ECA Conference – representing 40.000 European airline pilots – mandates the ECA Executive Board to urge the EU Commission and EASA, national oversight authorities, airline managements and all relevant stakeholders to ensure that (...)
Position paper ECA – Securing a sustainable future for aviation
European infrastructure, providing essential connectivity and promoting socio-economic cohesion and timely supply of goods and services. This infrastructure is a public good, part of the wider economy’s backbone, and will continue to play an important role with regards to safely air-connected Europe. For these reasons, ECA is of the firm opinion that aviation must be part of the ‘green’ solution and set the basis now for being part of a safe and sustainable future transport system in Europe (...)
IFALPA Conference Statement: Global Pilots on Deteriorating Labour Conditions in Paraguay
The 76th Conference of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) in Singapore would like to draw the attention to the deteriorating labour situation affecting our colleagues of SAT Paraguay (Sindicato de Aeronavegantes de TAM) flying for LATAM Paraguay Airlines. The IFALPA Conference calls on the State of Paraguay and LATAM Airlines to respect pilots’ rights to free speech, their right to organize and the right to bargain collectively (...)
IFALPA Conference Statement: Global Pilots on Deteriorating Labour Conditions in the Asian Region
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA), the Global Voice of Pilots, held its 76th Conference in Singapore this week. The Federation would like to draw global attention to deteriorating labour standards affecting pilots in many parts of Asia. Most States in the region have ratified International Labour Organization (ILO) fundamental Conventions 87 and 98: the Freedom of Association and the Right to Organize Convention, and the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, respectively. Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Association, to form unions and engage in collective bargaining are guaranteed under these conventions (...)
Position Paper IFALPA: Two-way Communications between the Flight Crew and the Operator and their Operations Centre
Many of the commercial transport aircraft have two-way communications between the flight crew and their operator and Operational Control Centre (OCC). One such system is the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) which enables the exchange of messages between the flight crew and their maintenance departments and airline dispatch while in flight. There are other ways such as Satellite communication via the SAT Phone and onboard WIFI as well as HF or additional VHF (...)
Position Paper: Definition of Accident and Serious Incident
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 (...)
Joint Position Paper ECA&IFALPA: Streaming of Flight Data
IFALPA and ECA strongly support initiatives to improve search and rescue operations and the recovery of flight data recorders. However, they believe that the streaming of flight recorder data, other than as needed to track the location of an aircraft in distress, could introduce an unacceptable risk to the integrity of flight safety investigations. This is due to the possibility for such data to be compromised during transmission and storage (...)
Safety Bulletin IFALPA: Mexico City International Airport (MMMX)
Mexico City International airport was declared as over capacity in 2014. As a result, the Santa Lucia Military Airbase (MMSM) has been developed into a mixed civil/military airport for simultaneous operations between MMMX and MMSM. MMSM opened 21 March 2022.
Safety Bulletin IFALPA: Space Weather Advisories
ICAO Annex 3, Chapter 9 provides detailed Standards and Recommended Practices for Meteorological information to be supplied to operators and flight crew members for preflight planning, inflight replanning, use by flight crew members before departure, and aircraft in flight.