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Air Traffic Services
Committee Meeting
IFALPA MEETINGS & EVENTS Amsterdam, Netherlands IFALPA MEETINGS & EVENTS

SEC Meeting, Kiev

30 OCT 9 NOV
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Chaired by Captain Agus Guzmán (SEPLA), the 2018 security (seC) Committee Meeting took place in
Kiev 26-28 September. This was the first ever IFALPA event organized in Ukraine, and the Federation
is extremely grateful to UkrALPA and in particular Captain Oleksandr Polianskyi and Mr. Oleksii Kapus-
tinskyi for all the work they put in to make this first meeting successful. 6 NOV 14 NOV
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These efforts were rewarded by an all-time high attendance record for the Committee of 42 delegates. 7 NOV 16 NOV
These included representatives of the State Aviation Administration, the National Bureau of Air Acci-
dents Investigation, the ICAO Training Institute, Ukrainian ATC, and three Ukrainian airlines (UIA, Khors,
and Windrose). UkrALPA also sponsored a unique musical dining experience for the Committee at a
traditional Ukrainian restaurant in downtown Kiev.
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The three-day meeting was packed with agenda items. One of the main subjects was laser attacks regional Meeting Committee Meeting
Sydney, Australia
on aircraft and the ongoing involvement of the Federation in the promotion of stronger laws against Panama City, Panama
offenders. The Committee had invited 3 manufacturers (Caruso-Freeland, Metamaterial, and Satair)
to present an update on the industry’s initiatives and available products to protect pilots from laser
illuminations. Other major concerns addressed during the meeting included cargo security, cyber-
threats, overflight of conflict zones, and unruly passengers.

The subject of Human Trafficking was also discussed for the first time, with plans to contribute to the
initiatives launched by ICAO and IATA. The Committee started working on the development of guide- 20 NOV
lines meant to raise the awareness of the pilot community on this worrying issue. 7 NOV -
22 NOV
Four new Position Papers were finalized on Secondary Barriers, Unescorted Passengers on the Apron,
Unruly Passengers and the Montreal Protocol of 2014, and Boarding Identification Procedures. The
IFALPA Position Paper on CCTV and the Briefing Leaflet on Behavioural Detection were also updated.

administration, Membership, Ifalpa runway safety
The 2019 SEC Committee meeting will take place in Dhaka 15-17 October, at the kind invitation of
Bangladesh ALPA, and ALPA Japan has offered to host the 2020 meeting in Fukuoka. & finance Committee Meeting Team Coordinator program
London, United Kingdom Bangkok, Thailand