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Captain Stacey’s influence in the indus-
try grew with his presence at IFALPA and
AFAP meetings. In the late 1970’s he was
appointed IFALPA Aerodrome & Ground
Environment (AGE) Committee Chairman.
The AGE committee was a great achieve-
ment as it is responsible for connecting
IFALPA, the International Civil Aviation Or-
ganisation (ICAO), and airports together in
ensuring all recommended practices in the
industry were adhered to.

In 1981, Captain Stacey was appointed
Chief Observer for the ICAO Aerodromes
Divisional meeting. This was at a time
when the industry was seeing many
changes. Ron spent 2 years working within
a group to evaluate the impact that new
and larger aeroplanes would have on the
existing models. Ron was also one of the
very few to be nominated to the ICAO Ob-
stacle Clearance panel and he remained in
this position representing IFALPA for the
next 25 years.

Following the Australian Pilots Dispute
of 1989, Ron made the move overseas to
Singapore. While in Singapore Ron con-
tinued to represent IFALPA in the Pacific
ICAO RAN (Regional Air Navigation) and
other meetings. He also directed much of
his energy toward teaching and improv-
ing Singapore’s local technical and safety
committees.

As a result of Captain Ron Stacey’s service,
he has received many awards, including
the IFALPA Scroll of Merit, the AFAP Scroll
of Merit, and the ICAO ANC Letter of Ap-
preciation. He still contributes to the Aus-
ALPA AGE committee today.

The strong relationship between AusALPA
and IFALPA has grown over the 70 years
of membership and continues today. Hav-
ing this close tie to IFALPA has helped in
the quest to improve the safety and work-
ing conditions of Australian pilots. IFALPA
as an international organisation is held in
such high regard and respect that a simple
mention of its name and our affiliation of-
ten gives extra credibility to our claims.

Today, and going forward, you will nearly
always see a couple of AusALPA (AFAP
or AIPA) representatives at IFALPA’s an-
nual and various Regional and Committee
meetings. There are a number of AusALPA
representatives in leadership and chair
roles within the IFALPA portfolios.