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A quarterly recap of the Federation’s activities at
the International Civil Aviation Organization

BY CAROLE COUCHMAN, MBE
IFALPA Senior Technical & Regional Officer

Note: The 40th ICAO General Assembly was held during the period of this report and is
covered in the article by Captain Mike Jackson on Page 36.

ICAO AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE ICAO DGP-27
WORKING GROUP (AIRB/WG) /7 The ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP)
There were two key issues dealt with at this met 9-20 September and reviewed about
meeting, CDTI Assisted Visual Separation fifty-five papers. IFALPA worked to amend
(CAVS) and Interval Management (IM). The Annex 18 and the Technical Instructions
details and suggested procedures for CAVS (which effectively comprise the interna-
are in the Manual and this is currently only tional regulations for dangerous goods
used in the United States. For this to be transport) so they will not inhibit any
implemented globally, consideration would pilot’s right to jumpseat in any all-cargo
have to be given to changing the global aircraft. Devices that log cargo tempera-
criteria reflected in the Annexes and PANS ture, humidity, and other parameters dur-
documents. In that case, the procedure will ing transport, as well as those that transmit
need to be inserted into the PANS OPS via cargo location, are becoming common in
the FLTOPSP. Until that time, it was agreed transport, and we worked to ensure those
that it should remain in the Manual with a operated by lithium batteries are used
note that it is only used in the USA. safely in transport.

Following previous meetings there was an- The DGP also agreed to allow very small
other action for Interval Management (IM) shipments of urgently needed medical
requirements to be drafted for both the batteries on passenger aircraft under very
PANS-ATM (Doc 4444) and the PANS OPS narrow conditions. IFALPA did not oppose
(Doc 8168). There was a paper outlining the proposal because there were sufficient
what needed to be covered in both docu- risk mitigations, but stated that the DGP
ments. As with CAVS, it seemed premature should be regulating on the basis of risk
and incomplete. There would be trials in to the aircraft and not end use. There was
the US using this for spacing and training also a late paper proposing to eliminate
for both crew and controllers was under- the paper NOTOC requirement, but we
way. Once the trials were complete this will were able to delay consideration for the
be addressed again in the AIRB WG. year while IFALPA and IATA try to develop
the best format of the document for pilots
and first responders.