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News &

Notes

IFALPA MEETINGS & EVENTS

The Human Performance (HUPER) Commit-
tee Meeting was held in Rio de Janeiro, 30 Oc-
tober to 1 November. The meeting was attended
by participants from sixteen countries and two
observing organizations. Many topics were dis-
cussed including Pilot Peer Support and defi-
ciencies in how language proficiency is assessed
in various countries.

The Committee discussed an initiative being
explored by IATA to improve benchmarking of
flight crew fatigue, and they took on the large
job of updating past IFALPA medical Briefing HUPER Committee Meeting
Leaflets based on the latest science. Inputs were
provided to propose changes at ICAO on Com-
petency-based Training where IFALPA had sev-
eral concerns. These were shared with ICAO in
the Committee’s response to the State Letter on
the subject.

HUPER looked at protocols for insulin treated pi-
lots to safely operate and proposed new Policy
which will be presented at Conference. The Com-
mittee also agreed to continue to develop the
Pilot Assistance Manual with a focus on assist-
ing associations who want to establish their first
program. HUPER Committee Meeting

The ICAO ATRP/14 WG2 Meeting (Air Trans-
port Regulation Panel) was held at ICAO in
Montreal 30-31 October, 2018. Regarding the
examination of an international agreement on
the liberalization of market access (Reassurances
and safeguards), the different states’ views ap-
pear to remain unchanged and the panel will
close it and not proceed any further. The IF-
ALPA PGA Committee will continue to monitor
this ICAO Panel closely. The next Panel Meeting
is planned for early April 2019, at ICAO HQ in
Montreal.
ICAO ATRP/14 WG2