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News &

Notes

IFALPA MEETINGS & EVENTS

Chaired by Captain Ariel Shocrón (SEPLA), the 2018 Accident Analysis and Prevention (AAP)
Committee Meeting took place in Sydney 14-16 November. This was the first ever AAP meeting
organized in Australia, and the Federation is extremely grateful to AusALPA. Particular thanks to
the newly elected President of AFAP (and President of AusALPA for the next two years) Captain
Louise Pole, and Chairman of AusALPA AAP, Captain Christian Antoniak, as well as Ange Williams
and Maggie Tran from the AusALPA team for all the work they put in to make this first meeting
successful. These efforts were rewarded by a large attendance of 60 delegates.
The setup of the meeting was a bit different this time. The Chairman organized breakout ses-
sions on the second day so the Committee could deal more efficiently with five specific subjects:
Reduced Crew Operations, Flight Recorders for RPAS, social media, the update of the IFALPA
template agreement for Flight Data Analysis Programmes, and recommendations for emergency
evacuations. This worked extremely well, and four of the Sub-Groups were able to deliver a fin-
ished product to be reviewed on the last day.

AAP Committee Meeting

Hot topics continue to be Flight recorders, FDA, data protection, and the lack of availability of
some final reports due to political pressure. The review of recent occurrences indicated an in-
crease in the number of runway excursions. This has been added as a permanent item on the AAP
agenda. The Committee drafted a new Position Paper on the use of social media by pilots (see
18POS25 - Use of Social Media by Pilots), which is a growing concern as many colleagues have
been facing disciplinary action from their airlines following the posting of personal pictures, vid-
eos and comments on social platforms.

The Committee also entertained an excellent presentation from Mr. Greg Hood, Head of the Aus-
tralian Transportation Safety Board. This was followed by the signing of an official Memorandum
of Understanding between the ATSB and AusALPA. This Memorandum enables AusALPA experts
to participate in State investigations. A similar agreement was also signed earlier this year by
UkrALPA and their national AIB. These are two outstanding achievements that reflect the work,
influence, and recognition of the AAP Committee worldwide.