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WP295-Establishment of Military for the intended purposes and that As we look forward to the upcoming
Requirements and Restrictions on all parties, including the pilot com- ICAO General Assembly, we can ex-
International Civil Aviation munity, are involved in the process. pect that the recommendations from
Properly collected and analyzed data the ANC/13 will comprise much of the
WP299-Impact of Commercial Space is a powerful tool to mitigate future Technical agenda items, preparing the
Operations on Civil Aviation safety risks, however, its abuse would Administrative Commission to be able
reverse this trend and jeopardize the to more accurately budget for the up-
WP300-The use of Safety Data and trust framework used to collect data. coming triennium.
Safety Information at the State Level
Topics covered under Emerging Issues These two events, along with the
These papers may all still be viewed on included Operations above FL600, Op- High Level Safety Conference (HLSC),
the ICAO public website: erations below 1000 feet, RPAS, Cyber which should be held in 2020 to fo-
www.icao.int/Meetings/anconf13/ Resilience, UAS, and Supersonic and cus on other areas of aviation safety,
Pages/WP_Presenter.aspx Commercial Space Operations. The comprise the highest level of decision
concerns for IFALPA regarding these making bodies with respect to aviation
Of the topics discussed involving the new entrants are that they abide by technical and safety work. IFALPA’s in-
GANP, IFALPA should pay close atten- the same level of safety and can be fluence, however, begins much ear-
tion to a requested analysis on wheth- integrated into traditional shared air- lier, at the Committee level and within
er to change PANS ATM to allow for space as laid out in our Position Pa- ICAO panels and working groups.
Reduced Runway Separation Minima per on RPAS https://bit.ly/2VXSlEw
(RRSM) during night time hours in and will be similarly stated on these The greatest resource our Member
addition to those allowed by daytime other entrants. For operations below Associations can provide to the Fed-
operations today. This issue will first 1000 feet, these new entrants will be eration is subject matter expertise, and
come to a panel where it will be the utilizing the same airspace as Helicop- it is in these venues where it makes
best place to voice our concerns. ters, often not in controlled airspace the most profound impact on avia-
and therefore there need to be SARPs tion safety. The culmination of those
In the GASP discussions, it was quite developed to ensure the highest level efforts can be seen on the proposals
clear that there are still parts of the of safety. Cyber resilience and cyber that go before the General Assembly,
BY CAPTAIN MIKE JACKSON world left behind and it is their desire security continue to be a major chal- Air Navigation Conference, and High
IFALPA Technical Director & to get caught up, but it is difficult to lenge. In order to maintain acceptable Level Safety Conference. We encour-
achieve while the more mature States levels of safety and redundancy, ICAO age you to follow these events on the
Representative to ICAO
keep moving ahead. IFALPA must keep has established a Secretariat Study ICAO public website under meetings
a close eye on the use of Big Data to Group on Cybersecurity to identify is- and events:
ensure that it is collected, de-identified sues that need to be dealt with in the www.icao.int/Meetings/Pages/Home.
(where required), stored, and utilized near and long term. aspx