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News &

Notes

IFALPA MEETINGS & EVENTS

Generously hosted by VC, German ALPA, the Aerodrome and Ground
Environment (AGE) Committee met in Frankfurt, Germany, 23-25
October, and was attended by participants representing 12 countries.
They completed work to reintroduce a course on effectively partici-
pating in a Runway Safety Team (see Runway Safety Team Coordi-
nator Training, Bangkok, November 2018). The Committee drafted
modules and exercises to introduce participants to the key elements
of what makes airports safe and how to be a positive contributor to
runway safety work at their local airports.

Other topics focused on deficiencies in how some runway touchdown
zone markings do not match the touchdown zone lighting, with both
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being done according to Annex 14 provisions. The Committee reps
on the ICAO Visual Aids Working Group noted that they are working
on modifying the provisions for the two lengths to match. Another
discussion was on the lack of overall understanding of Engineered
Material Arresting Systems, designed to safely slow an aircraft in the
event of a runway overrun.

The AGE learned that IFALPA’s efforts to standardize taxiway naming
conventions had been successful and that the proposal, presented
together with ACI, were adopted by the Aerodrome Design and Op-
erations Panel to be included in Annex 14.

The Runway Safety Course, 20-22 November 2018, in Bangkok,
marked the relaunch of IFALPA’s Runway Safety Team Course. It
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brought together pilots, ATC, regulators, and airport operators from
across the Asia Pacific Region. The program focused on runway safety
and the importance of using a multi-disciplinary Runway Safety team
to further improve safety at airports. Hosted by THAIPA and spon-
sored by AusALPA, the facilitators were Heriberto Salazar, AGE Chair,
and Brian Greeves. We wish the participants success as they continue
to improve Runway Safety in the region.

The South America (SAM) Regional Meeting was held in Panama,
6 November, 2018. RVPs and countries reported on their activities
in the region, updating each other on the events and meetings they
had recently attended and current issues in the region. Though the
primary topic of discussion was industrial issues, some technical is-
sues came up as well. IFALPA Runway Safety Course