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IFALPA@ICAO

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

The first four months of 2019 have the future. The potential hazards have
been busy and productive at ICAO been compiled by ICAO CAEP and fu-
in Montreal with several of the Pan- ture work will be done on risk assess-
els meeting either as a full Panel or a ments and adaptation and mitigation
Working Group of the Panel. policies.

Information Management Panel Alternative fuels are entering the mar-
(IMP) ket. Certified, according to even more
The IMP’s Working Group (WG) con- strict standards than conventional Jet
cerning Aeronautical Information A1, it should be safe and easy to use
Management (AIM) met in January. as drop-in fuel. Industry concerns ex-
The WG focussed on six major items ist on pricing and availability and in-
from which two, the NOTAM system centives will need to be coordinated
and aeronautical charts are directly internationally.
related to cockpit work. The IFALPA
input was very much appreciated and Safety Indicators Study Group
the work continued at the meeting in The 19th meeting of the ICAO Safety
February in Abu Dhabi. Indicator Study Group (SISG-19) took
place at ICAO HQ in Montreal 5-8
Committee on Aviation February and was attended by 25 ac-
Environmental Protection (CAEP) cident investigation experts repre-
The ICAO CAEP had its 3-yearly coun- senting ICAO States, manufacturers
BY CAROLE COUCHMAN, MBE cil meeting in February in Montreal and international organizations. The
IFALPA Senior Technical Officer, and for the first time in history a strin- Group was established in 2001 follow-
gency for nvPM (non-volatile particu- ing a Recommendation from the Ac-
Regional Officer
late matter) has been set for 2023. cident Investigation Group Divisional
Meeting to develop safety indicators
Supersonic aircraft were once again and conduct an effective analysis
on the agenda, since the Concorde of ADREP (State occurrence report-
and the TU-144, several new designs ing) data. The purpose of this annual
approach maturity. New standards meeting is to review worldwide occur-
are needed for emissions and noise, rences and assign relevant categories
but current data is not yet available. using the Annex 13 definition of “ac-
As with UAV’s, this supersonic mode cident” and a taxonomy developed by
of transport will need to be integrated the CAST-ICAO Common Taxonomy
with normal subsonic air traffic, with- Team (CICTT).
out compromising safety, capacity or
environmental performance. The analysis is based on accidents
with fixed wing, turbine-powered air-
With the assistance of IFALPA, ICAO craft with a MTOW over 5,700kg on
will complete a manual on operation- scheduled commercial operations
al measures to reduce noise in a safe (passenger and cargo). Private flights,
and sound way. air shows, demonstration flights, test
flight and ferry flights are excluded
Climate change is also affecting the from the data. This extensive re-
aviation, the increased intensity of view, in turn, provides the figures for
storms, changing wind patterns and ICAO’s global accident rate as stated
higher temperatures may occur in in ICAO’s annual safety report, and is