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NEWS & NOTES PAGE 13

News & ADO Committee Meeting

Notes

IFALPA MEETINGS & EVENTS

The IFALPA Aircraft Design and Operation The board is working to increase the visibility and trans-
(ADO) Committee Meeting was kindly host- parency of IFALPA’s work and achievements, improve
ed in Bangkok, Thailand, 5-7 June, by THAIPA. services to the Member Associations, grow membership,
The meeting welcomed 32 delegates from 14 and unify the Federation by encouraging collaboration
Member Associations as well as representa- and exchange between Regions, Committees, Elected
tives from Airbus and Embraer. Officers, and Staff.

Participants had the opportunity to focus In addition, the EBM provided updates on the Federa-
on key agenda items including discussions tion’s finances, membership, and Conference organiza-
on RPAS, Take-Off Performance, Reduced tion, discussions and decisions on technical, industrial,
Crew Operations, and ALPA’s Whitepaper on and regional issues, and the approval of external rep-
improving commercial aviation safety in the resentation and IFALPA meetings in the second half of
Far North. this year. The Board was pleased to receive and report
positive outlooks on all fronts.
The 64th IFALPA Executive Board Meeting
(EBM) was held 24-26 June at the IFALPA HQ This EBM was followed by IFALPA’s newly developed
in Montreal, Canada. EVP/RVP Workshop, where the momentum of Confer-
ence theme “Building Bridges” continued to unify and
This first meeting of the new Board since inspire the Elected Officers.
Conference in Berlin provided an opportu-
nity to get better acquainted and for the new
members to familiarize themselves with the
IFALPA Secretariat.

An internal brainstorming and discussion
session allowed each Board member to share
their ideas, visions, and concerns. This set
the foundation for a holistic approach to the
Federation’s revised alignment.

EBM, Montreal EBM, Montreal