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News &

Notes

IFALPA MEETINGS & EVENTS

HUPER Working Group, Madrid

The Human Performance (HUPER) Work- IFALPA visited Shanghai following ChALPA’s ex-
ing Group met in Madrid, 10-11 July 2019. pression of interest to host the IFALPA Conference
Kindly hosted by SEPLA, the group focused on in 2022. IFALPA delegates, along with host repre-
the important task of updating all of IFALPA’s sentatives from ChALPA, were graciously invited
medical Briefing Leaflets to reflect the latest to visit the Chinese state-owned aircraft manufac-
advances in medical science. turer COMAC.

The draft of a Briefing Leaflet to support During the tour they discussed potential coop-
IFALPA’s already-published Position Paper on eration in light of the Conference 2022 bid and
Radiation, 18POS02 - Protection from Ionizing beyond. All sides expressed great interest in
Radiation, was also finalized. strengthening IFALPA relationships in China and
working towards the common goal of reaching
The group reviewed command training meth- out to more Chinese pilots.
ods around the world to identify best practic-
es and the need for establishing standards, as Potential future projects were outlined and di-
well as manual flying training and the devel- cussed, including the possiblity of COMAC pilot
opment of a clear definition for manual flying. observers participating in certain IFALPA Com-
They also provided a review of pilot monitor- mittees and the opportunity for COMAC to gain
ing to build on existing publications with the exposure as sponsors at upcoming IFALPA Confer-
latest science. ences.

Most of this work will be reviewed by the full
HUPER Committee at their upcoming meeting
in Tokyo in November, and ideally published
soon after.

An IFALPA certificate of appreciation was
presented by HUPER Chairperson Captain
Tanja Harter to Captain Maria del Mar Alguacil
López, SEPLA Technical Department Deputy
Manager.

HUPER Working Group, Madrid Shanghai Visit