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BUILDING BRIDGES IN MONTREAL
Building
Bridges
in Montreal
IFALPA’s First EVP/RVP Workshop a Success!
On 27 and 28 June 2019, IFALPA’s Regional Vice Presi-
dents, Executive Board members, guests, keynote speak-
ers, and Secretariat staff assembled for the much-antic-
ipated EVP/RVP workshop. The first of what is to be a
regular event, the workshop built on momentum from the
2019 IFALPA Conference in Berlin and adopted the same
resonant motto, Building Bridges.
The goals of the workshop were fivefold: (1) To inform
participants about IFALPA structure and governance, op-
eration and budget, basic documents, and strategic plan,
with a focus on the Federation’s relationship with ICAO.
An overview of the new structure of IFALPA Professional
and Government Affairs, and its implications for Commit-
tee and Regional work was also included, along with a
review of the new IT strategy and its set of collaborative
platforms.
(2) To raise awareness about the need for collaboration,
exchange, and cooperation between the Regions and
across Regional Representation, Committee leadership,
and volunteers.
(3) To identify expectations of the Regional Representa-
tion structure both within IFALPA and its Member Asso-
ciations, and externally from other aviation stakeholders,
pilots, and pilot groups who are not IFALPA members.
(4) To review and amend existing documents including
mandates for Elected Officers, and their current activity
portfolio.
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IFALPA Workshop participants visit ICAO Headquarters, Montreal
(5) To collect input to develop guidance and supporting material for Re-
gional Representation/ Representatives, including training.
“Bringing names
Managing Director Christoph Schewe opened the session with an IFALPA
and faces together general overview including information on the history, mission, structure
and governance, key documents, services, and budget of the Federation.
in an informal
yet focused IFALPA Technical Director and Representative to ICAO Captain Mike Jack-
son followed with a presentation on IFALPA’s work with ICAO and how the
environment was a Federation influences the development of SARPs (Standards and Recom-
mended Practices). He explained that IFALPA provides crucial expertise as a
valuable exercise.
Permanent Observer at the Air Navigation Commission, as well as by at-
This should help tending numerous panel meetings every year at ICAO HQ in Montreal and
throughout the Organization’s seven Regional Offices around the world.
foster better
communication A panel discussion entitled IFALPA Regions Today and Tomorrow was
moderated by Carole Couchman, Senior Technical and Regional Officer. The
and understanding panel was comprised of four out of five Regional EVPs, including EVP AFI/
MID Captain Souhaiel Dallel, EVP ASIA/PAC Captain Ishtiaque Hossain, EVP
of the role that CAR/NAM Captain Mike Geer, and EVP SAM Captain Daniel Bianco. Assess-
each EVP/RVP/EB ments of present successes and challenges were compared with the EVP’s
goals for the future.
and staff plays in
While the Regions differ in many ways, including representational size,
the overall IFALPA economic and political situation, culture, and geography, the conversation
structure.” tended to focus on the unifying factors. Safety issues, regulators, coping
with industrial problems, supporting Member Associations, and attracting
Cpt. Mike Jackson new membership are common concerns, and this collaboration helped both
new and experienced Regional Representatives to refine and clarify their
vision moving forward.