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In particular, Mr. Nurcahyo Utomo from Indonesia’s KNKT presented his final report of the Lion Air
B737MAX accident off the coast of Jakarta (29 October 2018), which had just been released.

Following the success of the very efficient breakout sessions organized at the 2018 meeting in Sydney, the
Chairman repeated the exercise, assigning dedicated groups to 5 different subjects: Flight Data Analysis
Programmes, GPS signal spoofing, Data protection, IFALPA input into ICAO documents on occurrence
investigations and safety publications, and cabin baggage during evacuations. Once again, this worked
extremely well, with all 5 groups completing their task for presentation on the final day of the meeting,
leading to the finalization of three template agreements and two Position Papers on Pilot Self-Assessment
Systems and Use of Transponder-Derived Data.

Hot topics continue to be the inappropriate use of Flight recorders (including Airborne Image Recorders),
Flight Data Analysis, and Data Protection. The lack of availability of many final reports due to political
pressure continues to be an issue, and the Committee was pleased to note the ongoing efforts of a
dedicated ICAO AIGP Working Group to address it. The Committee also expressed strong concerns over
the recent signing by two IFALPA Member Associations of agreements on the use of flight data that were
clearly in opposition to IFALPA’s positions. In both cases, the Member Association had not sought advice
from the Committee on the content of the document, resulting in wording that does not offer suitable
protection for their pilots. The Committee urged all Member Associations to first consult IFALPA before
signing any flight data-related agreement with their Operator.

The next AAP Committee meeting is planned at the headquarters of APLA in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
25-27 November 2020, at the kind invitation of Captain Daniel Bianco, EVP South America. The 2020 LEG
Committee meeting is also planned in the same venue on the two days before the AAP meeting, and it is
expected that a joint session will take place on subjects of common interest, such as misuse of data and
criminalization of pilots.

AAP Committee Meeting