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News &

Notes

IFALPA MEETINGS & EVENTS

The Asia/Pacific Regional Meeting was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 4-7 November 2019. The
meeting was preceded by a highly successful Safety Seminar, opened by the State Minister for Civil
Aviation & Tourism and included speeches by the Chairman of the Biman Board of Directors, and
the Director General Civil Aviation for Bangladesh. The presentations included Go-Around Decision
Making, FRMS; Working with a National ANSP & Other Airspace Issues, Transformation of the Air
Traffic Management System and Infrastructure in the Asia Pacific Region, and a presentation from
IFATCA and how IFALPA works with ICAO.

It was BAPA’s 50th Anniversary and everyone was able to join in the celebrations which included
three dinner events, including the BAPA Anniversary Gala Dinner. It was a privilege for attendees
to meet some of the founding members of BAPA and learn how it was formed. The festive atmo-
sphere and generous hospitality were appreciated by all.

It was a well-attended meeting with 10 Associations represented. However, several MAs were un-
able to make it such as Hong Kong, Korea, and Indonesia - and especially India and Pakistan who
had visa issues.

For the technical and safety issues the Region continues to work on ensuring IFALPA is represented
at the many ICAO meetings in the Region. All the MAs in the Region were encouraged to become
more actively involved in the IFALPA Committees to enable them to become Subject Matter Experts
(SMEs).