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Dangerous Goods

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AN INTERVIEW WITH CAPTAIN SCOTT SCHWARTZ

IFALPA Dangerous Goods Committee Chairperson

Dangerous Goods (DG) are articles or substances which can
pose a risk to health, safety, property or the environment.
These include obvious things, such as explosives, radioactive
materials, flammable liquids, dangerous or reactive chemicals,
strong acids or bases, compressed gases, poisons and aerosols,
but in certain circumstances can also refer to everyday items
including toiletries, aerosols, tools and lithium batteries.

IFALPA’s DG Committee studies and investigates issues related
to DG and promotes their safe transportation by air. IFALPA
pilots participate in regulatory, standards development, and
advisory meetings worldwide in that effort.

IFALPA representatives are members of technical panels at
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and are
observers at the International Atomic Energy Agency and the
Universal Postal Union (UPU), serve on standards development
committees such as the SAE G-27 Lithium Battery Packaging
Committee, and have been asked for input by the World
Health Organization (WHO), Civil Aviation Authorities, and
other governmental and nongovernmental agencies and
groups around the world for pilots’ perspectives on dangerous
goods transport issues. Captain Scott Schwartz, who chairs this
Committee, gives an insight into this important work.