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A quarterly recap of the Federation’s activities at
the International Civil Aviation Organization

BY CAROLE COUCHMAN, MBE
IFALPA Senior Technical & Regional Officer

ICAO AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT International IFR operations bt Remotely
OPERATIONS (ATMOPSP) Piloted Aircraft (RPA). Over 175 comments
Working Group 8 of the ATMOPS Panel met on Chapters 5-14 of Annex 6 Part IV were
from 28 October to 1 November 2019. During addressed and still awaiting secretariat review.
the week there was a joint meeting with some Delivery of Annex 6 Part IV has been delayed,
of the Working Groups from the Remotely it is currently estimated at March 2021-2022.
Piloted Aircraft Systems Panel (RPASP) This is due to the reduction by ICAO to the
concerning the Loss of the C2 (Command and Panel.
Control) link and the actions after a Detect and
Avoid (DAA) maneuver. The President of the IFALPA participated in WG 5 and assisted in
Air Navigation Commission (ANC), together the work to convert the existing Part IV to
with two Commissioners attended the Annex 6 into the required format as requested
meeting on the second day for an exchange by the ICAO Secretariat which is now
of views on future work. broadly aligned with Annex 6 Part I. IFALPA
influenced discussion mainly surrounded the
The Panel further discussed items such as the requirement for detect and avoid capability
ATS Planning Manual, SID/STAR phraseology and lost C2 link. The next meeting will be 16-
implementation, ATFM (Air Traffic Flow 20 March 2020.
Management), Global Aeronautical Distress
& Safety System (GADSS), responses to ICAO ATMRPP WG/38
unauthorized UAS activity, and ADS-B The Air Traffic Management Requirements and
implementation in the United States. Performance Panel (ATMRPP) mainly works
on the development and implementation of
The Panel received presentations on Remote Flight & Flow Information for a Collaborative
Tower implementation in several countries. Environment (FF-ICE) to facilitate (4D)
Trajectory Based Operation (TBO). This
IFALPA introduced a Working Paper related to is supposed to enable aircraft flying as
redundancy in operations related to Remote near as possible to their desired trajectory
Tower Centers and provided information by constantly negotiating routes before
related to SID/STAR phraseology and departure (Release I) and with live updates
procedure design. during flight (Release II). A key enabler is
information sharing of all stakeholders via
ICAO REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS System Wide Information Management
(RPASP) (SWIM), more specifically a tool called Flight
RPASP/15 was held the same week. In Information Exchange Model (FIXM). FF-ICE
addition to the joint meeting with ATMOPSP, Release I (FF-ICE/R1) consequently includes
work continued in developing Standards a new flight planning system, which will co-
and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and exist with the present FPL2012 system during
guidance material for the integration of a transition phase.