Flight Safety Committee

IFALPA published a Safety Bulletin concerning In-Flight Broadcast Procedure (IFBP) in the AFI Region.

We encourage you to take note of this important Safety Bulletin in case you operate in the AFI Region.

IFALPA published a Safety Bulletin concerning Winter Conditions at Northern Finland Airports

Safe winter operations normally require special procedures by airline maintenance, engineering, ground crew, and de-icing personnel. In Finland, FINAVIA and TRAFICOM publish an annual Safety Bulletin on winter conditions. The attached bulletin focuses on operations in northern Finland but the content is relevant to other locations subject to similar weather. It provides excellent guidance for both flight crews and operators.

We encourage you to take note of this important Safety Bulletin if you operate in oceanic airspace.

IFALPA published a Safety Bulletin based on information received from IFALPA ‘s Member Association for Iceland (FIA). FIA has notified IFALPA that operators may not be aware that Iceland has published a difference to ICAO SARPs in their AIP, which specifies that alternates are required for operations into Iceland.

We encourage you to take note of this important Safety Bulletin if you operate in to Iceland.

IFALPA published a Safety Bulletin based on an Operations Bulletin issued by US ALPA concerning the deployment of Con- troller-Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) in US en route Domestic Airspace.

We encourage you to take note of this important Safety Bulletin if you operate in US airspace.

IFALPA has been informed of some ATC coverage difficulties within the Addis Ababa (HAAA) FIR. IATA has recommended an expansion of the IFBP to include Ethiopian airspace until the issues have been resolved. This Safety Bulletin is a reissue of IATA Operations Notice (ON 005/2018). The IATA Operations Notice can be accessed on the IATA Safety & Flight Ops Operational Notices website.

We encourage you to take note of this important Safety Bulletin if you operate in the Addis Ababa (HAAA) FIR.

IFALPA published a Briefing Leaflet Drone Sighting Guidelines.

We encourage you to take note of this important Briefing Leaflet.

IFALPA published a Safety Bulletin regarding the recommended procedures in the Mogadishu (HCSM) FIR. This Safety Bulletin replaces 17SAB03 – Operations in Somali Airspace.

We encourage you to take note of this important Safety Bulletin if you operate in the Mogadishu (HCSM) FIR.

IFALPA published a Safety Bulletin as a reissue of IATA Operations Notice (ON 002/2018).This reissued Operational Notice alerts airlines of the on-going risk to aircraft operations at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport (VTBS/BKK) due to soft ground conditions affecting the taxiways, taxi lanes and aircraft stands. Soft ground conditions or “soft spots” have been encountered and reported by flight crews and ground service providers at VTBS/BKK since at least 2008.

We encourage you to take note of this important Safety Bulletin if you operate at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport (VTBS/BKK).

IFALPA published a Safety Bulletin regarding the implementation of Performance Based Communications Surveillance (PBCS) in the North Atlantic Organized Track System.Since March 29, 2018 the NAT OTS will publish PBCS tracks. (PBCS separation standards are being implemented worldwide.) PBCS replaces the existing RLatSM trials in the NAT OTS. By reducing the lateral and longitudinal separation standards, more aircraft will be able to benefit from the preferred core winds.

This provides Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs or simply “ATC”) the ability to publish up to nine tracks, with a half-degree of (lateral) separation and as little as 5 minutes in-trail separation (longitudinal), in the North Atlantic Organized Track System (NAT OTS).

By now airlines operating in the NAT region should have published training materials and Flight Operations Bulletins to crew-members educating them of these new standards and procedures.

Please refer to your company’s materials for more detailed information.

We encourage you to take note of this important Safety Bulletin if you operate in the NAT region.