27 August New Airspace Users: Managing These As An Industry August 27, 2018 Delegates from AusALPA attended the 35th ATS/Airline Safety Forum, which was hosted by Airservices Australia (AsA) in Brisbane, 24-25 May 2018. The annual forum provides an opportunity for the industry to collectively share safety information and lessons learnt to ensure an integrated approach to risk management on critical issues... Read more>> Related Posts When Two Become One: The Risks of Reduced Crew Operations Continuous developments and technological advancements in aviation have ensured flying remains the safest form of transportation in the world. These improvements aid in managing the workload for pilots, however, such automations cannot replace the training, judgement, flying, decision-making skills, and experience pilots need to navigate through the complexity of the airspace system and respond to emergency situations. Read more>> A SNOWTAM for Cairns? Continuous developments and technological advancements in aviation have ensured flying remains the safest form of transportation in the world. These improvements aid in managing the workload for pilots, however, such automations cannot replace the training, judgement, flying, decision-making skills, and experience pilots need to navigate through the complexity of the airspace system and respond to emergency situations. Read more>> Report: IFALPA ATS Committee Meeting As the new AusALPA Air Traffic Services (ATS) Portfolio Chairman, my main focus involves overseeing the air traffic and meteorology aspects of the industry and to get involved when required, in order to make a positive difference to the piloting community. We have a great group of volunteers at AusALPA who are always monitoring current issues and potential changes that could impact our flying activities and jobs, as well as looking at how the Association can better influence these changes so that the best outcomes are delivered, preferably in line with ICAO standards and world’s best practice.... Read more>> Safety & Technical Update AusALPA continues its participation in LRSTs at most major Australian airports and provides input into their projects, including the installation and operation of stopbars, low visibility operations, wildlife and major works projects. These include the implementation of a Low-Level Windshear and Turbulence Alerting System (LLWAS), using LIDARs to provide real-time alerts to pilots, at Sydney Airport, the overlay of RWY 16/34 and the construction of Melbourne Airport's third runway... Read more>> AIPA/UNSW Mentoring Program The last couple of years have been an interesting ride, to say the least. While most in our profession have been stood down, and many have found ourselves engaging in all manner of alternate activities, including operating farm machinery, drivin buses and even sticking swabs up people's schnozzes, some in the industry have continued to fly. Amongst those who continued to fly, albeit in quite modified and often very restricted ways, were the students from UNSW... Read more>> Blowing in the Wind: The Introduction of New Runways and Implementation of PBN Enhancements With the impact of COVID-19, you may feel that there is no good aviation news “blowing in the wind”. This is far from the case, with two new runways about to be opened in Australia, increasing capacity, whilst the proposed standardisation of Performance Based Navigation (PBN) approach naming, and other enhancements will make these approaches both safer and more efficient. Read more>> Comments are closed.