APRM - Asia Pacific Regional Meeting, Sri Lanka, Nov 2024
The APAC Regional Meeting brought together pilot association representatives from across the Asia-Pacific region, Louise Pole and Marcus Diamond (AFAP) with Rob Herweynen (AIPA) representing Australia. Key regional concerns centred around the implementation of Positive Safety Culture (PSC), robust Safety Management Systems (SMS), proper Fatigue Management (FM) systems, and opposition to Reduced Crew Operations (RCO) through the 'Safety Starts with 2' campaign. Additional focus areas included improved rostering systems, standardisation of industry definitions, post-COVID recovery challenges, and the need for enhanced airline management relationships.
The three-day meeting featured comprehensive reports from Regional Vice Presidents and Member Associations, highlighting various challenges and developments across the region. Notable discussions included Airbus safety innovations, airport emergency services at Changi, and specific regional challenges such as GPS interference in Lahore and standby duty definitions in Singapore. The establishment of an APAC Technical Working Group was proposed, with AusALPA and ALPA Singapore invited to participate. The next APRM is scheduled for August 2025 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with the inaugural APAC TWG meeting planned for January 2025.
The Asia Pacific Executive Vice President (EVP) has requested our RVP (Cpt Louise Pole) assist in identifying suitable representative resources to assist with regional ICAO meetings.
IFALPA Recent and Relevant Papers:
Position Paper, DEC 2024 -
Transparency in Safety Management Systems
Safety Bulletin APR 2024 -
Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Services (ARFFS) in Australia
Safety Bulletin APR 2024 -
AusALPA Safety Bulletin - TIBA Airspace
Other APRIL 05, 2024 -
Two Pilots, One Priority: Elevating Flight Safety
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We Asked - You said
IFALPA survey request – all AFAP members
This survey is being run by Professor Geraint Harvey of Western University (London, Ontario, Canada).
The aim of the survey is to develop comprehensive information on a variety of industry pressures and the effect on our profession including topic areas of Reduced Crew Operations, the continued push for unrestrained liberalisation, gender and diversity, fatigue, challenges around retention and attraction, as well as a number of other issues important to our industry.
Participation in the survey is completely voluntary and
takes 30 minutes. The interviews are voluntary and completely anonymous and subject to the protections of the Data Transfer Agreement.
The survey link can be accessed below, with password
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https://uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5d6WiZ7AKYPfiWW
IFALPA/FSF Asia-Pacific Airline Pilot UPRT Survey
Dear Fellow Pilots,
We would like to ask you for a few minutes of your time to assist with a study of the Flight Safety Foundation aimed at better understanding of how Upset Prevention and Recovery Training is being implemented, as well as the problems associated with flight path management in aircraft with automated flight control systems. Accident and incident data suggest that the man machine interface we have be accustomed to for so many years may need to be reimagined if we are to maintain our high level of safety. We believe that it is important to obtain the opinion of line pilots who undergo training and operate on a day-to-day basis as an effective way to gauge the effectiveness of the training which you receive.
The survey will ask for the identity of your airline and aircraft type for purposes of analysis, but will be completely deidentified for any external use. Your name will never be associated with your answers.
If you would like to help out, please go to:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DW33SKD for the survey on Flight Path Management (FPM) and
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2JMLPJH for the survey on Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT)
When you are satisfied with your answers, click “done”. However, once you have hit the “done” button, you will be unable to amend the answers submitted.
We thank you in advance for your assistance in making our skies safer.
Yours Sincerely,
Your Colleagues in the Flight Safety Foundation