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IFATCA JOURNAL OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

THE CONTROLLER Frankfurt am Main, October 1964

Volume 3 · No. 4

Publisher: International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations, Cologne-Wahn Airport, Germany .

Officers of IFATCA: L. N . Tekstra, President; G . W. Monk, Executive Secretary; Maurice Cerf, First Vice President; Roger Sadet, Second Vice President; Hans W. Thau , Hon. Secretary; Henning Throne, Treasurer; Walter Endlich , Editor.

Editor: Walter H. Endlich, 3, rue Roosendael, Bruxe lles-Forest, Belgique Telephone: 456248 Production and Advertising Sales Office: W.Kromer&Co., 6 Frankfurt am Main NO 14, Bornheimer Landwehr 57a, Phone 44325, Postscheckkonto Frankfurt am Main 11727.

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Report of the 3rd Annual IFATCA Conference, Brussels 1964 Agenda

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Opening Ceremony

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Sub-Committee A

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Contributors are expressi ng their personal points of view and opinions, which must not necessarily coincide with thos e of the International Federation of Air Traff ic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA).

Sub-Committee B

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Public Meeting

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IFATCA does not assume responsibility for statements mode and opinions expressed, it does only accept responsibility for publishing these contributions.

Attendance List

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Appendices to the Conference .. .. . .... . . .. . . . ·

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Resolutions .... .... . . ..... . ....... . . . .. .

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cism. No payment can be made for manuscripts submitted for publication in "The Controller". The Ed itor reserves the right to make any editorial changes in manuscripts,

which he beli eves will improve the material without altering the intended meaning.

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Advertisers in this Issue: Th e Decca Na vigator Company, Ltd. (4). Decca Radar Lim ited (53). Cessor El ectronics, Ltd . (55). N . V. Holland se Signaalapparaten (5). The Marconi Company, Ltd. (2, 3). Selenia S. p . A. (Back Cover). The Solartron Elec tronic Group, Ltd . (54). Standard Elektr ik Lorenz (27). Te lefunken A. G . (Inside Front Cover).

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Eurocontrol Experimental Centre

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High Level Air Turbulence . . ..... . . . .. · · · · · · · · · · · · ·

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Important Eurocontrol Decisions .

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Fifth Convention of the Guild of ATCO held at Bournemouth

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Research Projects in the Field of Aviation Safety

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Ninth ATCA Convention, Atlantic City . . . . . . . . . . .

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Report of the Third Annual IFATCA-Conference Brussels-21st to 23rd April 1964 Agenda Page

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Opening Ceremony

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Roll Call of Directors

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List of unrepresented affiliated Associations

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Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

P.4.1 Applications for membership from Canada, Uruguay, and Italy P. 4.2 Membership difficulties

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Presentation by the Honorary Secretary of the Report of the 2nd Annual Conference, London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Report of the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Appointment of Sub-Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

P. 7.1 Sub-Committee A Administration and Nomination Sub-Committee B Technical and Professional P. 7.1.1 Rules of procedure for Sub-Committees P. 7.2 Appointment of Officers of the Sub-Committees

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Sub-Committee A A .1

Report A.1.1 A.1 .2 A.1.3

of the Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Honorary Secretary Executive Secretary Treasurer and Auditors A.1.3.1 Balance Sheet and Income and Expenditure Account Editor

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Reports of Standing Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A.2.1 S.C.11 "Publications and Public Relations " A.2.2 S.C.111 ,,Finance"

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Budget

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Organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A.4.1 Rules of procedure for Sub-Committees A.4.2 Lay-out of Technical Papers A.4.3 Standing Committe e on Awards

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Standing Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A.6.1 Proposals by the Elective Officers A.6.2 Proposals by the Association of Israel A.6.3 Proposal by the Netherlands Association A.6.2 Nomination of Officers by the Associations

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A.8.l Tran sport Difficulties A.8.2 Venue and Date of next Annual Conference

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Report and Proposals to the Conference . .. . .. . . . .. ... . .. . . .. . . . ... . .. .. . . . .

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Repo rt of th e Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B. 1.1 lst Vice-Presiden t B. 1.2 2nd Vice-President Report of Standing Committee . . ... .. .. . ... .. . . . . . . ............... .. . . . . .. . .

B. 2.1 S.C. 1 Technical and Professional Matte rs B. 2.2 Technical Papers s ubmitte d to !CAO B. 2.2.l Propos e d Radar Proce du res B. 2.3 Technical Papers B. 2.3 .1 Simultaneou s Use of Parallel Run wa ys B.2.3.2 Closed Circuit Televi s ion B. 2.3.3 Require ment for better Radar Dis plays B. 2.3.4 Air/ Ground Data Links B. 2.3.5 In te g rated Civ il/ Military A.T.C. B.2.3.6 Appraisal of Radar Equipment for A.T.C.

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Co-operation with International Organisation s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B.3.1 Reports on Meet ings B.3.1.1 !CAO RAC/ OPS Montreal May, 1963 B. 3.1.2 U.K. Mini stry of Aviation Sympos ium on Res earch and Deve lopmen t of Electronics for Civil Aviation, Se pt./Oct., 1963 B. 3.1.3 IFALPA Supe rsonic Tran sport Symposi um London, Nove mb e r 1963 B.3.1 .4 B. 3.1.5 EUROCAE G e neral Asse mbly, Zur ich April 1964 B. 3.2 Future Mee ting s B. 3.2.1 !CAO AFl / RAN , Rome Nov./De c., 1964

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Work B. 4.1 B. 4.2 B. 4.3 B. 4.4

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Addre ss by Mr. F. Be rtrand , Mini ste r of Communi ca tion s, Be lgium . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Re ply by the Pres id e nt

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Location and Date of th e nex t Annual Confe re nce . . . .... . . .. . .

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Clos ing Address by th e Presi d e nt

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A . M azie rs, Presiden t of the Belg ian Gui ld o f Ai r Traffic Contro l Officers , d el ivering the Opening Address; (I. to r .) 2nd Vice- Pre sident R. Sadet, Th e Guest of Honour, RVA's Director Genera l R. Lecomte, IF A TCA Pres ide nt L. N. Tekstra, l st Vi ce- Pres ident M . Cerf, Executive Sec retary G .

Monk , The President of the Be lgian Guild , Editor W. En dlich.

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Agenda Item P. 1

Opening Ceremony The 3rd Annual Conference of the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations convened on the 21 st April, 1964, in the Pala is des Congres, Brussels.

Mr. A. Maziers, the President of the Belgian Guild of Air Traffic Controllers, welcomed the delegates ond observers. At the conclusion of his Address, he introduced Monsieur R. Lecomte, Director General de la Regie des Voies Aeriennes, who officially opened the Conference.

Opening Address by Mr. A. Maziers, President of the Belgian Guild of Air Traffic Controllers It is with great pride and pleasure that I, on behalf of the Belgian Guild of Air Traffic Controllers, welcome the President, the Officers, the Directors, the Delegates and Guests to the 3rd Annual IFATCA Conference.

By having been chosen as the place for this Conference, the city of Brussels has yet another occasion to confirm its international vocation.

At the crossroads of Germanic and Latin cultures and by its open and cosmopolitan look, Brussels hos always attracted many visitors.

I thank all our guests who by their efforts have succeeded ta be present at this Conference.

I am especially thinking of the Delegates who have not hesitated to travel for thousands of miles to meet here.

In its turn the Belgian Guild has tried to be worthy of your expectations. Our desire is to make your stay in our town a most agreeable and a most enjoyable one.

On this occasion I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Belgian Authorities who gave their help and advice in the organisation of this Conference.

We, in particular, thank Monsieur M. Malderez, Secretaire general du Ministere des Communications, Monsieur J. Vrebos, Directeur general de !'Administration des Transports, Monsieur P. Nollet, Directeur general de !'Administration de l'Aeronautique, Monsieur R. Lecomte, our Director General, Messieurs L. Godart, J. Van Elst and J. Emplit of the Regie des Voies Aeriennes.

I beg the pardon of all other persons who have given their collaboration and whose names I happen to forget mentioning here.

Finally, I wish the Conference fruitful discussions and complete success.

I now introduce to you Monsieur R. Lecomte, Director General of the ~egie des Yoies Aeriennes, who, by his address, will officially open the proceedings .

Address by the Guest of Honour, Monsieur R. Lecomte, Directeur-General de la Regie des Voies Aerienne Ladies and Gentlemen, I am feeling very honoured to have the opportunity of addressing you at the opening of this 3rd IFATCA Conference.

The participants of your Conference are numerous: 70 members corning from 22 countries and approximately as many observers and guests representing governmental administrations, international organisations and private enterprises concerned with the safety of air traffic.

I wish them all a hearty welcome in Be lgium and in Brussels. I know that the organisers of your conference have spared no effort to make your stay among us a really agreeable one.

Spring is with us, and the sun. They wil l help them to reach their purpose.

The time is specially favourable to hold a Conference of Air Traffic Controllers in Belgium, and this for several reasons.

The first reason is that the Belgian ATS services have been recently "restructurated", to use our local administrative jargon. The whole organisation has been given a new structure, from briefing, aeronautical information publications to actual air traffic control. New salary scales have been put into force and I feel sure that they will be an abundant source of discussions among you .

My second reason is that you may be interested in our new ATC Training Centre which has recently been opened at Brussels National in rooms especially adapted and equipped for the purpose with the most recent type of equipment, including the simulators. Special care has been taken to select and to form a group of efficient instructors for the Centre.

A third reason to be happy of your presence amongst us in this spring of 1964: The Brussels ATS: APP and ACC have just moved in their new rooms, with a totally new ATC furniture and the most modern telecommunication and radar equipment. Those of you who will give us th e pleasure of vi siting these new installations in Brusse ls National next Thursday will have an opportunity to judge by themselves and to criticis e quite freely.

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I would not like to pass over the fact that, a month and a half ago, responsibility for the operation of Air Traffic Services in the upper airspace has been taken over by the Eurocontrol Agency in the member-countries of this new organisation. Problems, numerous problems remain to be solved but the motion has been given a start and we hope it will soon gain some momentum.

Other problems are to be solved in other sectors too. It would be fastidious to enumerate them all but we all know that they result from he rapid quantitative growth of the air traffic, from the increase in the number of fast flying aircraft and from the lack of homogeneity of the traffic.

Research programmes and live experiments in a more or less large scale have aimed in several countries to a greater use of automatic and semi-automatic control systems.

It does not seem that the results of those researches and experiments have led to the conclusions that, for a forseeable future, the human intelligence and the human judgment might be dispensed with. They will for quite a long time remain the essential element achieving a safe, orderly flow of traffic and, I hope, an economical and punctual operation of the air transport system.

Your profession is a most noble profession and you know it. The fact that you are grouped in an international federation gives still more weight to the expression of your collective opinions as to the organisation of that profession and as to its integration into the complex mechanism of international air transport.

Your influence has started to be felt during recent ICAO divisional meetings where your representatives have had the possibility to present the results of your experience and your thinking.

You will have a new occasion to confront your points of view, and to agree, I hope, within your profession on some conclusions.

I suggest that every one of you will benefit of this unique opportunity to fulflll his own information as to the activities he does not practice himself but which closely touch his own sphere of action.

It is by spreading the fan of your curiosities, by attempting to understand the difficulties of your colleague who provides you the elements or the technical tools of your own work that you will fee! best the solidarity of all of those who are collaborating in the success of our professional life.

I form the most sincere wishes for the success of your deliberations.

I shall follow them, with my staff, with the greatest interest.

Address by the President of IFATCA, Mr. L. N. Tekstra, of the Netherlands Guild of Air Traffic Controllers Mr. Director General, Distinguished Guests, Gentlemen, Thank you very much, M. Lecomte, for your kind words of welcome to this IFATCA-Conference, assembled for the first time in this beautiful city, which is called: "The future Capital of Europe." We have already tasted the friendly and hospitable atmosphere surrounding us, and we are very impressed by the facilities offered.

M. Maziers, President of our host-association must be congratulated on the results of his Guild's efforts in organizing this conference. This task can best be compared with an aptitude test for the local association, and it appears to me that the Belgian Guild of Air Traffic Controllers has passed this test with flying colours.

One of the tests involved is trying to achieve a good relationship with the national ATC authorities, in the knowledge that this is a condition for ultimate success of any ATC Association. The Belgian Guild may be justifiably proud of the fact that their national authorities have shown an active interest in the organization of this 3rd Annual IFATCA Conference. I trust that the high objectives of the Federation and the extensive representation ot this conference of a great variety of aviation interests will result in high level of discussions, worthy of the cooperation of the national authorities of our host-country, represented here by our Guest of Honour, M. Lecomte.

On behalf of the officers and directors of the Federation I would like to express our appreciation for the response to our invitations to national and international ATC authorities, industry, operators and our professional opposite numbers: the aircrews . It is noteworthy that the aircrews are at this conference not only represented by the international bodies of Air Line Pilots ond Navigators, but that for the first time General Aviation is also represented.

In my opinion this representation of Generai Aviation is very appropriate ai this first IFATCA Conference after the ICAO RAC/OPS Meeting 1963. I take this opportunity to break a lance here for the interests of General Aviation, which forms an ever-growing part of the total traffic volume, which fact can be no longer disregarded.

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Controlled airspace, the domain of our profession is established primarily for the control of IFR traffic. This is probably the reason why General Aviation has so far been treated in a rather step-motherly fashion by the ATC-profession, since the greater port of this aviation sector operates in accordance with the Visual Flight Rules. There is a growing tendency to regard the extensive use of controlled airspace by VFR-traffic as contradictory to the purpose of controlled airspace: the separation of !FR-traffic, in order to prevent collisions. Even to a layman it appears unlogical to establish a service for preventing collisions between I FR-traffic, whilst VFR traffic is free to operate at random on and across the highways of the air, the relative separation between controlled and uncontrolled traffic depending on what we in IFATCA believe to be an obsolete principle : that of "to see and to be seen".

The concept of "Extended Control" os developed at last year's ICAO RAC/OPS Divisional Meeting, widens the scope of ATC and the ATC-profession. Whilst the objectives of early trials has been to separate VFR from IFR traffic, the new concept "extends the provisions of control service (or a modified version of it) to VFR traffic in selected portions of controlled airspace".

This concept is in line with the policy accepted by IFATCA at the London Conference, and we ore definitely in favour of a speedy implementation of the "Extended Control" principle.

It is already clear that the implementation of "Extended Control" presents its problems, both nationally and internationally. In this stage the governing principle must not be lost sight of : the object is the extension of ATC service to VFR flights, rather than the imposition of severe restrictions on this type of traffic. Regional co-ordination between States, especially here in Western Europe with its great number of boundaries, should be effected even i n this trial phase, to prevent the development of a chaotic situation, which will make the execution of international VFR flights practically impossible.

The observation made at the RAC/OPS Meeting, that "specified minimum requirements with respect to aircraft equipment and pilot proficiency" should be met, undoubtedly has I FATCA's support. One of the main difficulties in our relations with General Aviation is the wide variety of pilot-proficiency encountered in this aviation-sector; which ranges from highly experienced pilots of near-commercial executive aircraft, to the inexperienced sometimes completely ignorant holders of private pilot licences. The very high requirements for an instrument rating discourage private pilots to take part in advanced training programmes. The benefits of the Air Traffic Control service could be extended to many more pilots, when a limited instrument rating would be introduced, which gives the right to execute YFR flights in "Extended Control" airspace. The requirements for such rating should be based on skills known to be essential for operating in controlled airspace: proficiency in navigation and communicat ion, and a sound knowledge of procedures . Private pilot training to an acceptable level would surely be stimulated by the introduction of such a limited rating, and I am convinced that this would contribute considerably to the safety of air navigation .

At the same time the establishment of "Extended Control" Airspace would be facilitated by the fact that the availability of such a rating lessens the consideration that VFR traffic might be curtailed excessively, especially so when the lower limit is fixed at a reasonable height to allow for uncontrolled VFR training and sport-flights.

I am of the opinion that a more positive attitude towards the problems of General Aviation should be developed by controllers and national authorities . "Control of VFR traffic" will presumably be on the Federation 's work-programme for some time to come, to assist in finding practical solutions for problems met in this trial phase.

The capacity of the ATC systems will definitely have to be increased in relation with the demands made on the service. The extension of ATC service to VFR flights in selected controlled airspaces (read: high traffic density airspaces) will no doubt put an extra burden on controllers . ATC will have to be adapted to the changing environment in which it operates, and at the same time prepare for the demands of the future, spelled in three letters: S.S.T. New techniques in radar and introduction of automation to ATC appear to hold the solution for the problems in hand. The Member-Associations will be more and more called upon to assist in the introduction and evaluation of new techniques, which will have to be critically cons idered in their operat ional aspects . It seems appropriate here to give a note of warning against going to extremes in this process , some groups of controller s tending to be opposed to any innovation, whilst others in their enthusiasm for new techniques might tend to over-improvisation . Admittedly this latter group is small, it being a well known fact that controllers ore indeed rather conservative. This may be surprising in a young profession like ours, but considering the enormous responsibility carried on a daily routine bas is, it is not at all strange.

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If controllers are called "doubting Thomases" in some quarters, because they want to see before believing, there is a good reason for this, controllers often seeing things they can hardly believe and this goes for traffic situations, procedures and hardware alike. Nevertheless we must of necessity try to overcome our professional distrust in new techniques, on penalty of being excluded from development.

It is quite clear that the Air Traffic Controllers' profession is more and more appreciated as a key-position in aviation. The devotion of the profession is proverbial and I would like to close this opening ceremony with an experience I had only a few months ago. When attending the annual dinner of one of the Member-Associations , the charming wife of the Chairman was my partner; looking at the happy faces around the table, she was suddenly startled by the sound of a jet aircraft taking off. I ws surprised to see the wife of a controller living very close to the airport, being startled by jet noise, but she explained: that for a moment she had thought of a collision of this aircraft with the dining-hall, in which some 80% of all controllers had gathered. Her first thought was not for the personal consequences of such tragedy, she seemed genuinely concerned with the operational consequences.

Apart from providing a scheme for a new aviation novel, this incident gives ample food for thought and illustrates at once the devotion to and the key position of the profession.

Trusting that our deliberations of he coming two days will prove a great step forward in the young history of the Federation, I am closing down in standard phraseology : "BRUSSELS CONFERENCE, GO AHEAD ."

Ag enda Item P. 2

Roll Call of Directors The Honorary Secretary, Mr. H. W. Thau (Germany) was requested to make the roll call of Directors, and the following acknowledged attendance: Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom

Mr. H. Brandstetter Mr. A. Maziers Mr. H. Dall Mr. E. Emaus Mr. J. Flament Mr. H. Krause Mr. N. Gonos Mr. V. Olafsson Mr. M. F. McCabe Mr. J. Wachtel Mr. A. Feltes Mr. J. van Ginkel Mr. 0. Saebo Mr. A. Ahlborn Mr. B. Ruthy Mr. A. Field

List of unrepresented affiliated Associations

Agenda Item P. 3

The Central African Association was unable to be represented, having run into organisational difficulties.

Membership

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Applications for Affiliation

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The Honorary Secretary, Mr. H. W. Thau said that applications had been received from : The Canadian Air Traffic Control Association .

The Air Traffic Controllers' Association of Uruguay.

The Italian Air Traffic Controllers Association.

Information regarding the applications of Canada and Uruguay had been circulated to Associations, but the Italian application had been received immediately before the Conference, and some financial aspects required consideration. He suggested that these be considered by Sub-Committee A. He had examined the Constitution of the Italian Association and had found it to be in general agreement with the IFA TCA Constitution. Representatives from the Associations of Uruguay and Italy were present, but Canada had not found it possible to attend.

The President said he had received a telegram from Mr. J. R. Campbell, the President of the Canadian Association, which read as fol lows:

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"On behalf of the membership and National Executive of the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association may I take this opportunity to wish IFATCA and all affiliated representatives every success at the 1964 Brussels Conference. May IFATCA continue to progress throughout the years to come towards greater safety and better air traffic control for our aviation public while continuing to provide an international example of the friendship and mutual understanding prevalent between all controllers around the world."

The President had replied on behalf of the Conference, thanking the Canadian Association for their good wishes and concurring with their hopes for the future.

The President asked if there was any opposition to the applications of the three Associations, pending completion of constitutional formalities, which would be cons idered by Sub-Committee A. On a vote, the applications were approved as follows: Canada 15 in fovour with 1 abstention 16 in favour Uruguay 16 in favour Italy The President extended a hearty welcome to the new Member Associations, and expressed a particular pleasure that Canada and Uruguay, from the other part of the world, had joined the Federation. IFATCA had long had contacts with Italy, and it was welcomed

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Membership difficulties

The President reported that the Central African Association had run into difficu lties due to the break up of the Central African Federation of the Rhodesias and Nyasaland. He recommended that the matter should be referred to Sub-Committee A, which would be considering it under the Report of Standing Committee Ill on "Finance". This was agreed.

Agenda Item P. 5

Report of the London Conference 1963 The Report had been published in two parts: in "The Control ler" and in an IFATCA Circular. It had been compiled by Mr. L. S. Vass (U.K.) and edited by Standing Committee II. The President thanked Mr. Vass, Mr. Endlich and the members of Standing Committee II for the hard work they had put into the task.

Mr. Van Ginkel (Netherlands) said that the publish ing al the Report in two parts, which reduced printing casts and made it mare interesti ng to read, was acceptable to the Netherland' s Guild.

He drew attenjion to mino r inaccuraci es in the Repo rt, viz.,

"The Controller" Vol. 2 No. 2, page 14, Sub-Committee B. Attendance . Mr. J. Evenhuis should replace Mr. L. N. Tekstra.

Item 10 "The Controlle r" Vol. 2 No. 2, page 14, Report of Treasurer and Auditors. "and A-3" in the margin should be deleted.

Item 10 "The Controller" Vol. 2 No. 2, page 20, Pilot/Controller Relationsh ip. The Paper al the President was introduced in Sub-Committee B, not A. Item 9

The Hon orary Secretary, Mr. H. W. Thau , agreed that the proposed amendments were co rrect, and the Report would be ame nded accord ingly.

The Report, as amended, was accepted unanimously.

Agenda Item P. 6

Annual Report of the President Introduction

The activity of the Federation has been reported in seve ral ways : by letters from th e Secretariat, reports of representatives at international meetings, a report of the Officers' Meeting in Cologne, and finally in the reports of Officers and Standing Committees.

I do not wish to duplicate these reports, but would like to highlight some points, wh ich in my opinion deserve extra attention from the Conference. In this review I will follow the order of the Agenda, for easier reference during your discussions.

Membership

The well-being of a young body is commonly judged by a periodical check on its growth.

In this respect the Treasurer's Report holds some interesting news: growth in some MemberAssociations has been negative, which reflects internal d ifficulties encountered by these Associations, which we hope will be overcome soon.

However, this loss in the number of ind ividual members is more than made good by the application of the Canadian, Uruguayan and Italian ATCA's to be affiliated to the Fe deration. These new members are we lcome in more than one rnspect, th e most important 12

being the strengthening of the internationol character of the Federation, which so far has been a predominantly European affair. More applications from different parts of the world are expected soon, as a result of contacts maintained with ATC-Associations during the past year.

The outcome of this periodical check on our growth is, that we are losing a little weight in some parts, but that a very important new aspect is added in other parts, with an overall result of growth . This warrants the conclusion that the Federation is coming to adolescence.

The number of Corporation Members has increased in 1963, although for an international body like ours the total number achieved is still far from impressive. We trust that the growing activity of the Federation will attract new Corporation Members to ioin those manufacturers who have supported us in our first steps. We are very grateful indeed for this support, not only for the much appreciated financial help, but also for the closer contact achieved with industry, which to a controller in the field is rather remote, since contacts with industry are normally maintained at management level.

It is surprising to find that we have great difficulty in attracting Airline Companies as Corporation Member. It would seem that these companies are the first to realize the gains of good controlmanship and to suffer by bad controlmanship. We regret that some of these companies have declined our request for support and active co-operation with a friendly hint to their statutes. I am sure to speak on behalf of all members in making an urgent appeal to all Airline Companies to show their appreciation for the dedication and goodwill experienced from our profession, and to ioin us in our efforts to promote good controlmanship in the interest of air safety and economy.

At the London Conference 1963 a trial was made with dividing the Agenda-items into two main headings, Administrative and Professional, each to be considered by a Sub-Committee . This procedure has practically doubled the capacity of the Conference and is followed ago in this time. Rules of Procedure for the conduct of th ese meetings have been drafted, and it is suggested that these be applied at the present Conference.

Sub-Committee A Sub-Committee A is charged with the administrative subiects. The most important aspect of our administrative policy during the last year has been the appointment of an Executive Secretary, following the resolution of the London Conference .

I must congratulate the Federation with the appointment of Mr. Goeffrey Monk to his very important office. The way he has started to give his iob its place within the Federation deserves our admiration, the more so, when considering that his enthusiasm and work-output have been inversely proportional to the small reward we can offer for his services. If ever I do not agree with him, it is i n the last lines of his report : when an Executive Secretary of his age can be so energetic, we have no need for a young man in this office, and I sincerely hope that he will be able to continue to serve the Federation in good health for a number of years .

The load on the Honorary Secretary has been considerably eased by the Executive Secretary, whose activity has tended, however, to increase the co-ordination between the Officers, which results in increased internal correspondence. This paper-contact can of course hardly replace the effectiveness of a sound discussion. We have therefore adopted as customary one Officers' Meeting during the year to discuss current affairs and to prepare for next year's conference .

We regret that once ogain we have foiled to meet the Constitutional deadline for the Final Agenda and supporting papers to be sent to the Member-Associations. I realize that this is a great draw-back for the Associations and their Directors in studying these papers and preparing their comment for the Conference. There is not much point in summing up the difficulties which have led to this situation again; the Officers will do their utmost to do better next time. For this time I ask your full co-operation , and utmost exploitation of all available time between sessions and social functions, to make the best of our discussions .

The financial situation is a constant worry for the Officers, the main responsibility for this item being very aptly carried by our Treasurer. In discussing the Income and Expenditure Account you will find that we have only iust succeeded in making both ends meet, the small surplus being only a part of the extra income over and above the Budget due to increased membership .

In the Budget you will find that the "Expenses for Delegates Attending International Conferences" is in effect used as a closing entry. We must be aware that realization of our policy is chiefly effected by being represented at important meetings, which iustifies a high order of priority being accorded to this item by the Officers, when during the year the income exceeds th e estimated income on the Budget.

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The fact that the German Association has continued ta carry the financial responsibility for "THE CONTROLLER" is not left unnoticed. It is quite clear that we are endebted to the German Association for their consistency in accepting the consequences of their offer made at the Constitutional Meeting Amsterdam 1961. I wish ta convey my sincere gratitude ta this Association on behalf of all Member-Associations, some of which, we must admit, have not come up to expectations with regard to the intention of the Amsterdam Resolution on a common journal. I would like to repeat this intention, wh ich forms the only sound financial basis for our journal: That every individual member should get his personal copy of "THE CONTROLLER".

Only a few Associations so far have ordered a number of copies equal to, or in excess of their number of members, and I make an urgent appeal to those Associations which have failed in this respect, to try and supply all their members with a copy.

The Federation is not yet called upon to take over the financial consequences of this goodwill ambassador for the profession, but in due time we must be ready to face this responsibility which cannot forever be left to one Association.

The Editor, apart from having to take into account the financial consequence of his publications, is at the same time confronted with continuous lack of contributions from the Member-Associations. News on the operational side, implementation of new procedures, lessons learnt from bad or good experience, all these are worth-while material. The same goes for experience of the Associations in their organizational matters, from which .others could learn quite a lot. Contributions from within the profession would considerably promote our objects of international co-operation with the aim to promote the profession.

Although controllers are evidently opposed to laying down procedures in excessive detail, it is clear that some farm of procedure must be laid down for our internal dealings. Proposals to this effect are made by the Officers with the object to facilitate procedure at conferences and to standard ize the paper-output of the Federation.

Standing Committees At the London Conference o successful effort was mode to reduce the number of Standing Committees, but during the Plenary ~/!eeting it became clear that the action was considered somewhat overdone with respect to the "Standing Committee on Environmental Problems".

A proposal is tabled at this Conference to re-constitute this Committee, to be undertaken by one of the Member-Associations. This Associat ion will need to excercise discretion in dealing with subjects which might be contrary to our Constitution, which specifically excludes subjects which are the prime object of trade unions or staff associations. Common sense is a great asset in our profession and I trust that this will be used by this Committee, whose working principle will be, that the Controller, although an essential part of the ATC system, is a human being, and no machine.

Nomination of Officers As for Nominations the Officers have proposed a procedure which ensures continuity in th e management of th e Federation, at the same time allowing new Officers to be elected periodically. The basis for this proposal is the consideration that a completely new Board of Officers every year may be even more harmful for the Federation-activity than a repeatedly re-elected old Board.

Regional Organisation A Regional Divisio n of the Fed era ti o n will be very important when Association s from different parts of th e world b ecome affiliated, in order to facilitate the forming of opinion and the delegation of Directors to the Annual Conferences. This subject also has financ ial grounds and consequences, which must be well considered, travel expenses being the main handicap for our international co-operation.

Sub-Committee B The A genda fo1路 Sub-Committee B ca rrie s four main headings, which represent an effort to i-evi ew the prnfess ional work during the last year, to co nsider the reports of our repi-esentatives at international meetings, and as a consequence of these discussions to compose the future wat路k programme. It is expected that the discussions will show the necessity to start or pursue the study of subjects which are at present under discussion at the international level. This w ill lead up to a work-programme which links up to that of other international organizations, thus warranting the controllers ' viewpoint to be taken into account. Such a programme will pi-event us from w orki ng in a vacuum a nd warrants maximum r es ults of our efforts to promote safety and effici ency in air navigation .

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Vice-Presidents' Report

The Reports of the lst and 2nd Vice-Presidents are considered, and I would like at this point to show my sincere appreciation for the work of both these Officers during th e last year.

The 1st Vice-President, Maurice Cerf, has been the first representative of the Federation at a major !CAO-Meeting, the RAC/OPS Divisional Meeting. He has made a tremendous effort to follow all progress of the meeting singlehanded and has succeeded in g iving a favourable impression of IFATCA to those !CAO-Member-States which appeared to eye our activity with some suspicion. His mission was an extremely difficult one and he has brought it to a very successful! end.

The 2nd Vice-President, Roger Sadet, has been very busy since his home-Association undertook to organise this Conference. He has co-ordinated the preparations with the Officers and the Executive Secretary, and has played a very act ive part in the organizing Committee. The fact that the London Conference reduced the number of Standing Committees considerably eased his supervisory and coordinating task as 2nd Vice-President, but he closely followed the work of Standing Committee No. 1 and that of the Officers.

Technical Papers

The Technical Papers submitted to this Conference are exclus ively contributed by the Technical Standing Committee, undertaken by the British Gui ld of Air Traffic Control Officers under Chairmanship of Mr. Arnold Field.

The Federation is endebted to Mr. Field and the members of his Committee for the amount of work produced. This debt is indeed a little embarrassing for the other Member-Associations, which in 1963 have not added studies to these coming from the primary source formed by the Technical Standing Committee. The suggestion to rotate this Committee around the other Member-Associations must be considered by the Conference in the Iight of this experience, taking also into account expected or foreseeable results of the studyprogramme of ICAO Standards, Recommended Practices and Procedures with regard to ATC, which was initiated by the Officers Meeting Cologne October 1963.

International Organizations

Co-operation with International Organizations is on e of the main objects of the Federation, and at the same time the obvious way to effect realization of our policies. Most important in this respect is the lnternaticnal Civil Aviation Organization, which has been represented at all our Annual Conferences so far, thereby showing its genuine in terest in our activities. 1963 offered a unique opportunity to show our in te ntions ot the ICAO RAC/ OPS Divisional Meeting, to which we were invited. i am of the opinion that the objects of our first representation at a major ICAO Meeting have been realized by Maurice Cerf, seconded in the last week by our Honorary Secretary, Hans Thau. I would like to quote here my lette r of appreciation to th e Secretary-General of JCAO for the opportunity offered to be represented and for the assistance rendered to Mr. Cerf by the ICAO Secretariat: "One of the main objects of our Federation is to stimulate air n·,iffic controllers t o take an active part in the develop ment of their profession. Our first attendance .it an !CAO Mee ting was merely intended for fa miliarization, nevertheless we hope that our representatives ha·ue been able to co11trib11tc som e l(S ef u l th oughts to the genera! di_;cu.< sion .<. \\Ye tntst that ottr presence at this meeting has ser·ved to indic.1te to the Membc1·-States of !CAO the sincere willingness of IFATCA to be of assistance in the promotion of s,1/ety, efficiency and regulai·ity of international air na·uigation."

The Report of the RAC/ OPS Meeting will provide ample material for further study by the Federation; this Conference should make a choice of the most urgent proiects to be placed on our Work Programme.

Representation a t other internation al meetings has a number of aspects: taking part in discussions gives an opportunity to introduce professional ATC knowledge in th e d e li. berotions of, for instance, Air Line Pilots, Navigators, and manufact urers. At the same t rme rt affords us to hear the other side. In some instances a basis ca n be found for a common policy to be pursued, which definitely increases chances of real ization of policy at ICAO level. The growing number of contacts with international organizations grves an rmpression of our growing activity and influence. This part of our wo rk is esse ntral for success and w e are grateful the refore for th e pleasant contacts establ ished with IFALPA, IANC and othe r inte rnational organizations .

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Although not expressly indicated on the Agenda, I would like to draw the attention of the Conference to the ILO Report on "Conditions of Employment in Air Traffic Control Service" by Professor J. Schenkman, D.Sc. The scope of this report is somewhat limited considered from an "International Labour Office" point of view, which might lead to the impression that the problems mentioned in this report are the only ones existing in the profession with regard to working conditions.

The fact that ATC is a governmental responsibility and that Air Traffic Contro ll ers are Civil Servants in most countries, has prompted us to exclude " matters which are the prime objects of trade unions or staff associations" from our ob jects; the same consideration has probably led to the limitation of subjects in this report to a number of headings which might also be stud ied by our Federation in their relation to safety in air navigation . This report may be a good basis for the work of our proposed new Standing Committee on Environmental Factors. May I express here my sincere appreciation to the "International Labour Office" but especially to Dr. Schenkman far this excellent report which so expertly draws the veils, which sofar have obscured the international outlook on our young profession.

Work Programme With regard to drawing up the Work Programme it will be quite clear that a young organization like ours cannot possibly have a ready-made policy for all problems discussed at the international level. Our aim must be to make a choice from these and tackle first those whose solution is of an imm inent character, or on which a decision will be made very soon. The Conference will have to make a selection of these and mark priorities, taki ng into account t he limitations of our organization which has lo depend on sparelime activity. I am convinced that a limited number of well-conducted studies is preferoble lo a great number of poorly prepared ones. If however each Member-Association would volunteer to conduct one study in the coming year, the factors quantity and qua lity would both be best served!

As for the results of studies and the preparation of next year's Conference, it must be stressed that papers, when ready for d istribution, should be presented to the MemberAssociat ions with the least possible delay, in consultation wi th the Executive Secr etary or Elective Officer charged with co-ordinating projects. This w ould en sure a conti nuous flow of work d uring the year and considerably ease th e load on the Secretariat in t he last months before the Conference.

Summary Making an overall assessment of our activity of the last year, my general impression is that again we have made a great step forward . Taking into account all unforeseen difficulties, th e progress made is very satisfactory. Some difficulties continue to exist, t he most d isturbing of which in my opinion is the evident lack of work -output from th e MemberAssociations. This can only be remedied at the national level and I therefore strongly recommend to the Member Associations to handle this problem with priority. Each Association should be able to form a nucleus of interested me mbers, to be charged with the study of international technical prob lems, thus ensuring a continuous and sincere effort to contribute to the task voluntarily taken on when accepting membership of IFATCA. This ind eed is a matter of " to be or not to be" of th e Federation. Co ntinuous voluntary work of all members is a condition for ultimate success, if t his condition is not met in reasonable time, all our efforts so far w i ll have been in vain .

Conclusion In con c luding this review of the Federa t ion activity dur ing th e las t year I would like to expr ess ou r sincere gratitude to th e Belg ian Guild of Air Tra ffic Contro llers for th e exce ll ent prepa ration of thi s Conference. As th e res ult of th eir rea lly hard work the stage is set for a successful Conference, not only from the point of view of business, but also from that of a most pleasant and hospitable atmosphere, which will no doubt contribute to strengthen the profes sional ties between those in attendance. The number of ob servers attracted to this Conference is above all expectations and t he hospitality offered is rea I ly overwhelming. In tha nkin g the organizing Guild we express ly include all individu al members, Corporation M embers, firms and au tho riti es which have con tributed to t he welcome and hospitality extended to thi s IFATCA Annual Conference 1964.

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Agenda 1tern P.7

Appointment of Sub-Committees The Elective Officers proposed that two Sub-Committees be formed to take the Agenda Items assigned to them, and to report to the Plenary Meeting with their recommendations.

The Conference accepted this proposal and the following Committees were appointed: Sub-Committee A Sub-Committee B

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Administration and Nomination Technical and Professional

The Elective Officers had prepared suggested rules of procedure for the conduct of SubCommittees and recommended that although these were to be considered in detail in SubCommittee A, they should apply to the present Conference, in the meantime.

The Recommendation was agreed.

The Elective Officers proposed the following Officers for the two Sub-Committees :

Chairman: Vice-Chairman : Secretary: Asst. Secretary:

Sub-Committee A

Sub-Committee B

H. W. Thau (Germany) W. Endlich (Germany} G. Monk (Executive Seery.)

L. S. Vass (U.K.)

A. Field (U.K.) R. Sadet (Belgium) E. Mahieu (Germany) J. van Londen (Netherlands)

P. 7.1. l

P. 7.2

The Conference approved the proposals.

The Plenary Session adjourned at l 0.30 hours.

*** The Conference re-convened in Sub-Committees, on which all Associations were represented.

Sub-Committee A Reports of the Officers

Agenda Item A. 1

Report of the Honorary Secretary Mr. H. W. Thau (Germany)

A.1.1

The Report was accepted and recommended for adopt ion and inclusion in the final report of th e Conference.

Page 30

Report of the Executive Secretary

A.1.2

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption and inclusion in the final report.

Appendix A. 2 Page 33

Report of the Treasurer and Auditors Mr. H. Throne (Denmark)

Th e Income and Expenditure Account, Balance Sheet, and Auditor's Report were considered.

It was agreed that the surplus ofÂŁ 96 in the accounts for the year 1963 should be transferred to the Reserve Fund.

The Chairman, on behalf of the Federation, thanked the Treasurer, Mr. H. Throne (Den mark) for his work .

Th e Report was accepted and re commend ed for adoption and inclusion in the final report.

Report of the Editor Mr. W. Endlich (Germany)

Appendix A. 1

A.1.3 Appendix A . 3 Page 34

A . 1.4

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption and inclusion in the final report.

Appendix .A.. 4 Page 38

Reports of Standing Committees

Agenda Item A.2

Publications and Public Relations

A. 2 l

The Report of the Chairman, Mr. W. Endlich (Germany), was combined with his Report as Editor.

Appendix A 4 Page 38

A considerable discussion took place on the subject of the IFATCA publication "The Controller".

It was decided to propose to the Conference the following recomme ndations and resolution,

It is recommended that each Member Association should appoint one of its members to act as liaison offi cer with th e Editor of "The Controller", for the purpose of obtaining as much local material a s poss ibl e concerning air traffic control activities and deve lopments, which could be used a s a rticles by the Editor.

RECOMMENDATION A . l

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RECOMMENDATION A.2 RESOLUTION A. l

A.2.2 Appendix A. 5 Page 39

A.2.2.l

It is recommended that every effort should be made by each Member Association to submit at least one contribution per annum to the Editor.

It is resolved that continuous efforts be made by the National Associations representatives of IFATCA to encourage their Associations to meet IFATCA's aim of the distribution of one copy of "The Controller" to each member of every Association. Additionally each Member Association shall submit a statement concerning the possibility of realising this aim, at least three months prior to the next Annual Conference.

Finance The Report of the Chairman, Mr. H. Throne {Denmark) was considered.

The Report was accepted, and it was decided to propose the adoption and inclusion 1n the f1 no I report.

Distribution of Documents to Associations The recommendations of the Committee were considered and it was agreed to recommend the adoption of the fol lowing resolution:

RESOLUTION A.2

A.2.2.2

It is resolved that technical and other papers should be distributed to Member Associations on the following basis: 3 copies per Association, plus extra copies as required, not exceeding one copy per thirty members. Should Associations require more copies, the additional cost of postage, paper, etc., may be charged to their account; the decision as to whether such charge should be made to be left to the Executive Secretary and/or the Treasurer.

Membership Difficulties -

Central African Association

Consideration was given to the position of the Association of Air Traffic Control Officers (Central Africa). After considering the report of the Committee, it was decided that sympathetic treatment should be accorded to the Association, and the fol lowing resolution was recommended far adoption by the Conference, RESOLUTION A. 3

A. 2.2.3

It is resolved that the outstanding iiabilities of the Association should be cancelled and that the Association shall pay its affiliation fee and the annual subscription, based on its new membership, when it is able to do so.

Annual Subscriptions As directed by the Plenary Meeting (Item P. 4.1) consideration was given to the financial aspects arising from the applications far affiliation from Canada, Uruguay, and Italy. It was decided to recommend far adoption the fallowing resolution,

RESOLUTIO~~

A. 4

Agenda Item A. 3 Appendix A. 6 Page 40

It is resolved that, to avoid undue hardship to new IFATCA Members, a deduction of the annual subscription may be granted to applicants whose affiliation is effected by postal ballot or at an Annual Conference. The annual subscription shall be fixed in such cases relative to the remaining quarters of the financial year during which the applicant will act as a member of IFATCA. (Note: This Resolution will replace the resolution on the subject agreed at the Paris Conference 1962, and will amend Para. 4.1.l of the Manual.)

Budget The draft budget, submitted by the Treasurer, was considered. There was a discussion, during which Mr. J. Wachtel (Israel) suggested that thought might have to be given to increasing the subscription slightly, or to withdrawing money from the Reserve Account, if expenses increase, as was likely to be the case.

The Budget was accepted and recommended for adoption.

Agenda I tern A. 4 A.4.1

Organisation Rules of Procedure for Sub-Committees

Appendix A. 7 Page 41

The proposals of the Elective Officers to amplify Article IV of the Constitution and Schedule A of the By-Laws were considered. Various amendments were agreed (these have been incorporated in the Appendix), and it was decided to recommend the following proposal far adoption.

RESOLUTION A. 5

It is resolved that the proposals be incorporated in the rules of procedure for SubCommittees.

A.4.2

lay-out of Technica l Papers The draft of a standard lay-out for papers produced by the Federation and the Associations, prnpored by the Executive Secretary, was discussed and referred back far further elaboration The final draft to be put forward at the next Conference.

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Standing Committee on Awards

A. 4.3

At the ls! Annual Conference in Paris, in 1962, the Icelandic Association undertook the task of exploring the possibility of establishing such a Committee. The Icelandic Associa tion recommended aga inst the establishment of such a Commitlce on the grounds that it would be extremely difficult to operate in an international organisation. This was agreed and it was decided to recommend that the following resolution be adopted:

Ap pendix A. 8 Page 42

It is resolved that the subject of a Standing Committee on Awards should not be proceeded with.

RESOLUTION A. 6

Standing Committees

Agenda !tern A. 5

Technical and Professional Matters Mr. Vass (U.K.) said his Guild was prepared to continue to accept the responsibility for this Committee, but would be very willing to hand it over to another Association, if any other Association would wish to undertake the task.

It was agreed to recommend that the U.K. Guild should continue to be responsible for this Committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. Field (U.K.)

Publications and Public Relations It was agreed to recommend that the German Associotion should continue with the responsibility for this Committee, with Mr. Walter Endlich (Germany), who is also the Editor, as Chairman.

Finance It was agreed to recommend that the Danish Association continue to accept responsibility for this Committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. Henning Throne (De nmark), the Treasure r.

Human and Environmental Problems in Air Traffic Control (S.C. IV) Consideration was g iven to the proposal by the Elective Officers that the above Committee (discontinued afte r the London Conference 1963) should be re-established. Mr. Eglinto n (Ireland) said that h is Association had given much thought to this problem: medical aspects, lice nces, o verloading of controlle rs, oge of retirement, e tc. He thought that, in o year o r so, they would be abl e to prod uce a pape r on t he subje ct.

Mr. Wachte l propose d , and Mr. Bra ndste tte r (Au stria ) seconded tha t SCIV be re-establishe d a nd that it should be the respon sibility of the Irish Association. Mr. Bruggeman (Netherlands) mentioned that the previous Committee on this subject had been provided by the Austrian Association and he thought they might have some materiel on the subject which would be o f assistance to the Association charged with the re sponsibility for the Committee. It was also suggested that the appointment of the Irish Association would enabl e them to repre sent the Fede ration at the forthcoming Cong ress of Aviation and Space Medicine in Dublin , in September, 1964. 路 The Irish Association would appoint the Chairman of the Committe e .

It was agreed to recommend the ado ption of the follow in g resolution:

It is resolved that Standing Committee IV be established, that its title b e "Huma n and Environme ntal Factors in Air Traffic Control", and that its responsibility be unde rtaken by the Irish Association.

RESO LUTIO N A. 7

Nomination

Agenda Item A. 6

Consid eration was given to the three pro posal s be fore the Comm ittee, aimed a t ensuring continu ity in the direc路 lion of the Federation , but a iso providing for a ro ta tion o f Office rs .

It wa s agreed lo comb ine the p roposa ls o nd recomme nd the foll owing reso lu t io n for ado ption by the Co nfe rence:

It is resolved that for the year 1964/ 65 the present Officers should continue in office President: 1st Vice-President: 2nd Vice-President : Honorary Secretary : Treas ure r: Editor :

Mr. L. N . Tekstra (Netherlands) Mr. M. Cerf (France) Mr. R. Sodet (Belgium) Mr. H. W. Thou (Germany) Mr. H. Thron e (De nmark) Mr. W . Endlich (Germany)

and that at the Annual Conference 1965, nomination a nd election, and the administration involved, should be on the basis of the proposals of the Elective Officers :

To be elected in "even" years Pres ide nt 2nd Vi ce-Preside nt Treasu re r

RESOLUTION A. 8

Ap pendix A. 9 Page 42

To be elected in "odd" yea rs 1st Vice-Pres ide nt Honorary Sec re tary Edi tor 19

Each officer to hold office for at least two years. Three of the Officers will be subject, each year, to re-election.

Agenda Item A. 7

Regional Organisation The Chairman said that having regard to the difficulties of transport, and he had in mind in particular, both the North and South American Associations, he thought there was a requirement to give a measure of local authority to remote Associations to speak an behalf of IFATCA. Mr. Wachtel (Israel) agreed but thought that it was perhaps too soon and that we should wait until there were mare Member Associations. Mr. Pallares (Uru路 guay) and Mr. Salazar (Venezuela) explained their difficulties. It was agreed ta recommend the following resolu路 lion for adoption by the Conference:

RESOLUTION A. 9

Agenda Itern A. 8

A.8.1

It is resolved that the Elective Officers should consider the subject of a regional organisation and report to the next Conference. In addition, the Association of Uruguay should consult with other South American Associations, in the south of that continent; while the Association of Venezuela would consult with Associations in the north. The two Associations would let the Secretariat hove their comments and suggestions in due course.

(Note: The Association of Venezuela is not, at present, affiliated to the Federation, but was present as an observer and expressed willingness to undertake this task.)

Any other Business Transport Difficulties The delegates from Uruguay and Venezuela read a joint paper on the difficulties of attending Conferences, etc., and they asked if IFATCA would approach IATA to see if facilities for free transport to such conferences could be given. Mr. Wachtel (Israeli introduced a paper on the same subject.

Following a long discussion, it was agreed to recommend the following resolut ion for adoption by the Con路 ference:

RESOLUTION A. 10

It is resolved that those Associations in a position to do so should approach their national carriers to acquaint them with the problem of IFAT CA Member Associations as regards transport, and to endeavour to obtain their support by the filing, by that company, of on official proposal to IAT A to facilitate the travel of IFAT CA delegates to Conferences.

Th is could be brought about by a proposal to extend the facilities granted by IA TA Resolution 200 a) by permitting operating companies to issue free transport to IFATCA delegates on an official request from IFATCA Headquarters. b) by IATA making clear to Governments that Resolution 200 is intended to be a focilitation of free flights, for example familiarisation flights by air traffic controllers, and that the aims of IFATCA are sufficiently in the interests of aviation to warrant free flights being used as a transport facility for IFATCA delegates to Conferences, and such meetings as the ICAO RAC/OPS Meeting in Montreal in May 1963.

If any Association has serious difficulty in getting their flights sponsored, the President of IFATCA should consider sending a letter to the national authority of that Association asking for their co-operation in this respect.

It is further resolved that IFAT CA should approach IAT A with a request that it be given an opportunity to attend and participate in its meetings having an air troffic control interest, and thereby giving recognition of the part IFATCA con play in the deliberations of IAT A, and also enabling IFAT CA to state its case for free transport to Conferences, either formally or informally.

A. 8.2

Venue and Date of the next Annual Conference Mr . Eglington (Ireland) said that his Association very reluctantly considered that they should withdraw their offer, made at the London Conference, 1963, of Ireland. On examination, the transport difficulties appeared to be too great.

Mr . Brandstetter (Austria) on behalf of his Association extended an inv itation to Vienna.

This invitation was readily agreed, and it was decided to recommend the following resolut ion for adoption:

RESOLUTION A. 11

It is resolved that the Annual Conference 1965, be held in Vienna with the Austrian Association acting as host Association. The date to be arranged by the Austrian Association, but to be about the end of April, 1965.

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Sub-Committee B Report of the Officers Report of the lst Vice-President Mr. M. Cerf (France)

Agenda Item B. 1 B. 1.1

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption.

Appendix B. 1 Page 43

Report of the 2nd Vice-President Mr. R. Sadet (Belgium)

B. 1.2

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption .

Appendix B. 2 Page 45

Report of Standing Committee

Agenda Item B. 2

Technical and Professional Matters

B. 2.1

The Report of the Chairman was accepted and recommended for adoption.

Appendix B. 3 Page 46

Proposed Radar Procedures

B. 2 .2

The paper submitted ta ICAO was considered and accepted as having served its purpose in the initial drafting stage of ICAO radar procedures. It was decided to recommend the following resolution for adoption by the Conference :

It is resolved that the Radar Procedures Paper, together with all proposed amendments be referred back to S.C.I. to be used as Guidance Material in the study of final ICAO proposals on radar procedures . Remaining points of conflict in the proposed amendments to be circulated to Member Associations for final agreement and inclusion in the Guidance Material.

RESOLUTION B. 1

(Note: In view of the cost of printing, Associations are requested lo attach their original copy of the Procedures lo the Conference Report.)

Technical Papers

B. 2.3

Consideration was given to the six papers produced by S.C. 1. It was considered that the papers should be circulated among the Member Associations for further study, thus enabling S.C. l to concentrate for the time being on the problems relating to ICAO and IFALPA. It was decided lo recommend lo the Conference the adoption of the fol lowing resolution:

It is resolved that: a) The activities of the S.C. l should be restricted to problems studied by ICAO and IFALPA. b) The six working papers be accepted as study material. c) Further studies of the subjects be adopted as the responsibility of the following Member Associations: U.K. Guild Simultaneous use of parallel runways.

U.K. Guild Air/ground data links .

Belgian Guild Closed circuit television.

Netherlands Guild Analysis of requirement for better radar.

Appraisal of radar equipment for air traffic control.

Netherlands Guild Integrated civil/military air traffic control.

German Association

RESOLUTION B. 2

Co-Operation with International Organisations

Agenda Item B. 3

The Reports on Meetings and Conferences offended were considered and the following reso lution was recom路 mended for adoption by the Conference:

It is resolved that the Conference recognises the value of IFATCA representation at International Meetings and recommends that it should continue to provide representation at future meetings whenever this is possible and deemed to be in the interests of the Federation.

RESOLUTION B. 3

Work Programme

Agenda Item B. 4

ICAO Documents, Annex 2, Annex 11, Doc. 4444, RAC/501/7

B. 4.1

Consideration was given to the work study programme suggested at the Officers' Meeting in Cologne in October, 1963, and it was agreed to recommend the following resolution for adoption:

It is resolved that the work study programme and the allocation of the studies among the Member Associations is acceptable and within their capabilities , and accordingly be accepted.

RESOLUTION B. 路I

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B.4.2

Pilot/Controller Relationship

Appendix B. 4 Page 47

Notice was taken of the fact that IFALPA had changed its policy ot the Salisbury Conference in 1963. This policy should now rep lace that stated in 8. 13 af the London Conference 1963 Report.

It was agreed to recommend the following resolution for adoption:

RESOLUTION B. 5

It is reserved that the new IFALPA policy is still unacceptable to IFATCA and that the Guidance Material accepted at the London Conference 1963 is still valid.

B. 4.3 Appendix B. 5 Page 48

B. 4.4 B.4.4.1

Responsibility for Terrain Clearance The policy as laid down at the London Conference 1963 was confirmed and, whilst the Committee was aware of the fact that the implementation of the policy was dependent upon available facilities, they were pleased to note that at least part of the policy had been adopted at the ICAO RAC/OPS Meeting in May, 1963 in relation to those aircraft under radar control.

Work Programme -

Other Items

Evaluation of Area Navigational Aids It was considered that the work programmes previously detailed were sufficient.

B.4.4.2

Items arising from B. 4 and from Proposals from Associations Mr. van Ginkel (Netherlands) suggested that it was time consideration was given to air traffic control problems which might arise from the introduction of supersonic transports. This was agreed:

It wos noted that at the IFALPA Annual Conference in Manila, March, 1964, in the discussion in Sub-Committee E, Item E. 3, under the heading of Pilot/Controller Responsibilities, it was stated "As the discussions between IFALPA and IFATCA are being continued on an informal basis, this subcommittee cons iders that the best interests of IFALPA would be achieved by a continuance of this procedure".

It was agreed to recommend the following resolution for adoption by the Conference: RESOLUTION B. 6

It is resolved that: The subject of Supersonic Trans ports should be included in the work programme of the Federation, and that the study be undertaken by the French Guild.

The informal discussions with IFALPA on the subjects of Pilot/Controller Relationship, and Responsibility for Terrain Clearance should continue.

*** Report of the Public Meeting Agenda Item P. 8

Address by the Minister of Communications, Monsieur le Ministre Bertrand Monsieur le Ministre Bertrand at the last moment found that his duties prevented him from being present. His Address was read by Mr. K. Delaure, Attache for Aviation.

Monsieur le President, MM. Monsieur le Ministre Bertrand avail bien voulu accepter d'introduire cette seance pleniere de votre conference, voulant ainsi marquer l'interet qu'il porte a toutes les rencontres qui ont pour but d'ameliorer le fonctionnement des services de la securite aerienne et d'adapter leurs methodes a !'evolution ropide de la technique.

Les devoirs de so charge l'ont malheureusement empeche d'etre present et ii vous prie de l'en excuser.

M'ayant charge de le representer, je dais vous dire combien nous sommes heureux de pouvoir vous accueill ir dons noire petit pays et dons la ville de Bruxelles qui, comme vous, reste fldele a so vocation internationale et qui heberge parmi d'autres organismes internationaux, les services d'Eurocontrol charges notamment de mettre au point les questions qui vous tiennent le plus a coeur.

Si j'en juge par l'auditoire que rassemble votre conference aujourd'hui, ii nous plait, a nous Belges de voir grandir votre organisation d'annee en annee et de constater qu'elle cueille des a present les fruits d'une collaboration et d'une entente que l'aeronautique a toujou1路s pu mettre en exemple a toutes les autres bronches de l'activite economique.

Vous vous trouvez en face d'une complexite croissante des problemes nes de !'evolution du materiel oeronautique, de l'accroissement du traflc et de la vitesse des avians.

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Les solutions, qu'on trouvera, ne pourront s'epanouir qu'a la condition d'uniformiser les moyens techniques et les methodes de contr61e, de creer des contacts entre ceux qui inventent et ceux qui pratiquent et de permettre a ces derniers qui ont generalement l'habitude de travailler dons l'ombre, de suivre le developpement des techniques qui vont etre mises a leur disposition.

C'est pourquoi les travaux de votre Conference meritent d'etre mis en evidence, comme ii convient aussi d'attirer !'attention des autorites sur les avantages que presentent pour eux !'opinion de ceux qui se font un devoir de sauvegarder la vie des millions de passagers et de membres d'equipages qui leur sont confles.

II est bon de souligner enfin que toute technique nouvelle n'est bonne que si elle a pu etre pensee par ceux qui doivent la mettre en application et cela en fonction du cadre humain dons lequel elle doit definitivement s'inscrire.

Je me plais a feliciter l'IFATCA pour avoir compris que les ameliorations des moyens techniques et meme l'automatisation envisagee n'enleveront rien au standing de votre profession ni a la necessite de poursuivre votre effort d'etude et d'adaptation.

Ainsi qu'il vous aura certainement ete signale par les delegues belges, don! !'esprit d'organisation constitue pour moi un autre point de satisfaction, mon pays ne manquera pas de suivre vos problemes avec grande attention et d'apporter son appui a tout ce qui peut faciliter votre toche.

Qu'il me soil permis de saluer les nombreux delegues des associations etrangeres, les observateurs d'organismes internationaux, des associations des pilotes, et de l'industrie.

II me reste a vous souhaiter beaucoup de succes dons vos travaux et, au dela de cette seance, le plaisir qui devrait vous etre accorde de jouir d'une hospitalite aussi cordiale qu'agreable.

Reply by Mr. L. N. Tekstra, the President of IFATCA

Ag enda Item P. 9

Mr. Delaure, Distinguished Guests, Gentlemen, We are sorry that Mr. Bertrand, Minister of Communications, due to pressing commitments, has not been able to address this plenary meeting of IFATCA. We are very honoured indeed by his Excellency's interest in our profession, and by his decision to delegate you, Mr. Delaure, as his representative. I am aware that your personal charge in the Ministry is to take care of aviation and that during the last years you have been very active ly engaged in the reconstruction of the ATC services in Belgium . We ore w e ll aware that success of national associations depends largely on the co-operation received from their local authorities.

At the same time this has a bearing on the results of our collective activity in IFATCA, in dealing with the International Civil Aviation Organisation. A good national relationship surely facilitates good cooperation at this international level. You will realise that our young organisation still meets with consid erable difficulties as none of us had any experience in managing an international body when the Federation was i naugurated 2 1/i years ago. We are doing our best to reach a sufficient standard for effectively ach ieving our objects.

Taking into account the fact that all our work is spare-time activity, our progress can only be slow.

I am convinced that our Member Associations would be eager to accept any assistance offered to them by their nat ional authorities, also in the study of professional subjects or problems.

Thi s would certainly result in greater progress of the Federation in the coming year. W e ore very pleased to hear that your country will not fail to follow our problems with great interest and to give all necessary support to facilitate our task.

If this attitude is adopted in all IFATCA member countries, ! trust that the condition is met for a rapid growth to maturity.

Reports by the Sub-Committees

Age nda Item P 10

Th e Chai rman of Sub-Committee A, Mr. H. W. Thau (Germany) reported on th e w ork of his Committee .

Mr. Tekstra proposed and Mr. Wachtel seconded that the report be accepted.

The proposal was carried unanimously.

The Chairman of Sub-Committee B, Mr. A Field (U.K.) reported on the work of his Committee.

Mr. van Ginke l propose d and Mr. Chatea ux seconded that the Report b e accepted.

Th e proposal was carri ed unanimously.

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Agenda Item P. 11

Election of Officers Following on the acceptance of the Report of Sub-Committee A, all Officers are re-elected for the current year. In effect the term of office is as follows: One year

l st Vice-President Hon. Secretary Editor Agenda Item P. 12

Mr. M. Cerf Mr. H. W. Thau Mr. W. Endlich

Two years President 2nd Vice-President Treasurer

Mr. L. N . Tekstra Mr. R. Sadet Mr. H. Throne

Location and Date of the Annual Conference, 1965 Sub-Committee A had recommended that, on the invitation of the Austrian Association, Vienna be accepted as the venue of the 1965 Conference. The Conference accepted this recommendation. Mr. L. N. Tekstra, the President, expressed the gratitude of the Federation for this invitation by the Austrian Association. He mentioned that according to the IFATCA Constitution, the Conference should be held in March or April, but he thought the actual date must be left to the Austrian Association.

Agenda Ite m P. 13

Addresses by Guests and Observers The President invited Guests and Observers to address the Conference.

Address by Mr. 0. J. Selis, Director of Telecommunications and Air Traffic Control, The Netherlands Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen!

In the first place, I would like to thank IFATCA very much for the opportunity given to us to attend their third Annual Meeting.

There are two ways of getting acquainted with the achievements of a conference. One manner is to read afterwards all the documents, as well as the final report. The other one is to attend the meeting.

The tremendous advantage of the latter procedure is that you taste the spirit and feel the atmosphere connected with and surrounding the subjects on the agenda .

The President has said that IFATCA being so young, must still learn a lot, but I must say that what I have experienced during this meeting fills me with admiration for the way in which IFATCA promotes the profession of air traffic controller.

I also have noticed with great appreciation the definite wish to co-operate with organisat ions and people directly involved in the ATC field, and, in this connection, I would like to express as my opinion, that this attitude is one of the very factors to success, as only when we all work together in an atmosphere of mutual understanding and appreciation, will we succeed together to attain the objects of air traffic control, the safety and economy of aviation.

Address by Mr. H. M. Koemans, International Council of Aircraft Owners and Pilot's Associations Sometimes, Mr. Pres ident. ladies and gentlemen, somebody could have some d ifficulties with his aircraft. This fact retained me yesterday taking off from Schiphol in time to hear the address of the President of IFATCA. I have regretted this very much as I had been informed, that the President would be so kind to introduce General Aviation as one of the topics of your Annual Conference. Not because I feel slightly proud about this fact I am talking now.

I would like to thank your Federation for the kind invitation to the International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot A ssociations, the Secretariat of which is based at Schiphol Airport. ICAOPA, as you may know, represents the interests of General Aviat ion all over the world and has obtained the status of official observer to ICAO. I am not inclined, Mr. President, to bury myself in the problems which came into the picture during the working session. International Conferences are normally the frame, while the actual work has been done before in many hours of strenuous work. I feel however strongly that some points need at least a general comment of ICAOPA. Now talking to this Ass embly of Air Traffic Controllers I talk to professionals.

Using the word "professional" I am in the heart of th e problem.

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As it is true, that an airline-pilot is a professional pilot then it is true as well that in this man must live an amateur to do his job with skill and joy!

Now one of the features here is that a professional controller, who is not an amateur is a bad controller, which could be said from professional pilots as well. Now most General Aviation pilots are amateurs. If you combine these thoughts there is no difference at all between our groups.

This philosophy, I think, flattens out irregularities which may exist. If our standpoints be, that we have got the air to move in, then it is our duty to use this airspace for the benefit of all of us.

Some time already lots of discussions are going on about the coming into use of SSTaircraft. But not much has been said about the 150000 General Aviation-aircraft. It will be a logical development, however, that as modern aircraft will become bigger and faster the individualists under us will look for means to go by themselves. We have seen the same development in traffic by car.

Against one SST-aircraft hundreds of new smaller planes will come into use. Not only important in amount but also in clearly financial and economical aspects. As the problems of SST are important, the factual control of General Aviation will be far more difficult.

Predictions say that in ten years Europe will have as many General Aviation aircraft as are now in the United States, that is to say around 100 OOO, from Piper Cubs to Jet Stars, Mysteres, Sabreliners, Learjets. All these aircrafts will fly: controlled or not.

It is the task of all organisations concerned to be ahead of this development in the promotion of an orderly and expeditions flow of air traffic. Not less, but not more!

They say that we live in a free world; that everybody has its own respons ibility regarding the management of his life, regarding his thoughts and deeds.

So they say! But it is the most beautiful lie I have ever heard. We are governed from the cradle to the end, our way is paved with must's and do not's !

Extended Control? In some parts of the world all right, but certa inly and definitely no extended control as a governemental possibility lo put the brakes on General Aviation.

I am convinced that a joint and honest effort of all parties concerned will help us to reach our ultimate goal: that is to make the airspace free for everybody who wants to use it.

Captain D. Huysmans of the Association Beige des Pilotes et Navigateurs de Ligne (ABPNL) addressed the Conference.

He said that none liked being controlled by someone else, and this appl ied to pilots and air traffic control. He thought, that from the pilot's paint of view, the position res emb led somewhat that of marriage; they had to live with it and make the best of it. This resulted in a compromise in which each party had consideration for the point of view of the other.

Mr. R. Ship:ey of Cossor Electronics Limited, a Corporation Member, addressed the Conference.

He had been asked to say a few words on behalf of the Corporation Members and other members of Industry, who had attended the Conference.

He would like to thank the Conference for the opportunity to si t in on the deliberations of the Technical Sub-Committee. It had been, at times, difficult to sit still and say nothing during the working sessions, and if sometimes their blood had been bo i ling, it showed the importance of the subjects that had been under d iscussion.

He put in a plea for better relations and co-operation between engineers and controllers.

There were quite a number of people there representing industry and he knew he had th e backing of all the industrial members as well as thos e who were experien ce d con 路 !rollers, in addition to representing industry, in offering all their knowledge of electronics - not to sell their products - but to afford IFATCA ad vice and assistance in these matters.

Address

by Mr. R. Bulin, Director General of the Eurocontrol Agency

Monsieur Bulin had addressed to Delegates and Observers on the occas io n of a reception at Eurocontrol Headquarters. He said that he wa s pleased to see in discussion working con troll er s and Eurocontrol planners, many of whom wh ere form er col leagues of th e IFATCA Delegates. Eurocontrol and IFATCA are aiming at th e same goal: to maintain and increase safety in air navigation. Already, a great number of controllers in Europe are working directly or indirectly for Eurocontrol.

Monsieur Bulin then gave a review an the development of Euroconlrol and mentioned future projects.

The President of IFATCA thanked Mr. Bulin for his interest in the Federa tion, and for providing th e possibility for De legates and Observers to obtain first hand information on Eurocontrol in such plea san t environment.

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Agenda Item P. 14

Closing Address by the President, Mr. L. N. Tekstra The President said that he particularly wished to thank the President of the Belgian Guild, Mr. A. Moziers, and the members of the Guild for the greot efforts they hod mode to arrange the Conference, and in which they hod been so successful.

He also wished to thank the Conference Secretary and his assistants for their work in producing, usually at short notice, the various papers required during the Conference. He mentioned Mr. Tomignioux, Conference Secretary, and his Deputy, Mr. Soudron, and Mr. Yonden Bergh, who acted as Chef de Bureau. Also Mrs. Girling.

Agenda Item P. 15

Adjournment of the Conference Mr. A. Moziers, the President of the Belgian Guild announced that the business of the Conference was concluded, and he proposed that the Conference be adjourned.

Mr. Olafsson (Iceland) seconded the proposal, which was carried unanimously.

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IFATCA is greatly indebted to the following for their generosity and ossistonce during the Conference, in providing a varied and interesting programme of entertainment and i nstructiono I interest: Monsieur H. Jonne, Ministre de l'Educotion notionole et de lo Culture.

Monsieur le Bourgmestre et lo Ville de Bruxelles.

Le Commissariat General au Tourisme.

Ets. G. Fourcroy et Fils, Brussels.

Martini.

The Decca Navigator Company Limited.

Societe Anonyme Beige de Constructions Aeronoutiques, S.A.B.C.A .

Pon American Airways, Brussels.

Sobeno.

Yon Korman Institute for Fluid Dynamics. Rhode-Saint Genese.

Monsieur R. Bulin, Directeur General de l'orgonisotion Europeenne pour lo securite de lo Navigation Aerienne, Eurocontrol.

Monsieur P. Nollet, Directeur General de l'Administrotion de l'Aeronoutique.

Monsieur R. Lecomte, Directeur General de lo Regie des Yois Aeriennes.

Monsieur J. Yon Eis! and the Brussels Airport Authority.

Monsieur L. Goddort Conseiller, and the RYA personnel.

The Belgian Guild of Air Traffic Controllers .

Well known Guests at the Conference

G . M. Wa ll er, Federa l Aviation Ag ency, and Paul Berge r, !CAO Regiona l Office , Pmi s.

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Attendance List The following Officers, Delegates and Observers attended the Conference: President: First Vice-President: Second Vice-President: Honorary Secretary: Treasurer: Editor: Executive Secretary:

L. N. Tekstra, Netherlands Maurice Cerf, France Roger Sadet, Belgium Hans W. Thau, Germany Henning Throne, Denmark Walter Endlich, Germany G. Monk, U.K.

AUSTRIA

H. Brandstetter H. Kihr W. Chrystoph K. Told

Director Deputy Observer Observer

BELGIUM

A. Maziers A. Vande Vyvre R. Tamigniaux P. Soudron P. Vanden Bergh R. Maitre Y. Viroux J. Lacour!

W. Classens

Director Deputy Conference Secretary Dep. Conference Secretary Chef de Bureau, Conference Secretariat Observer Observer Observer Technical Adviser

DENMARK

H. Dall J. Jensen A. Mortensen

Director Deputy Observer

FINLAND

E. Emaus H. Riitaho

Director Deputy

FRANCE

J. Flament R. Chateaux

Director Deputy

GERMANY

H. Krause E. Mahieu F. W. Fischer J. Goertz H. Prell B. Schueler M. Hiller!

F. K. Hahne A. W. Darker

Director Deputy Observer Observer Observer Observer Observer Observer Observer

GREECE

N. Gonos C. Theodoropoulos

Director Deputy

V. Olafsson Mr. Asgeirsson Mr. Einarsson

Director Deputy Observer Observer

IRELAND

M. F. McCabe D. J. Eglington

Director Deputy

IS RAEL

J. Wachtel

Director

LUXEMBURG

A. Feltes A. Klein

Director Deputy

NETHERLANDS

J. Van Ginkel J. Bruggeman W. Van Blokland J. Van Lon den C. Kuijpers

Director Deputy Observer Observer Observer

!CELANO

0. Jonsson

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NORWAY

0. Saeb0 A. Gravdal

Director Deputy

SWEDEN

A. Ahlborn B. Nyman

Director Deputy

SWITZERLAND

B. Ruethy R. Reulli

Director Deputy

UNITED KINGDOM

A. Field L. S. Vass E. McCluskey J. N. Taseland Miss E. Towers P. Reaveley Mrs. H. Girling

Director Deputy Observer Observer Observer Observer Deputy Chef de Bureau, Conference Secretariat

Observers from Associations the membership of which is pending

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CANADA

Nil

CENTRAL AFRICA

Nil

ITALY

C. Tuzzi Mr. Bellucci

URUGUAY

H. Pallares

Observers delegated by non-affiliated Associations or Countries where an Association has not been established Tirey K. Vickers G. lzadpanah H. Basiri S. Garcia R. Salazar R. Ravelo

Air Traffic Control Association U.S.A. Iranian Air Traffic Controllers Association Iran ion Air Troffic Controllers Association Spain Venezuela Venezuela

Observers delegated by International Organizations P. G. Berger Capt. Jaumoulle R. M. Soward A. A. de Roode H. von Villiez A. Macnee H. M. Koemans A. Colpaert

!CAO, Paris Reg ional Office IFALPA EUROCONTROL Agency EUROCONTROL Agency EUROCONTROL Agency JANC ICAO PA EUROCAE

Observers from the Corporate Members of IFATCA W . E. J. Groves V. H. King J. G . Adam M. G. Pearson B. Parker G. F. King H. A . Mason P. Lynn R. Shipl ey J. Edwards Tirey K. Vickers D. B. Mclaughlin F. J. Crewe H. D. Mitchell G. Dinger H. Kreuziger

The Decca Navigator Company Ltd. The Decca Navigator Company Ltd. The Decca Navigator Company Ltd. The Decca Navigator Company Ltd. The Decca Naviga tor Company Ltd. The Decca Navigator Company Ltd .

Marcon i's Wirel ess Teleg raph Co. Ltd. U.K. Morconi' s Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd. U.K. Cossor Radar & Electronics, U.K. Hollandse Sig naa lapparaten Hazeltine Corporation U.S.A. Hazeltine Corporation U.S.A. Elliot Bros. (London) Ltd. Elliot Bros. (London) Ltd. Telefunken AG Telefunken AG 29

Selenia S.p.A. Roma Selenia S.p.A. Roma

V. Benini F. Iannone

Observers from National Airline Pilot's Associations

Association Beige des Pilotes et Navigateurs de Ligne (A.B.P.N.L.) Association Beige des Pilotes et Navigateurs de Ligne (A.B.P.N .L.) Irish Association of Air Pilots

D. Huysmans J. Rigot

Capt. J. Scollan Industry Observers -

General

N. W . Rockingham B. Rofe J. Boudin L.'t Hart R. N. Harrison A. K. Strudwick M. Rasquin

Redifon Ltd. International Aeradio Ltd. ITI Europe N. V. Philips Telecommunication Solartron Electronic Group Ltd. Solartron Electronic Group Ltd. Ateliers Constructions Electriques Charleroi

Observers from other Organisations

B. R. Stanojlovic

The Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Aviation Safety Center at Cornell University

Observers and Guests from Belgium and Government Departments abroad

R. Lecomte V. Seydel V. Pirson J. Van Elst P. Staelens L. Goddart M. Staels G . Leclercq M. Briers J. Emplit P. Nottet R. Franc;:ois J. Renaud 0. J. Selis C. M.A . Kyrke-Smith N. R. Norfolk G. M. Waller P. J. Flanagan Lt. Colonel D. G . Moore Sq. Ldr . J. A. Cockburn

Appendix A . 1 Relating ta Agenda Item A . l.l Page 17

Directeur general R.V.A. lnspecteur general f.f. R.V.A. lngenieur en Chef-Directeur R.V.A. lngenieur en Chef-Directeur R.V.A. lngenieur principal-Chef de Service R.V.A. Conseiller R.V.A. Directeur R.V.A. Inspecteur RV.A. Chef de Division R.V.A. Public Relations R.V.A. Dir. general de !'Administration de l'Aeronautique Pilote a !'Administration de l'Aeronautique lngenieur, Administration de l'Aeronautique Director of Telecommunications and Air Traffic Control Netherlands Chief ATCO, Nat. Air Traffic Control Services U.K. Centre Supt. Southern ATCC U.K. Chief, Air Traffic Division, FAA Office Paris Department of Transport and Power, Ireland U.S.A.F. Senior Air Traffic Control Officer, R.C.A.F .

Report of the Honorary Secretary Introduction

It is known to the Member Associations that Mr. Geoffrey W. Monk was appointed as Executive Secretary of the Federation in September last year, and that he took over the Secretariat after the Cologne meeting of Elective Officers.

At that time, I submitted a detailed report to the Associations which covered the activities of the Federation during the months before the hand-over.

Period prior to the Hand-over of the Secretariat

My above mentioned report of 7th August, 1963, provided comments and information which mainly concerned the following subjects : 30

a) The required re-establishment of a separate Standing Committee to deal with "Environmental Factors in ATC" as proposed by a number of Member Associat ions. It has been recommended that the Irish Association should take over this Standing Committee. b) Some general results of the IFATCA participation in the last ICAO RAC/ OPS meeting in Montreal and the effect they have on our relation to ICAO. The main consideration was that closer cooperation with ICAO will require increased activity on our part. c) The interest shown by several delegates at the RAC/ OPS meeting in a common endeavour of IFATCA and IFALPA to evaluate available area navigation systems. In the meantime Standing Committee No. I will probably have reflected on how such a task can be realized. d) The preparation of proposals requested by ICAO regarding the introduction of Radar Control Procedures in the PANS-RAC. The final and rather comprehensive paper is now presented to the Annual Conference 1964 by Standing Committee No. I. e) The final preparation of our attendance at the UK MoA's ,,Symposium on Electronic Research and Development for Civil Aviation" in Malvern and Farnborough about which Mr. Monk distributed a report to all Member Associations. f) The arrangements made by the Elective Officers and the UK Guild of ATCOs which led to the appointment of Mr. Geoffrey W. Monk as Executive Secretary of the Federation. g) Some thoughts and comments on the comparative objectives and functions of civil and military air traffic control, and on the individual responsibilities of air traffic control officers as civil servants, as initiated by one of our Member Associations. h) Certain aspects of prospective affiliations of ATC Associations in South America, and a resulting requirement to study the introduction of regions within the Federation and the appointment of regional Vice-Presidents as practised in IFALPA.

Appendix A. 1 Re lating to Agenda Ite m A.1 .1 Page 17

Since these subjects have already been dealt with in detail, further remarks are not necessary unless the discussion in Sub-Committee A at Brussels brings up controversial ideas.

Activity after the Hand-over of the Secretariat Close and constant cooperation was maintained between Mr. Monk and myself in order to ensure a smooth and continuous management of current affairs.

My particular tasks after the Cologne meeting were: a) to initiate contacts with further prospective Corporat ion Members, b) to continue work on the IFATCA Manual "Policy and Administration", c) to continue the pending correspondence with South American ATC Associations in order to encourage affiliation with the Federation, d) to compile information for distribution to the Member Associations on pilot's training and current procedures for route experience flights of ATCO's, and, fina lly, e) to provide information to the Member Associations regarding the financial consequences of publishing our journal "The Controller".

Due to considerable activities within the German ATCA and because of various other reasons, I was not in a position to achieve any apprecia ble progress in attracting new Corporation Members or to produce a final draft of the I FAT CA Manual. New efforts in this respect will have to be started in the next business year.

Immediately after the Cologne meeting, I provided the ATC Associations in the Argentines, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Venezuela once again with detai led information about the Federation and the affi l iation procedure. Similar material had previously b een sent to the air traffic control personnel of Iran and the Ita lian ATCA. The ATCA of Uruguay has now applied for membership, and the off icial foundation of an Iranian ATCA is in progress.

Our close contacts with the Canadian ATCA have led to the affiliation of this very acti ve organisation and the resulting enthusiasm of the Canadian controllers increased their membership from 400 to nearly 500 within a few weeks.

Immediately before the Brussels Conference, I received an application for路 affiliation from th e Italian ATCA together with 25 copies of their technical objectives. They have 53 members in good standing. Th e application will be submitted to th e Annual Conference for consideration. The Italian ATCA has to overcome certain financial difficu lt ies whi ch wiii affect their affiliation. Therefore, Sub-Committee A wil l have to check in Brussels if the provisions of the relevant resolution adopted at the Annual Conference 1962, as contained in para 4.1.1 of the draft IFATCA Manual, can be app lied.

These promising developments are probably the most encouraging results of last year"s activity. For the first tim e we will have two Member A ssoc iati ons in oversea s countries, and the membership of the Canadian ATCA gives us the good opportunity to appoint one of their members as contact man to the ICAO Secretariat.

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To conclude this part of my report I should like to mention that the required information on pilot's training and route experience flights for ATCO's, and a balance of expenses for "The Controller" have been distributed to all Member Associations.

Some Aspects of the Present Situation Some of the primary activities of the Federation could probably be outlined as follows: Affiliation of further ATC Associations, Work of our Standing Committees and Cooperation of Member Associations, Activities of the Secretariat and the Elective Officers.

Affiliation of further ATC Associations The Federation is or has been in contact with non-member ATC Associations in the followi ng countries: Argentine, Bolivia, Canada (affiliation pending), Iran, Italy (affiliation pend ing), Japan, New Zealand, Turkey, U.S.A., Uruguay (affiliation pending), Venezuela.

Some of these Associations, e. g. that of Turkey, have even been founded with the particular intention of becoming members of IFATCA. The Associations of Canada, Italy, and Uruguay will presumably be accepted as affiliates at the Brussels Conference.

It should be one of our main efforts to affiliate the remaining non-member ATC Associations as soon as possible. As these Associations are spread all over the world, and transport difficulties may even prevent them from coming to our annual conferences, we should at least offer them the opportunity to handle their particular regional problems themselves but with the support of the Federation. This can be realized by establish i ng IFATCA regions when affiliating Associations from far away, and by appointing Reg ional VicePresidents. I can imagine that in a not too distant future, we might have such re gions in Europe, North and South America, as well as in the Far East. Similar arrangements already existing in IFALPA may provide valuable guidance in this respect and could offer a platform for regional contacts and discussions between pilots and controllers in different parts of the world.

Work of our Standing Committees and Cooperation of Member Associations Our members have appreciated the increased activity and efficiency of our Standing Committees and, particularly, that of S.C.I. We confidently expect that the schema recently introduced to ensure adequate cooperation and more initiative from our Member Associations will lead to the same favourable effects and will ass ist our Committees i n obtaining the required results.

It is also very important to encourage the Corporation Members to take part i n our technical activities, and Standing Committee No. I is well aware that our relations with ICAO will cause tremendous work and that it requires a good deal of enthusiasm to come up to their expectations.

Our Standing Committees may be assured, however, that their excellent work is fuily recognized, and that Member Assoc iations will endeavour to cooperate effectively.

Activities of the Elective Officers and the Executive Secretary The development and progress of a rather young organisation as ours depends to a large extent on the harmonious efforts and the efficiency of its Officers. It is with particular emphasi s that I mention here the untiring cooperation wh ich the Secretariat received from all Officers . Above all, however, we should appreciate that our Executive Secretary Mr. G . W . Monk has done an excell ent a nd exemplary job. I was really aston ished by the stream of correspondence, study material, and conference papers which left his office during the past months. The Federation should be grateful to have a man of h is qualities at its disposal, and we hope that Mr. Monk will be able to continue his efforts with the same vigour and i:iroficiency for a long time. He can take it for granted that the Elective Officers will continue to cooperate to the best of their ab i lity.

I wish ~o conclude by thanking Mr. Roger Sadet, the 2nd Vice -Pre sident of the Federntion, and th e Belg ia n Gu ild of Air Traffic Controllers for the excellent preparation of the Brussel s Conference.

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Report of the Executive Secretary Introduction

Append ix A. 2 Relating ta Agenda Item A.1 .2 Pag e 17

As members are aware, I was appointed to the position of Executive Secretary in September of last year, and I attended the Meeting of the Elective Officers in Cologne 1n October 1963, at which the past and future activities of IFATCA were discussed.

Co-operation between Associations and with International Organisations and Industry

One of my tasks was to improve communication with the Members of the Federation. It was olso the policy to increase co-operation with other international organisations, and increase also contacts with industry and non-member ATC Associations. It was hoped that improved co-operation would not only lead to these organisations and IFAT CA being better informed of each others ideas and experiences, but would result in further applications for affiliation as Member Associations or Corporation Members.

At the Officers' Meeting, it was thought that increased use could be made of the knowledge and experience available in the Member Associations and a programme was drawn up by the 2nd Vice-President, in which various sections of the ICAO Documents, Annex 2, Annex 11, and PANS Doc. 4444 were referred to particular Associations for examination and comment. It is too early to tell whether or not this will prove fruitful.

With regard to improving communication between the Secretariat and Associations, The Honorary Secretary issued a circular to Associations in August, setting out the activities of the Federation, and I issued a further letter in January, 1964. In addition Reports were issued on the following : Officers Meeting . Cologne. October, 1963. l.L.O. Conditions of Employment in Air Traffic Control Service. By Professor J . Schenkman.

ICAO RAC/OPS Meeting . Montreal. May/June 1963. The Report - Doc. 8346 has been sent to Associations. This Meeting was attended by Mr. Maurice Cerf, 1st Vice-President, and Mr. Hans Thau, Honorary Secretary.

United Kingdom, Ministry of Aviation Symposium on Electronic Research and Development for Civil Aviation. Malvern, Farnborough and London, Sept./Oct., 1963. This was attended

by Mr. Walter Endlich, the Editor, Mr. Toseland (U.K.) and the Executive Secretary.

IFALPA. Supersonic Tran sport Symposium . London . Nov. 1963. Th is was attended by the 1st Vice-President, Mr. Maurice Cerf, Mr. R. W . G. Mundy (U.K.) and the Executive Secretary.

International Airline Navigators Council (IANC) . Annual Conference London, February, 1964. Attended by the Executive Secretary. The Council appointed Mr. F. Dennis, to act as Liaison Officer to IFA TCA. European Organisation for Civil Aviation Electronics (EUROCAE). Second Annual Assembly. Zur ich, April, 1964. This will be attended by Mr. Bernhard Ruthy, President of the Swiss Association, or Mr. Ernst Bossert, President of the Zur ich group of the Association. A report will be issued later, possibly at the Brussels Conference.

Invitations to attend the following, were also received: ATCA {USA) Annual Conference. Dallas October 1963.

IFALPA . Annual Conference. Manila, Philippines, March, 1964.

In neither case was it possible to be represented, mainly due to the transport difficulties one of the greatest obstacles in the development of the Federation . With regard to the IFALPA Conference, right up to the last minute, it appeared possible that either Mr. Maurice Cerf, the lst Vice-President ; Mr. Hans Thau, the Honorary Secretary; or Mr. J . Wachtel, the President of the Association of Israel would be able to represent IFATCA, but the difficulties, including inoculation, at a rather late stage, proved too great. This was unfortunate as there were several items on the agenda of considerable interest of IFATCA. The President, through the Executive Secretary, communicated his views, - or rather the views of IFATCA - on Pilot/ Controller and Terrain Clearance Responsibility to Captain Jackson, the Executive Secretary of IFALPA. It may be appropriate here to express my personal gratitude to Captain Jackson for his advice and assistance. Members will be aware of the debt IFATCA already owes him for his guidance and assistance during the first formative years.

Co-operation with non-member Associations

A copy of the Report of the Officers Meeting in Cologne, and the January Report of the activities of the Federation were sent to all known ATC As sociations who are not members of IFATCA . Communication has been maintained with the ATCA of America , who recognise necessity for international co-operation, but whose financial position , for路 the moment, prevents them pt"Oceeding with the question of affiliation.

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Appendix A_ 2 Relating ta Agenda Item A.1.2 Page 17

An application has been received, as Associations are aware, from the Canadian Air Traffic Controllers Association for affiliation, and it is hoped that Uruguay, Venezuela and Iran will apply in the near future. It is thought this would greatly strengthen the international strength and influence of IFATCA. It may require consideration of the possibility of decentralisation to a regional form of administration.

Technical Despite the close links we have with other international organisations our relationship with \CAO remains much the most important, and much of the effort of the Federation will have to be directed to deciding our policy or attitude towards the many important items discussed at the RAC/OPS and other meetings. The Chairman of Standing Committee No. 1. on ,,Technical and Professional Matters", will make his report, but I have been concerned to some extent with its functioning, and I have been impressed by the difficulties of obtaining and co-ordinating opinion from Associations and Corporation Members. Some of the latter have given considerable assistance and I think this source of technical knowledge will be called on more and more in the future, if the papers we present to \CAO are to stand up to the critical examination they will encounter.

Annual Conference 1964 -

Brussels

Mr. Roger Sadet, the 2nd Vice-President, and the Belgian Guild have been putting in a vast amount of work in this connection, and it looks as if there will be a large attendance, from Member and non-Member Associations, Corporation Members and Industry, Airlines, and national administrations. \CAO, IANC, IFALPA, Eurocontrol, EUROCAE, \CAOPA, will be represented. IATA always have a full programme in April and will not be represented, but Mr. Krzyckowski, the Technical Director sends his good wishes.

There has been a constant flow of letters between the Elective Officers and the Secretariat, and if differing views and comments prove sometimes rather difficult to reconcile, this is to be expected in an international organisation where possibility for personal discussion is difficult to achieve.

Administration After some six months in post, I am well aware of many things that could have been done, or done better, and the number of things that require to be done in the future. I particularly regret that it has not been possible to despatch to Associations and Corporation Members, well before the Brussels Conference, the final agenda with supporting papers.

Considerable difficulty exists in the production of documents in the necessary numbers and in good time. Relying to a large extent on the kindness of people giving up their spare time, has its unsatisfactory features, but is the best we can do, having regard to economy, until the Secretariat can be built up in man power and equipment. Various Associations have offered assistance and it is hoped to make greater use of this in future.

Finance, as in most things, is of the first importance, and I have some concern for the cost of the number of papers we are producing. These have a repercussion on the cost of ink, paper, and postage, all of which have a tendency to increase in price. An increase in the number of affiliated Associations and Corporation Members would help considerably and iet us hope these materialise.

My experience has been, so far, that a Secretariat is essential if continuity and co-ordination of effort is to be maintained, and that the work entailed is more than can be expected from honorary officers, giving up their spare time. The work should increase if IFATCA is to grow. I have no axe to grind in this connection, as my opinion is that a young and energetic Executive Secretary is required; one who will stay with the Federation for a number of years. When such a person is available, I shall be very happy to hand over to him.

Appendix A. 3 Relating to Agenda Item A. 1.3 Page 17

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Report of the Treasurer In the year 1963 the activities of the Federation were considerably expanded and this is reflected in the audited Income and Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet which show the financial position of th e Federation as at the 3lst December 1963 (Appendix A. 3).

A comparison of the Budget for 1963 and the accounts will show that the Budget has been exceeded with ÂŁ 340. This was made possible by an increase in the number of individual members and especially the financial support from 3 new Corporation Members.

The Membership for 1963 was 17 Member Associations with 2.314 individual members and

10 Corporation Members. This increase in income made it possible for the Federation to be represented at four international conferences with a various number of representatives corresponding to 79 days of representation. The average expense per day has been good £ 5.

Appendix A. 3 Re lating to Agenda Item A.1.3 Page 17

The ICAO RAC/OPS Report, Montreal 1963, which will be important far the future technical work within the Federation, has been purchased in 50 copies and distributed early in January 1964. The price was S 4.5 per copy. It was not possible far the Federation to bear the total expense, and therefore the Officers decided to ask the Member Associations to purchase one or two copies each at a reduced price of one Pound per copy. The 41 Pounds on the Expenditure account cover the Federation's share of the copies d istributed to the Member Associations and the full expense of the copies for the Officers, the Secretariat and the Technical Committee. Three copies are still on stock.

At the Constitutional Conference in Amsterdam, the German Association volunteered to balance the Income and Expenditure Account of ,,The Controller". The financial support so rendreed by the German Association has been highly appreciated. During the Officers Meeting in Cologne last October it appeared that an undue burden of the cost of "The Controller" was borne by the German Association, and it was agreed, that, as a contribution towards the cost of the printing of the London Conference Report in "The Controller", a payment of£ 85 should be made to the German Association . The meeting also discussed whether or not the Federation should take over the full financial responsibility for "The Controller", and the Officers found it undue, that a single Association should bear this extra burden on behalf of the Federation. It was therefore ag reed that the Federation should take over the financial responsibil ity, but endeavour to make the journal balance financially. However, the German Association has now renewed the offer and is willing to continue to finance "The Controller".

From the 1st September 1963 the Federation has employed an Executive Secretary on share basis with the British Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers as agreed upon at the London Conference. I shall give here some information on the financial consequences involved in this engagement and in the setting up a common Headquarters for both organizations.

The initial salary for the post as Executive Secretary to GATCO/IFATCA is £ 700 per annum, equal contributions of£ 350 being provided by the Guild and IFATCA. This sum includes recompense for the use of the Executive Secretary's home as his office and for the rental charges of his private telephone which will be used in course of his work. The cost of the employer's National Insurance contributions and other insurance costs will be borne equally by the Guild and IFATCA. Telephone call charges, postage and stationery expenses will be met by the organization on whose behalf the expenses have been charged.

It has been expected that a number of expenses for office equipment would be involved in the establishment of a new Headquarters, but the Guild offered not to make any charge for the office equipment (typewriter, duplicator and filing cabinets) which is the Guild's property and already in use. However, when and if it becomes necessary to replace existing equipment and when additional equipment is purchased for joint Guild/IFATCA use, the Guild will pay for it and meet any subsequent maintenance costs, but will charge IFATCA an annual rent of 10 per cent of the purchase price. This rental arrangement will not apply to any items required only by one organization or the other, and in such cases the purchase will be made either by the Guild or IFATCA as appropriate. This is a very generous offer and we are indebted to the Guild for this support.

In consequence of the engagement of the Executive Secretary, the Secondary Bank Account in Cologne , which was established to facilitate the work of the Secretariat, has bee n te rminated and a new Bank Account in the name of the Federation has been opened with Lloyds Bank Limited in London for the Executive Secretary's day-to-day expenditure on behalf of the Federation. The Treasui-er will contin ue to take care of the book-keeping.

We closed the account with a surplus of £ 96. I propose this sum to be transferred to the Reserve Fund, bringing the fortune of the Federation up to the amount of £ 953. However, it should be noticed, that the political situation, following the dissolution of the Ce ntral Africa n Federation, has caused the Association o f Air Traffic Control Officers (Ce ntra l Africa) to suspe nd operations and neith er th e Affiliation Fee nor th e Annua l Subscription 1963 has been paid. At the time this report goes to prin t it is not quite clear whether the outstanding dues from this member w ill be paid up in 1964 or not. The matter will be dea lt with under Agenda Item no. P. 4.2.

The accounts for 1963 are the first which give us a fa ir possibility to judge i·he costs involved in the run of the Federation. They show that it is possible fo r a number of Association s to coopera te internationally towards th e attainme nt of th e objects set fourth in th e Constitution. I say "towards the attainme nt" because we must real ize that in th e 35

Appendix A. 3 Relating to Agenda Item A. 1.3 Page 17

years to come our funds, and therefore our possibilities to fulfil our goals, will be restricted.

However, the results we achieved in 1963 were reached through a contribution of only 10 shillings per member and thanks to our Corporation Members for their financ ial support.

If a majority of the world's Air Traffic Controllers will contribute 10 shillings the financial background for the Federation will be secured . Considering the importance of th e Air Traffic Controllers profession this should not be too much to expect. It is to be hoped, that the Federation will reach such a level of recognition among the controllers, not only for the financial support, but also to deserve being called "the voice of the controller".

International Federation of Air Traffic Controller's Associations (IFATCA) Accounts as per December 31, 1963 Income and Expenditure Account from 1st January to 31 st December 1963 Expenditure

£ 85 114 334 (326) (20) (90) 436 39 154 232 41 85 164 1.684 96 1.780

DKr. Stationery and Printing . ... . .. . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Postage and General Expenses . . .... . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .... . .

Elective Officers' Expenses ... . . . . .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Expenses of Delegates Attending International Confere nces : ICAO RAC/OPS Me eting, Montre al . . ..... . .. . . ......... . . .

IFALPA Annual Meeting, Salisbury ..... · ·. · · · · .. · · · · . .... .

MoA Symposium on Electron ics and IFALPA Symposium on SST

DKr. 1.632,41 2.211 ,97 6.476,75

6.306,97 387,96 1.751 ,81 8.446,74 750,00 2.989,25 4.492,91 801,21 1.632,32 3.169,97 32.603,53 1.869,90 34.473,43

Audit Fee (1962) . .. . . . . . .... . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Standing Committees .... . .. . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Annual Confere nce and Confe re nce Re port . . .. . . ... . .. .. . .

ICAO RAC/OPS Report ... . .... . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Contribution "The Controller" . .... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . · · . .

Executive Secretary, Salary and Travel Expenses .. . . . . .. ... .

Total Expenditure Excess of Income over Expe nditure .. .. . · · · ·. · · · · · · .. . . .. . .

Income

DKr.

£ 1.157 553 42 28 1.780

Subscriptions : Membe r Associations . .. . .. . .... . . . . · · · · · · · . . ... · .... . .. .

Corporatio n Members . . . . .. ... . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · . . . ... . .. .

Interest Received .... ... . . . .... . . .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .. · .. .

Profit by Badges . . . . ... . . . . .... . . ... . .. . .. · . .... . .. . ..... .

DK r.

22.420,86 10.692,62 811,97 547,98 34.473,43

Balance Sheet 31 st December, 1963 Assets

DKr.

£ 876 (1 8) (23) (24) (36) 101 3 980

Primary Bank Account . . . . . . ........ . . .. . ....... . ... ... .. .

Debtors : Annual Subscriptions . .. . ... . . ..... . ... .. . ... . .... . . .. .. .

Affili a tion Fees . . . . . . . ... .. . . . .. . . .. . . ... . .... .. .. .. . .. . .

Badges . .. .. ... . . .... . ... . .. ... . . ..... . . .. . . . . . . . . ...... .

ICAO RAC/ OPS Reports . . . .. ... . . . . . . ... . . .. . . . . . . . .. ... .

DKr. 16.980,87

347,40 443,90 463,20 694,80

ICAO RA C/OPS Repo rts on Stock . ... ... ...... . . . . ... . . . . . .

1.949,30 57,90 18.988,07

Liabilities

£ 27 96 (827) (30) 857 980

DKr. Subscription Received in Advance ... . . .. .. . ..... . .

Excess of Income over Expenditure as p e r 3lst Dece mb~.r~ Reserve Fund : As pe r 1st January, 1963 . ... ... . . . . . . . .... .... . . . . .. . . ... . 16.012,23 Affil ia tion Fees 1963 ..

577,84

i963

16.590,07 18.988,07 H. Throne, Ho n.Tre a sure r

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DKr. 528,10 1.869,90

The above accounts are in conformity with the Federation's Cash Book, which we have audited. Regarding the scope etc. of the audit we refer to the report attached.

Appendix A. 3 Relating to Agenda Item A.1.3 Page 17

Copenhagen, March 6th, 1964 Revisions- og Forvaltnings-lnstitutet Aktieselskab Henry W. Hoyer Certified Public Accountant (Denmark)

Mogens Lund Certified Public Accountant (Denmark)

We have now concluded the audit of the Federation's records and its Annual Accounts for 1963. The Annual Accounts show a balance in the Reserve Fund of D.Kr. 16.590,07 as of December 31, 1963, and a Surplus for 1963 of D.Kr. 1.869,90.

The audit was made to the same extent as last year.

Affiliation Fees and Subscriptions for 1963 may be specified as follows:

Austria ................................. .

Belgium ................................. .

Denmark ............................... .

Finland ................................. .

France ................................. .

Germany ............... . .... . .......... .

Iceland ................................. .

Ireland ........ . .. . ............ . ........ .

Israel ................................... .

Luxembourg ............................. .

The Netherlands ................. . ....... .

(Paid in 1962) Norway .......... . .. . ................... .

Sweden .................. . .. . ........... .

Switzerland ................ . .. . ...... . .. .

United Kingdom ......................... .

New members: Centro I Africa (Outstanding as of 31-12-1963) Greece .............................. · · · ·

£ Affiliation Fees (0-05-00/ member)

55 65 65 65 102 672 53 66 14 7 67

£ Subscriptions (0-10-00/ member) 27-10-00 32-10-00 32-10-00 32-10-00 51 -00-00 336-00-00 26-10-00 33-00-00 7-00-00 3-10-00 33-10-00

176 180 109 498

88-00-00 90-00-00 54-10-00 249-00-00

Members

36 84

9-00-00 21 -00-00*

18-00-00 42-00-00

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2.314 *

30-00-00

l.157-00-00

Of which£ 14-00-00 were outstanding as of December 31, 1963.

£ Subscriptions from Corporation Members amount to:

553-02-03

The balance of the Primary Bank Account has been checked with the extract of account from the bank and was also reconciled with the Bank by telephone on February 21 st, 1964.

The previous "Secondary (Bank) Account" was terminated as of December 31, 1963.

Cogenhagen, Morch 6th, 1964 Revisions- og Forvaltnings-lnstitutet Aktieselskab Henry W. Hoyer Certified Public Accountant (Denmark)

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Appendix A. 4 Relating to Agenda I terns A. 1.4 and A. 2.1 Page 17

Report of the Editor During the past year the activities of the Standing Committee "Publications and Public Relations" were restricted by lhe fact that the Editor could not devote as much time as before to the subject. There was also a slight financial problem.

Work essentially centered on the publication of "The Controller". In addition, contact was maintained with the aviation press, and the essential IFATCA activities were reported.

A report on the London Conference was furnished to one of the major German broadcasting stations, which subsequently included it on one of their programmes.

The exchange programme of aviation publications, established in cooperation with the Bundesanstalt fi.ir Flugsicherung, and solicited at the London Conference, has been discontinued. The replies to my relevant questionnaire indicated that most of the IFATCA Member Associations were not interested in continuing this programme.

A detailed report of the proceedings of the London Conference (with the exception of certain administrative items which were not of general interest) was published in the April 1963 issue of "The Controller".

As this volume was larger than the normal, the expenses for publication exceeded the usual costs. At the Elective Officers Meeting in Cologne in October 1963, the German ATCA, who had so far borne the costs not covered by advertising and sales income, raised the question of printing and distribution expenses for the journal. The Officers agreed that, in the long run, it could not be expected that one Association should bear these costs alone.

It was suggested that the Editor should prepare a working paper to outline the situation and to propose a suitable solution to this problem.

Subsequently, however, the German ATCA have informed IFATCA that they will be prepared to cover the publication costs, provided that they are not unduly high. For this reason, the actual working paper has not been prepared; nevertheless it appears worth while to spend more thought on the question of balancing income and expenses. Four possibilities have been considered:

l. To sell more copies.

2. To reduce the number of copies per issue.

3. To obtain more advertisements.

4. To reduce the number of pages.

Number one is self-explanatory. The President has already dwelt on that solution by suggesting that each ind ividual member should have his own copy of "The Controller".

Number two has already been put into effect. After a recent survey of the distribution list I reduced the number of complementary copies, thus reducing the total circulation b; about 10% .

This is not necessarily a good solution, as it has yet to be proved that the savings obtained thereby will offset our loss of potential readers. This loss unfortunately includes some of the Associations which, although not yet members of IFATCA, take a strong interest in the activities of the Federation . Letters received from this group indicated that "The Controller" frequently constitutes the main contact they have with their fellow controllers.

Another disadvantage of applying solution number 2 is that advertising rates are directly related to the total coverage.

Solution number three appears most reasonable, and I have already intensified my efforts toward this end.

Solution number four represents an immediate remedy, and is now being applied. It still can safely be assumed that the present backlog of advertising contracts will support most of the costs for a 20-page edition of the remaining 1964 issues.

There have been comments that the articles in the journal are too technical, and that the emphasis should be on the operational side. I fully agree, however, I did not have an opportunity_in the last year to maintain as many personal contacts with potential writers.

As a result, it was mostly necessary to rely on the information obtained by corresponde and this was rather limited. It is sad to state that the information coming in from M nbce, . . . em er Assoc1attons was almost nil. The number of Member Associations which has subm.tt d 1 e 路 I d 路 h materia uring t e past year has been extremely small. It was quite encouraging, however, to have the permanent support of ATC writers in the United States, the most _ T. K y路 k pro . m 1nent one, 1rey . 1c ers, I had the pleasure to find among the delegates.

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A very promising situation has come up with my moving to Brussels . The permanent contact with a great number of ATC experts from various European countries, and the friendly support I have already received from them will, no doubt, show its merits in the improvement of the journal's quality.

In closing, I should like to repeat what I have said at previous IFATCA conferences: "The Controller" is your journal. It's operational content depends largely on the contributions you provide.

Appendix A.4 Relating to Agenda Items A.1.4 and A. 2.1 Page 17

Report of Standing Committee for Financial Affairs

Appendix A. 5 Relating to Agenda Item A. 2.2 Page 18

In the past year only two matters have been referred to the Committee for consideration.

These are: 1. Distribution of documents to Associations.

2. Membership difficulties. Association of Air Traffic Control Officers (Central Africa).

During the years a considerable number of documents and reports have been distributed to the Member Associations and the work connected with duplicating, piling and distribution these and the cost of paper and especially the postage expenses have shown, that it is desirable to keep the number of copies sent to each Association at a minimum. The Elective Officers therefore requested the Committee to consider the possibility of basing the distribution of documents to Member Associations on membership and charge the Associations for extra copies.

The Committee considered the matter and found that: a) For the economy of the Federation it is desirable to limit the number of copies distributed to the Member Associations. b) Technical and other papers should be distributed to the Member Associations on the following basis: three copies per Association (one for filing and the others for the Director and Deputy Director, who should bring them with them to the Annual Conference), plus copies as required, not exceeding one copy pr. 30 members.

(Note: On the basis of present membership, this would require the distribution of 125 copies.) c) If Associations should require more copies, the additional cost of postage and paper might be charged to their account. d) It should be left to the Executive Secretary and/or the Treasurer to decide whether or not copies in excess of the quantity proposed above should be charged the Association requiring them. This decision should be based on a comparison between the cost of paper and postage and the trouble involved in the book-keeping and collection of the charges. e) If the Elective Officers decide that a paper or report shall be distributed to all individual members no extra charge shall be levied.

The Committee proposes the following RESOLUTION for adoption: WHEREAS it is considered desirable that the distribution of Documents to Member Associations should be laid down, and with regard to the necessity for economy in paper and postage, THEREFORE distribution should be based on membership of Associations, NOW THEREFORE the Federation resolves that technical and other papers should be distributed to Member Associations on the following basis: three copies per Association, plus copies as required not exceeding one copy per 30 members. Should Associations require more copies, the additional cost of postage and paper might be charged to their account. It is left to the Executive Secretary and/or the Treasurer to decide when such charges shall be levied .

By the 1st January, 1964, the Central African Federation was split into three Territorial Departments and so was the Federal Department of Civil Aviation .

From the same day the Association of Air Traffic Control Officers (Central Africa) who made application for membership with IFATCA at the London Conference had its membership split up under three separate Directorates.

In a letter to the Executive Secretary dated 28th December 1963, the Association expiained this situation and requested to continue to be accepted by IFATCA in its present relationship until it could be ascertained, that the membership can remain in one Association .

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Appendix A. 5 Relating ta Agenda Item A.2.2 Page 18

The Central African Association has not paid any part of the Affiliation Fee nor of the Annual Subscription for 1963. In the letter mentioned above the Association promised to pay up their dues when the situation has been clarified.

Considering the matter the Committee found that Central Africa's relationship to the Federation is not quite clear.

At the London Conference the application for Central Africa was granted. Constitutionally an applicant first becomes an active affiliate of the Federation upon paying the required Affiliation Fee or one-third thereof and the Annual Subscription.

The Association can therefore either be regarded as an active affiliate with unpaid dues of£ 27, or as an applicant not having paid up the required liabilities to become an active affiliate.

In the first case these dues can be a hard burden if the Association has to continue with a reduced membership.

In the latter case the Federation could cancel the outstand ing liabilities of the Association and regard Central Africa as "sleeping" applicant who w ill become an active affiliate upon paying the Affiliation Fee or one-third thereof and the Annual Subscription 1964 based on its new membership.

The Committee favours the latter poss ibility and proposes the following resolution for adoption: WHEREAS the political situation, following the dissolution of the Central African Federation, has caused the Association of Air Traffic Control Officers (Central Africa) to suspend operations and WHEREAS this Association has been unable to pay its financial dues to IFATCA due to the uncertainty of the position, the Federal Department of Civil Aviation having split into three parts, with consequent reforming of ATC units, and WHEREAS the Association has requested they continue to be accepted by the Federation in the present relationship, until the situation is clarified, subscription rates prescribed, and dues despatched to IFATCA, THEREFORE it is considered that sympathetic consideration should be given to this Association in its difficulties.

NOW THEREFORE the Fede ration resolve s that th e outstand ing liability of the Association shall be cancelled and that the Association shall pay its Affiliation Fee and the Annual Subscription for 1964 based on its new membership, when resolved.

App endi x A. 6 Relati ng to A ge nda Item A.3 Page 18

Draft Budget 1964 Income

£ Member Associations (2.188 individual members) .. . ..... . . . . . . . . . ........ .

Corporation Members (9) ........ . .... . .............. .. ............. . .. . .

Interest received . . . ............. .... ....... . . . ...... .. ............. . ....

Profit by Badges . .. ... . .... . .. . ... . ......... . . .. . . .. . . . . . ........ . . . . . . .

£ 1.094 503 47 10

Expenditure

Statio nery and Printing ..... . . . .. . ....... . ...... . . . . .. ......... .. . . . . . . . .

Postage and Gene ral Expenses . .................... .. .............. . ... .

Elective Officers Expenses: Annual Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

160 Meeting of Elective Officers... . ... . . . . . .. . ..... . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . .

100 Expenses of Delegates Atte nding International Co nference s .... . . .. . . .. . .. .

Annual Confe re nce . .. . .. .. .. ........ . ..... . .. .... ... . . . ... .. . .. .. .. .... .

Audit Fee (1 963) .. ... ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. ........ . .. . .. ...... . . . . . .

Ex penses Standing Committees .. . . . . . . . . .... . . ........ . . . .. . ..... .. . . .. .

Executive Secretary : Salary ... .. . .. .... . ...... .. . . .... ........... . .. . .... . ... .. .. .

350 In s urance ....... .. . . .. . . . .... . . ... . .. ....... . . ... . . ......... ... . .

20 Telephone Charges . .... . . . . .... .. ....... . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. .... ... .

30 Trave llin g Expense s .... . .. . .... .. . . ..... . .. ... . .. . .... . .. . . .. . .. .

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100 140

260 285 200 39 130

500 1.654 1.654

Comments

The budget for 1964 is based on a declared Membership of 2.188 and 9 Corporation Members. Unfortunately this is 126 individual members and one Corporation Member less than the year before. One Member Association has lost nearly 150 members due to a change in the conditions of employment, and for the reason explained in the Treasurer's Report no declaration of membersh ip has been received from Central Africa. One of our Corporation Members has cancelled the membership due to circumstances which made drastic economization absolutely necessary.

The item "Postage and General Expenses" has been more than doubled in proportion to the previous year but with the increased activities of the Federation the postage expenses are becoming a considerable burden.

"Elective Officers Expenses" have been reduced as the allowance to the Hon . Secretary will be saved now the Executive Secretary has taken over the main part of the secretarial work. 拢 285 for "Expenses of Delegates Attending International Conferences" is simply the difference between the expected income and the total of the other expenses. These expenses are more or less imperative for the run of the Federation while our representation outwardly must depend on our financial capabilities.

Procedures for Sub-Committees at Annual or Special Conferences Supplementary to Article IV of the Constitution, Schedule A of the By-Laws, and paragraph 4.4 of the IFATCA Manual.

Append ix A. 6 Re la ting to Agenda Ite m A.3 Page 18

Appe ndix A. 7 Relating to Agenda Item A.4.1 Page 18

1. Structure The structure of the Conference will normally comprise: Plenary Meeting Sub-Committee A Administration and Nomination Sub-Committee B Professional Matters 2. Agenda 2.1 The Plenary Meeting shall provide the Sub-Committees with the agenda of items for their consideration.

2.2 The Sub-Committees shall, whenever possible, complete their work before the final Plenary Meeting of the Conference.

3. Rules of Procedure 3.1 Each Member Association shall endeavour to be represented on both Sub-Committees, e ither by its Director, Deputy Director, an Advisor, or by a Proxy.

3.2 Th e Office rs of a Sub-Committee shall be a Chairman, Vice -Chairman, Secretary and Assistant Secretary as required, who will normally be appointed at the Plenary Meeting. When no such appointment has been made, the first meeting shall be presided over by an Elective Officer until the Chairman has been elected.

3.3 Sub-Committees shall proceed without a quorum. Voting may be resorted to or used to test opinion, if necessary. Sub-Committees shall endeavour to reach unanimous agreement.

3.4 Sub-Committees may appoint a Wo rking Group, which may cond uct its bu siness informally, to prepare proposals to that Committee.

3.5 Minutes shall be kept for all sittings of the Committees and shall normally be in summary form. An individual Association may have its views on a particular subject included in the Minutes, if so requested.

3.6 The Chairman of 0 Sub-Committee shall declare the opening and the closing of each sitting, direct th e discussion, accord the right to speak, put quest ions, and an nounce the decisions. He sha ll also present th e Sub-Committee Report to the Plenary Meeting.

3.7 During discussion any rnpresentative who considers the Rules of Procedure are not being observed may raise the matter as a point o f order, and the matte1路 shall be immediately ruled upon by the Chairman . An appeal against the ru !ing shall be put to the vote and decided by a simp le majority.

3.8

A motion or an amendment shall not be discussed until it has been seconded.

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Appendix A. 7 Relating ta Agenda Item A.4.l Page 18

Appendix A. 8 Relating ta Agenda Item A.4.3 Page 19

Appendix A. 9 Relating to Agenda Item A.6 Page 19

4. Report 4.1 When a Committee completes discussion of an assigned agenda item, or of a discrete part thereof, it shall prepare and approve its report on the matter for inclusion in the report of the Committee.

4.2 Each Committee should ensure that its intentions are fully stated and clearly expressed in each recommendation.

4.3 Preceding each recommendation, a summary of the views which led to the recommendation (including the results of any vote taken) should be given.

4.4 Where necessary, an indicat ion of the manner in which implementat ion should proceed, should be given.

4.5 Reports should be as concise as possible, and should be restricted to material necessary to understand the plan presented.

4.6 When necessary, one part should be provided to accommodate comments on the organisational or procedural aspects.

4.7 When necessary, a separate part should be provided to contain statements by delegations, not related to a particular item only.

Proposal by the Icelandic Association and the Elective Officers Standing Committee on Awards (proposed) WHEREAS at the l st Annual Conference - Paris - the Icelandic Association undertook the task of exploring the possibility of establishing a Standing Committee on Awards, and WHEREAS the Association reported in April 1963 that its general opinion was "That it is improper for IFATCA to award their own members for do ing their duty. However, it might be a good practise to award manufacturing companies and other significant contributors to Air Safety for outstanding achievements, in order to create goodwill and better cooperation. It is our opinion that a Standing Committee should not be establ ished, as it must be more difficult for an individual Association to learn of and judge, which contributors are worth awarding, but as the Officers of the Federation are more centrally situated, we therefore suggest that if the policy of awards is adopted, that the Officers of IFATCA undertake the task of presenting Certificates of Award to those found worthy."

THEREFORE as the Icelandic Association recommend that a Standing Committee be not established, and in view of the difficulties involved in making awards.

NOW THEREFORE the Federation resolves that the subject of a Standing Committee, on Awards be not proceeded w ith.

Proposal by the Elective Officers Nomination of Officers - Rotation WHEREAS it is considered desirable that continuity in the direction of the activities of the Federation be maintained, and WHEREAS at present, th e Officers are elected each year, THEREFORE it is considered that there should be intervals between the election of individual Officers and NOW THEREFORE the Federation resolves that nominations for the election of Officers should be made at the following intervals: Even years

Odd years

President 2nd Vice-President Honorary Treasurer

1st Vice-President Honorary Secretary Editor

Each Officer to hold office for at least two years. Three of the Officers will be subject, each year, to re-election.

Administration

Elective Officers shall inform the Executive Secretary sufficiently in advance of the Annual Conference , if they are not available for re-e lection. In the absence of such a state ment th ey shall be considered a s willing to accept nomination . ' A request for nom ination of Officers shall be sent lo the Member Associations sufficiently in advance of the Conference.

Member Associations shall submit to the Secretariat nom inations for Officers, at least 60 days before the Annual or Special Conference.

Only one candidate for each function of Officer shall be nominated by each Association.

Candidates need not be a member of the nominating Associati o n, but must be an individual membe r of th e Fe deration .

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After receiving nominations, the Executive Secretary shall ascertain if the nominees are willing to accept office in the event of their being elected.

At least 30 days before the Conference, the Executive Secretary shall notify the Member Associations of the list of nominees who have accepted nomination .

The list of candidates shall be considered in Sub-Committee A of the Conference. The Committee shall agree on a majority proposal of the candidates for the three offices becoming vacant. The proposal shall then be submitted to the Plenary Meeting for final election.

Appendix A . 9 Re lating ta Agenda Item A.6 Pa ge 19

Report of the first Vice-President

Appendi x B. 1 Re lating to A ge nda Item B. 1.1 Pag e 21

Since last year's Conference, I had the pleasure of attending two major aeronautical meetings on behalf of IFATCA : the ICAO RAC/OPS meeting in Montreal and the Supersonic Transport Symposium in London.

The ICAO RAC/ OPS meeting was attended by representatives of forty-one Contracting States, one non-Contracting State and seven international organizations among which IFALPA and ourselves.

Nineteen items were on the agenda prepared by the Air Navigation Commission, the meeting did not find itself in a pos ition to present any concrete proposa l on two items, on some others the entire field could not be covered and further study was recommended .

You will not learn anything new when I tell you how thorough and effective the organization of the meeting was, thanks to a team of specialists led by Mr. Jaque de Vienne, Chief of RAC/SAR Section of the Air Navigation Bureau. Although English was the most commonly used language, one could rely on very good translations in Spanish and French .

I w i ll spare you from the tedious account of all the 19 items restraining myself to a mention of those which r epres ented a marked interest for IFATCA, thi s interest being materialized by working papers. It was a valuable asset for me to have these working papers which, clearly defining the standpoint of the Federation, and distributed among all the delegates to be read at leisure, saved us from lengthy explanations and possible misunderstandings. The delegates showed their interest by discussing them with me. At this point I should like to commend the British and Netherland Guilds for the quality and time liness of their contributions.

Item 3 of the agenda, on " Control of Flights in VMC", allowed an exchang e of vi ew s on the steps taken by several countries to control VFR traffic, with the conclus ion that it was premature to establish international regulations on this sort of flights.

I noticed that the term "Positive Control" was dropped in favour of "Extended Control " .

The concept of " Extended Control " as seen by most delegates, w ith the implication of some limitation in flights, improvements in the airborne equipment and the pilot efficiency, was seriously questioned by the representatives of p ri vate pilots associations who, and on e cannot blame them saw t here a hindrance in the use of th e airspace.

Several recommendatio~s were subsequently i ssued mostly with a purpose of eliminating, in the future, VMC clearances. This was more or less in l ine with the IFATCA brief.

Item 7 dealt with "Horizontal Separation". The meeting decided to leave for further studies the establishment of horizontal minima on a mathematical basis . Interesting considerations were given to Radar separation, the meeting recogn ized here that this sort of separation was depende nt on the Controller being highly efficient and aware of the limitations of his equ ipm ent. A recomm endation outlin ed certain bas ic ATC as sum p t ions according to which th e use of ground Radar tends to alter, to a certain extent, th e accepted pre mi se that navigational responsibility is vested within the aircraft.

Item 8, on "Cruising Levels Systems", led to heated discussi ons between the supporters of quadrantai crui si ng leveis and the upholders of the semi-circular table. A lthough neither system completely satisfied all operational requirements, the semi-circular table was, after a vote, retained by a narrow margin.

IFATCA had a workin g paper on item 9 "Airspace Organization " . The meeting was sati sfied with providing gen eral factors to be co nsidered for th e establi shmen t of controlled airspace.

Item 10 subject was "ATS Personnel Responsibilities" especially for ensuring adequate terrain clearance. The Netherlands Guilds had produced a clear and logica l paper which stressed the Air Traffic Controller responsibility in such an instance. This responsibility was, after confirmation of the usual and w ell established principles, noted by the meeting.

A large number of workin g papers wa s produced on item 16: "Civil Military Co -ordination", most of th e m o nly related to the past expe r路ience of di ffe ren t na t ions . Th e meeting concl ud ed with th e d ec isio n th a t g uidan ce would b e provided to sta tes.

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Appendix B. 1 Relating ta Agenda Item 8.1.l Page 21

For a newcomer it is highly rewarding ta witness the proceeding of an ICAO meeting.

I took a deep personal interest and was taught some good lessons on how to work slowly, cautiously and thoroughly so that when things are completed it is with the certainty that no omission or misunderstanding is possible. I appreciated the remarkable way in which ICAO people led the work and, in a gentle unobstrusive manner, handled the delegates.

I especially liked the pleasant atmosphere of the sessions and the sense of humor which prevailed oil along the meeting.

The work was divided into four committees and, I do not enjoy the gift of ubiquity, I was prevented from attending the discussions on every one of the items. IFATCA is considering the advisability of sending a larger delegation in the future to avoid such inconveniences , this would also permit a better study of the flood of working papers distributed every day for the attention of the delegates, and a possibility of useful discussions every evening especially when a decision has to be taken.

IFATCA's purpose, in attending the RAC/OPS meeting, was to get acquainted with ICAO's ways and methods in order to be able to provide an active and useful cooperation for further meetings, we also wanted to make the Federation known to the delegates as 0 source of positive contribution . Our first aim was certainly reached, I trust that Hans Thau and I succeeded for the second one.

I will now come to the second of my assignments, the Symposium on Supersonic Transport.

It was organized in London by IFALPA and constituted the first international meeting on the supersonic transport and its attendant problems. This symposium was sponsored by the British Air Line Pilot's Association, the American Air Line Pilot's Association and the Air Line Pilot's Association of France. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh inaugurated the meeting. Five panels gave us the opportunity of hearing some of the most experienced and best qualified people giving both their views on SST in general and on the present stage of their work.

Here again I will not give you a decided account of the meeting, I trust all of you have read the reports now available among which the one made by our Executive Secretary Geoffrey Monk. I will just try to extract what, to my mind, may interest the Air Traffic Controllers .

It must be borne in mind that this symposium was organized by pilots and so, that the lecturers addressed themselves to pilots thus considering problems relevant mostly to pilots, I wish also to point out that what was delivered to us remained in the field of general information .

Now for the meeting itself, Mr. J. J. Tymczyszyn, of the Federal Aviation Agency, gave 0 summary of the design objectives pertinent to the landing phase of the American SST, as stated in the FAA request for proposal, some items moy interest you, for instance, "The required runway length shall not exceed 8000 ft under wet runway cond ition with the a/c at maximum authorized landing gross weight. Landing approach speed shall be in the order of 135 kts or less over the runway boundary or threshold. A crosswind capability of 30 kts, direct crosswind component, is required, with average pilot ability." This, and here again I quote Mr. Tymczyszyn, virtually assure the airline pilot that the landing characteristics of the SST will be at least as good as to-day's jet transports . This last sentence i 11 ustrates very accurately the general trend of the different declarations . Al I a long the meeting I sensed an eagerness on the part of the lecturers to assure their interlocutors that SST would in no way inconvenience them or create much change from what they are used to nowadays.

Taking this into account and also the concept that the SST must be "just another aircraft" capable of holding at least as well as present day jets and capable of slowing down to similar approach and landing speeds, Mr. J. Huntoon, Assistant Director of the U.S. Aviation Weather Services, noted that the only weather problem which will be different or additional to those of today jet aircraft would be related to the size of the aircraft and its landing characteristics due to its greater length. Development of techniques to measure a.n d report slant range visibility ond a means to determine more accurately and frequently v1s 1b1l1ty along runways, are among the projects confronting meteorological research and development efforts today.

The noise problem was discussed by Mr . M. G. Wilde of the British Aircraft Corporation, his conclusion wa s that the possible addition of a reasonable close-in noise requirement may be necessary, yet design action can certainly deal with it.

In the summary of his speech on "Flight Planning and Despatch", Mr . J.E . Colburn of Continental Airlines indicated that the follow ing techniques would be required : No taxi holds before takeoff ; Climb, cruise, and descent clearance unrestricted as to altitude .

You wdl notice here that these particular requirements are those of the subsonic aircraft.

Captain W. W . Moslond gave a pilot's outlook on the SST both pleasant and far sighted , he raised a number of problems which hod not been discussed so far .

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In one port of his speech he discussed the adequacy of existing facilities, the intricacy of air traffic control which is scattered in numerous units along the airline, each of these units, through force of circumstances, altering routings, flight altitudes; introducing holdings without consideration or knowledge of the fuel consumption. This slate of things has been tolerated so far, but cannot be accepted with the SST. After these considerations Captain Masland comes to the conclusion that authority and responsib i lity should be centralized in the same spot, the cockpit being the obvious selection. One could discuss at length this very simplified allocation of responsibilities, this is not the object of my report.

Appendix B. l Relating ta Agenda I tem B. l.l Page 21

Mr. A. H. Jessel, of the British Ministry of Aviation, gave the views of the Air Traffic Control Authorities which, slated as simply as possible, are that the SST should be thus made that it can flt in the present patterns and be content with the present facilities and procedures; in particular, it cannot expect to receive priority in the terminal areas either before takeoff or in landing.

An ideal area coverage navigation system was described by Jack Groves of the Decca Navigator Co. who pointed out that navigation must not be separated from Air Traffic Control both things being part of an overall ATC system.

Mr. E. Swinney of Marconi stressed the importance of developing automatic communications between aircraft and Air Traffic Control as present day voice communication systems are loo often congested, an inconvenience that the speed of aircraft w i ll certainly not alleviate.

To conclude this part of my report on the SST symposium, I shall tell you how comforting it is to know that, for the first time in aviation history, the airline pilot is consulted by the designers with the apparent purpose of ensuring that the pilot input will be considered.

Geoffrey Monk, Mr. Murphy (representing Arnold Field) and I, took great interest in the whole meeting during which we heard some of the most authoritative opinions on SST. Before finishing I would like to state how pleasant it has been lo represent I FA TCA abroad and lo witness the interest raised by the Federation.

I was honoured to speak in the name of my fellow controllers and hope to have been an efficient representative. Thank you!

Report of the 2nd Vice-President The last ten years have known such a rapid evolution in the history of aviation that the Air Traffic Control Services are constantly faced with the problem of continuous adaptation of their systems in order to maintain the high standard of safety demanded by the quickest means of transportation.

Air Traffic Control therefore, needs trained men with a high degree of craftmanship of which the moral standard is not the least aspect of the required qualities.

But however skilled, however devoted to duty these men may be, their possibilities will be limited if sufficient means of improving their working methods are not made available to them.

By th e nature of their profession, they occupy a unique position enabling them to assess the necessity or the usefulness of the procedures and devices put al their disposal which are intended to increase their operational efficiency.

The authorities can no longer disregard the ideas and claims for better systems and better tools put forward by highly experienced air traffic controllers. On the contrary, more and more, the administrations, responsible for the safety of air navigation, request their collaboration and advice before implementing new procedures or installing new equipment.

This see ms natural since they both are concerned with the some purpose, but only at different levels.

The main object of IFATCA is to promote safety, efficiency and regularity in International Air Navigation. The reason for creating IFATCA was the necessity felt by all Air Traffic Controllers' Associations to pool their efforts in order to reach this aim. In an organised body, exchange of knowledge and study of professional problems and developments are co-ordinated and made available for information or use to the Air Traffic Controllers 路 A ssociations on a routin e basis .

Nowadays, it is quite common for d ecision s to be taken in a country on the experi ence already gained in other countries. This is even more so in aviation which is essentially an international concern.

Likewise in IFATCA, discussions will be initiated, even decisions taken, based on the r路esearch and findings of the Standing Committees. They w ill guide and advise the Member Associations in their air traffic control activities in their respective countries. At iFATCA Conferences th ere is achieved a direct exchange of ideas gained by Assoc iation s in experienc ing certain procedures, working methods or types of equipment.

Appendix B. 2 Re l ating ta Agenda I tem B.1 .2 Page 21

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Appendix B. 3 Relat i ng to Agenda Item B. 2.1 Page 21

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This year, the Standing Committee for Technical and Professional Matters has produced several papers as a result of their study of subjects which are or will be in future of prime importance in ATC. First I am thinking of the draft Radar Procedures worked out on request of !CAO. Unfortunately, the volume of the work was so extensive for the short notice, that there was no time available for all Member Associations to examine the paper thoroughly before it had to be delivered to !CAO. This paper will be discussed at this Conference in order to decide on its final form.

Amongst others, "Landings on Pa rallel Runways in IFR" is a subject of high importance in the further development in aviation.

The Chairman of the Standing Committee for Technical and Professional Matters, Arnold Field, will speak about these papers in some detail.

I would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to him and his Technical Committee for the efforts they have put in the preparation of these papers.

Since this Standing Committee has been very active, it was thought at the Elective Officers' meeting held in Cologne in October last year, that the other Associations not charged with a Standing Committee on professional problems should prepare a work programme by studying the ICAO Documents having a direct bearing on the work in A.T.C.: Doc 4444 RAC, Annex 2 and Annex 11. Parts and Sections of these documents were allocated to Member Associations taking into account the geographical situation of the countries concerned and the type of traffic mainly handled by the Controllers of the Associations in their respective countries.

At the moment these documents have to be examined in the light of possible amendments suggested by the report of the RAC/OPS meeting and I would like to ask these Associations to carefully consider their allocated parts before deciding to make an official statement, or making proposals for amendments.

The subjects are still being studied by the Associations which were not requested to produce their final comments at the present date, as these subjects are not being considered as a matter of urgency. This Conference will reconsider the allocation of subjects and will accept statements from Member Associations in this respect.

It is expected that the discussion of proposed amendments will form an important item on the Agenda of next year's Conference.

A Standing Committee is, for practical reasons, formed by Members of the same Association or by such Associations that have eas~ and direct me.ans of communication. Although most Standing Committees in the Federation have or will have a permanent character they are not necessarily formed by the same national Association on a permanent basis: For several reasons, it is advisable, that the Standing Committee for Technical and Professional Matters for instance, should be rotated amongst the Member Associations. This should be done voluntarily rather than according to a pre-arranged scheme. Therefore Member Associations are requested to consider the possibilities of taking over this Stand~ ing Committee from the British Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers by next year's Conference.

This year the creation of a Standing Committee on Environmental Factors in ATC will be proposed to the Conference. Sub-Committee A will proceed in the discussion about the suitability of such a Standing Committee and if the suggestion is accepted, a Member Association will be elected for this function.

The activities of this Standing Committee and those of the Standing Committee for Technical and Professional Matters may in some instances overlap in technical subjects. The 2nd Vice-President and the Elective Officers shall be responsible for the co-ordination of these two Standing Committees .

Report of the Chairman of the Technical and Civil/Military Co-ordination Sub-Committees for the Year 1963/64 During the past year these two Committees have met regularly at monthly intervals and have additionally been represented at the Royal Radar Establishments Symposium at Malvern, England, the Electronic Engineering Associations Symposium in London and the Supersonic Transport Symposium in London. These three items being the subject of special reports previously submitted to the Elective Officers .

The most important task with which the Technical Committee has had to deal, was 0 request from !CAO for the provision of Study Material on ATC procedures for the use of primary radar by air traffic control. This was a formidable task and took a great d I . . d k ea o f private time an wor to complete. Drafts of the material was submitted to Memb . . d h er Assoc1at1ons an t .ose comments wh~~h were received in time for the !CAO deadline, were incorporated 1n the final draft. 1n1s final draft following the approval of the Presi-

dent was then submitted to the ICAO Head Office in Montreal. It is the intention of the Technical Committee to submit this draft to the 1964 Conference either for adoption or for reference back for further study. It has not been possible to include all of the proposed amendments in the draft, for many of these were received even too late to meet the date for conference printing and in any event require considerable time for study before sensible amendment is possible.

The two Committees have also been engaged upon the preparation of the following papers for presentation to Conference: TCP TCP TCP TCP TCP TCP

No. No. No. No. No. No.

1 2 3 4 5 6

Appendix B. 3 Relating to Agenda Item B.2.1 Page 21

Parallel Runways Closed Circuit Television Bright Radar Displays Air/Ground Data Links integrated ATC The Future of 10 cm Radar

I wish however to make the point that these papers are not intended to form subjects for Conference resolution but are tabled as subjects upon which Conference may decide either to refer back for further study or eliminate from the work programme. The subjects were chosen as being of direct interest to IFATCA at this present time and represent a basis upon which further work can be conducted. You will wish to know that our Corporate Members were circulated with certain of these subjects which we knew were of direct concern to particular members and as a result a considerable contribution was received from this source.

I have been a little disappointed at the lack of information flowing into the Committees, for which I am responsible, from the Member Associations. Inevitably if work has to be produced, and it must if IFATCA is to remain the "live" force it is, it is difficult at all times to truly reflect the international view. I would suggest therefore, for your consideration, that to preserve this aspect of our work the Technical Committee should be rotated around the other Member Associations. In making this suggestion I wish to add that the British Guild is willing to take on any other work Conference may allocate or to continue with the present Committees if no other association feels itself in a position to take over, at this time.

Pilot/Controller Relationship It is understood that IFALPA policy, as stated in the RAC Section of the T Manual, following the Salisbury Conference in March 1963, is:

Appendix B. 4 Relating to Agenda Item B. 4.2 Page 22

"During flight time, the safety of the aircraft and those on board is vested in the pilot. Therefore, instructions should not be requested by the pilot, nor passed by ATC, except in the case of an emergency. In this event the word EMERGENCY should prefix the message and the pilot shall immediately comply with the clearance.

The word CLEARANCE should be used at all times by the pilot and the controller, except where the emergency prefix is used by the Controller."

IFATCA opinion is that this is impracticable and would result in every traffic problem (conflict) having to be treated as an emergency.

It is thought that this was not the intention.

It is stressed that an EMERGENCY prefix is unacceptable to ATC. It is thought that the reason for the pilots non-acceptance of the import of a clearance as contained in !CAO standards, may be due to inefficient ATC in some parts of the world.

It is considered that: a) Separation can only be done by ATC, and presumable pilots will agree that this cannot be done without authority being given to ATC. This authority is exercised by giving CLEARANCES, which must be mandatory. b) Efficiency of ATC in same places is not very successfully or efficiently pursued, and none is more aware of this than the pilots.

These two problems although inter-related cannot be solved together but must be considered separately.

Firstly, when ATC is functioning properly, it is thought that the mandatory nature of a clearance should not be contested, for ATC can only work efficiently when given the necessary authority.

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Appendix B. 4 Relating to Agenda Item B. 4.2 Page 22

Secondly, the pilot groups are in the best position to know of places where ATC is below standard, and these should be made known to ICAO. For ICAO to set up an organisation to check the efficiency of member states, or to investigate complaints presents obvious difficulties, nevertheless, the backing of the more efficient states might give this a chance .

A more indirect approach might be for IFALPA and IFATCA to make a combined approach to ICAO to set up ATC training centres on a regional basis, in the interests of standardisation, efficiency and economy. This might lead to proficiency checks of controllers on an international basis by check controllers from these international training centres. (The subject of Pilot/Controller relationship was on the agenda of the IFALPA Conference in Manila in March. Unfortunately IFATCA was unable to be represented, and the result is not known .)

Appendix B. 5 Relating to Agenda Item B. 4.3 Page 22

Responsibility for Terrain Clearance Resolution B. 10 of the IFATCA Conference -

London -

1963, states:

"The Federation recognises the necessity for Air Traffic Controllers to take into account the factor 'safe terrain clearance' when allocating levels to aircraft under control. This responsability on the part of ATC should be laid down clearly in the ICAO Standards and Procedures."

This subject was discussed in Item l 0 of the RAC/OPS Meeting in Montreal, in May 1963, and I believe IFALPA supported the responsibility for terrain clearance being with ATC, with regard to aircraft being vectored by radar.

The RAC/OPS Meeting reiterated the long established principle that the primary responsibility for the navigation of an aircraft in both the horizontal and vertical planes rests with the pilot, and that this responsibility should not be transferred to the controller except in the circumstances described in Paragraph 1.2 of Doc. 8346 - RAC/OPS 1963 (this refers to aircraft being vectored by radar).

It is clear that our main point "responsibility for safe terrain clearance in all allocated levels", which introduces a new element in the objects of ATC, was not received favourably at the RAC/OPS Meeting. At the same time, discussion on the subject has been started, and the wall is lowered a little by the admission of responsibility during radar vectoring.

Critical Observers

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G. lzodpanah , The Iran ian Air Traffic Controllers Association.

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RESOLUTIONS It is resolved that continuous efforts be made by the National Associations representatives of IFATCA to encourage their Associations to meet IFATCA's aim of the distribution of one copy of "The Controller" to each member of every Association. Additionally each Member Association shall submit a statement concerning the possibility of realising this aim, at least three months prior to the next Annual Conference.

It is resolved that technical and other papers should be distributed to Member Associations on the following basis: 3 copies per Association, plus extra copies as required, not exceeding one copy per thirty members. Should Associations require more copies, the additional cost of postage, paper, etc., may be charged to their account; the decision as to whether such charge should be made to be left to the Executive Secretary and/or the Treasurer.

It is resolved that the outstanding liabilities of the Associations should be cancelled and that the Association shall pay its affiliation fee and the annual subscription, based on its new membership, when it is able to do so.

It is resolved that, to avoid undue hardship to new IFATCA Members, a deduction of the annual subscription may be granted to appliconts whose affiliation is effected by postal ballot or at an Annual Conference. The annual subscription shall be fixed in such cases relative to the remaining quarters of the financal year during which the applicant will act as a member of IFATCA. (Note: This Resolution will replace the resolution on the subject agreed at the Paris Conference 1962, and will amend Para. 4.l.l of the Manual.)

It is resolved that the proposals be incorporated in the rules of procedure for SubCommittees.

It is resolved tha1 the subject of a Standing Committee on Awards should not be proceeded with.

It is resolved that Standing Committee IV be established, that its title be "Human and Environmental Factors in Air Traffic Control", and that its responsibility be undertaken by the Irish Association.

It is resolved that for the year 1964/65 the present Officers should continue in office President: 1st Vice-President: 2nd Vice-President: Honorary Secretary: Treasurer: Editor:

Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.

L. N. Tekstra (Netherlands) M. Cerf (France) R. Sadet (Belgium) H. W. Thau (Germany) H. W. Throne (Denmark) W. Endlich (Germany)

RESOLUTION A. 1 Distribution of

THE CONTROLLER Page 18

RESOLUTION A. 2 Distribution of

Documents to Associations Page 18

RESOLUTION A. 3 Central African Association Page 18

RESOLUTION A.4 Deduction of Annual Subscription Page 18

RESOLUTION A. 5 Rules of Procedure for Sub-Committees Page 18

RESOLUTION A. 6 Standing Committee on Awards

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RESOLUTION A.7 Standing Committee No. IV Page 19

RESOLUTION A. 8 Nomination Page 19

and that at the Annual Conference 1965, nomination and election, and the administration involved, should be on the basis of the proposals of the Elective Officers: To be elected in "even" years To be elected in "odd" years President l st Vice-President 2nd Vice-President Honorary Secretary Treasurer Editor Each officer to hold office for at least two years. Three of the Officers will be subject, each year, to re-election.

It is resolved that the Elective Officers should consider the subject of a r路egional organisation and report to the next Conference. Jn addition, the Association of Uruguay should consult with other South American Associations, in the south of that continent; while the Association of Venezuela would consult with Associations in the north. The two Associotions would let the Secretariat have their comments and suggestions in due course.

(Note: The Association of Venezuela is not, at present, affiliated to the Federation, but was present as an observer and expressed willingness to undertake this task.)

RESOLUTION A. 9 IFATCA Regional o,路ganisotion Page 20

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RESOLUTION A. 10 Transport Difficulties Page 20

It is resolved that those Associations in a position to do so should approach their national carriers to acquaint them with the problem of IFATCA Member Associations as regards transport, and to endeavour to obtain their support by the filing, by that company, of an official proposal to IATA to facilitate the travel of IFATCA delegates to Confe rences.

This could be brought about by a proposal to e xtend the facilities granted by IATA Resolution 200 a) by permitting operating companies to issue free transport to IFATCA delegates on an official request from IFATCA Headquarters; b) by IATA making clear to Governments that Resolution 200 is intended to be a facilitation of free flights, for example familiarisation flights by air traffic controllers, and that the aims of JFATCA are sufficiently in the interests of aviation to warrant free flights being used as a transport facility for IFATCA delegates to Conferences, and such meetings as the JCAO RAC/OPS Meeting in Montre al in May 1963.

If any Association has serious difficulty in getting their flights sponsored, the President of IFAT CA should consider sending a letter to the nationa l authority of that Association asking for their co-operation in this respect.

It is further resolved that IFATCA should approach IATA with a request that it be given an opportunity to attend and participate in its meetings having an air traffic control interest, and thereby giving recognit ion of the part IFATCA can play in the deliberations of JATA, and also enabling IFATCA to state its case for free transport to Conferences, e ither fo rmally or informally.

RESOLUTION A.11 Venue and Dote o f next Annual Conference

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It is resolved that the Annual Conference 1965 be held in Vienna with the Austrian Association acting as host Association. The date to be arranged by the Austrian Association, but to be about the end of April, 1965.

RESO LUTION B. l IFATCA W orki ng Pa per on Proposed Radar Procedures Page 21

It is resolved that the Radar Procedures Paper, toge ther with all proposed amendments b e re f e rre d back to S.C.I. to be use d as Gu idance Mate rial in th e study of final ICAO proposals on radar procedures. Remaining points of conflict in the proposed amendments to be circulated to Member Associations for final agreement and inclusion in the Guidance Material.

RESOLUTI O N B. 2 Technical Pa pers prepa red by Standi ng Comm i ttee N o. l Page 21

It is re solved tha t: a) The activities of th e S.C. 1 should be restricte d to problems studi e d by ICAO and IFALPA. b) The six working papers be accepted as study material. c) Further studies of the subiects be adopted as the responsibility of the follow ing Member Associations : U.K. Guild Simultaneous use of parallel runways.

U.K. Guild Air/ ground data links.

Belg ian G uild Closed circuit television .

N e th e rlands Guild An a lys is of requireme nt for better rada r.

Apprai sal of radar equipme nt for a ir traffic con trol.

N e therlands Guild Integrated civi l/ military a ir traffic control.

Germon Associa tion

RESOLUTION B. 3 IFATCA Representat io n at Inte rnat ional ATS M eet i ngs Page 21

It is resolved that the Conference re cognises the value of IFAT CA representat ion at Inte rnational Mee tings and recomm e nds that it should continue to provide re p resentation at future me e tings when eve r th is is possible and d e eme d to be in th e inte re sts of th e Fe d e ra t io n.

RESOLUT IO N B. 4

It is resolved that the work study programm e and the allocation of the studies among the Member Associatio ns is acceptable and within their capabilities, and accordingly be accepted .

Study Prog ramme,

ICAO Documents Page 21 RESO LUT ION B. 5 Po licy on Pilot/Contro ll er Rela tionshi p Page 22

It is rese rve d that th e new IFALPA policy is still unacce ptabl e to IFATCA a nd that th e Gui dance Ma te ri a l acce pted at th e Lo nd on Co nfe re nce 1963 is still va lid .

RESOLUTION B. 6

It is resolved that: Th e subject o f Supersonic Transports should be inc lude d in the w ork p ro gram me of the Fede ration, and that the study be undertaken by the Fre nch Guild .

The informal di sc ussio ns wi th IFAL PA on th e sub ject of Pilot/Co ntrol ler Re la t io nship, a nd Re s pon s ibil ity fo r Te r rn in C learanc e sho uld co nt inu e .

Fu ture W o rk Progra mme

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Farnborough 1964 After a break of two years The Society of British Aerospace Companies presented their 24th Flying Display and Exhibition at Farnborough from the 7th- l 3th September inclusive. As usual the "Farnborough Show" as it has come to be called, attracted very large numbers of visitors from the United Kingdom and overseas, it is stated that the attendance on the final day Sunday the 13th September was in the region of 200,000.

A show of this magnitude obviously contained a very considerable diversity of interest to Air Traffic Controllers and it is impossible to detail all of these in this short article. There were however several items of significant interest that most ATCOs visiting Farnborough would have seen, in particular the developments in the field of automation of ATC would not have escaped close attention . Prominent in this sphere was the Ministry of Aviation exhibit which showed ATCOs working at their Flight Progress Board with North Atlantic Traffic using the Ferranti Apollo Computer. This information was relayed to Farnborough by land-line from the actual Oceanic Centre at Prestwick. The Cossor CRD 100 radar data display coupled to Elliott's digital encoding equipment also attracted a lot of Controller interest. The Cossor equipment is a transistorized display which presents the ATCO with such facilities as track labelling, inter-console marking, video maps

and Secondary Radar. A multiple CRD 100 installation is scheduled to be installed at the Ministry of Aviation ATC Evaluation Unit at Hurn.

The DECCA Navigator Company had on show their data link whereby ATCOs are supplied with the same navi gational information available to the pilot. The equipment uses a digital interrogation signal to single out a particular aircraft depending on the priority of the aircraft in the system. It is said to be capable of interrogating 50 aircraft every 10 seconds. On the ground the decoded message from the aircraft is fed into a register in which information received is staticized and messages for transmission are serialized. The data link is an integral part of the HARCO navigational system which incorporates the airborne Omnitrac computer.

Of particular interest to Radar Controllers was the Cossor stand where the transistorized "bright display" was being shown. This equipment is currently under evaluation in the United Kingdom with a view to positioning radar and procedural Controllers side by side. Solatron featured ATC radar simulation systems together with high resolution video mapping, this latter display was very impressive and showed a high resolution video mapping, this latter display was very impressive and showed a considerable improvement on current video map presentations .

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Although the whole of the "Farnborough Week" was blessed with unusually fine weather this did not detract from the magnificent work of the ATC staff at Farnborough who controlled many thousands of aircraft movements during the seven days. It was stated that during the Ministry of Defence assault demonstration there were 109 aircraft movements in 11 minutes! One type of aircraft on view at the show which ATCOs are not likely to encounter again was that shown on the British Oxygen stand, this

machine, a brain-child of that well known "designer" Mr. Emett was called the" Featherstone-Kite Openwork BasketWeave Mk 1 Gentleman's Flying machine" it carried no radio as "thin inexplicable yet pleasing music seems to permeate the structure". This may we hasten to add was a real live entity and not the hallucinations sometimes produced after visiting manufacturer's "hospitality" pavilions!

D. P.

Foundation stone for Eurocontrol Experimental Centre Laid On 29 September 1964 the foundation stone of the building for the Experimental Centre of the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, Eurocontrol, was solemnly laid at Bretigny, near Paris.

The foundation stone was laid by the Belgian and French Ministers of Transport, Mr. Alfred Bertrand and Mr. Marc Jacquet, President and Vice-President of the Eurocontrol Permanent Commission of Ministers, in the presence of several of their colleagues and other highranking personalities representing the Eurocontrol Member States, other European and non-European countries as well as international aviation organisations.

The establishment of an Experimental Centre for the Organisation of Bretigny was decided by the Eurocontrol Permanent Commission of Ministers at its third session in Brussels in June 1963, presided by Mr. H. C. Seebohm, Minister of Transport of the Federal Republic of Germany.

In the Centre building, approximately 500 feet long, the most modern air traffic control experimental electronic equipment will be used, the key installation being an air traffic control simulator produced under contract of Eurocontrol by a consortium of European companies and generally described in aviation circles as unique in its kind. The first installations including the simulator will probably be put into operation at the beginning of 1966.

In its first stage the Bretigny Experimental Centre requires investments of approximately 50 million N. F., in-

eluding building costs. These investments will be jointly financed by the Eurocontrol Member States on the basis of each country's gross national product.

The main tasks of this Experimental Centre, staffed by the most highly qualified experts made available by the Member States, comprise the evaluation and development of uniform procedures and techniques in the field of air traffic control and with a view to meeting the demands on air traffic control stemming from the rapid development of aircraft techniques. They also include the measures necessary for the preparation of automation in certain fields of air traffic control.

The future equipment of the Eurocontrol Experimental Centre at Bretigny will be similar to those of the Experimental Centre of the Federal Aviation Agency at Atlantic City; and it is already planned that there will be frequent exchanges of technical information in all fields of air traffic control.

The success of the task undertaken will be European co-operation in the Eurocontrol Agency is administered by a Committee of presided by Mr. P. Nottet, Director of the Aviation Administration and by its Director R. Bulin, lngenieur General de l'Air.

a success for Agency. The Management Belgian Civil General, Mr.

Maurice Cerf, l st Vice-President of I FAT CA, represented the Federation on that historical ceremony.

High Level Air Turbulence A new attack on one of the most serious unsolved problems of upper-altitude flight - the prediction of highlevel air turbulence - has been decided on by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization. At present, there is insufficient knowledge of the causes and the distribution of turbulent areas in the upper atmosphere, and as a result meteorologists cannot predict the location of these areas accurately enough to keep turbine-powered ai1路craft from flying through them.

The !CAO Council has set aside four five-day periods during the next fourteen months: 9-13 December 1964 10-14 March 1965, 9-_13 June 1965, and 8-12 Septembe; 1965. During each period every turbine-engined civil aircraft (and military and other government aircraft if the state concerned ag1路ees) flying above Flight Level 200 will report to specially-designated collecting and analysis centres whether or not it has encountered turbulence on its flight. The report will include the location and intensity of the turbuleni areas, whether the turbulence was in cloud or in clear ai1-, the air speed of the aircraft and the way

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this air speed fluctuated in passing through the turbulence, and certain meteorological details.

The current ICAO High Level Turbulence Reporting Programme, which has not provided enough information for prediction purposes, will end when the new, intensive reporting system goes into effect on 9 December. It is hoped that the new system will supply enough information to show the distribution of turbulence both geographically and with altitude, an~ allow meteorologists to develop forecasting models to identify high level turbulence areas and to predict their future locations and intensities.

The results of the reporting programme will be analysed by the meteorological services of Argentina, Australia, France, India, Japan and the United States of America.

The !CAO Council has expressed its appreciation for the assistance offered to ICAO by these states and by the International Air Transport Association, the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations, and the World Meteorological Organization.

ADAPTABILITY

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WHAT THEY NEEDED D ecca established that display require ments differ in detail only and went ah ead in th e production of a basic fixed- coil display unit. The design of the unit allows for the addition of any of a number of plug-in boards to determin e the nature of the display. The boards are transistorised, and the design emplo ys a techniqu e pion eered by D ecca, known as en vironment stabilisation, w hi c h greatly increas es the reliability of the equipm ent.

THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH As mod ern systems bec ome more compl ic ated , th e ta sk of housing and installing th em becomes proportionally greater.

The use of transistors in th e S eries 5 has enabled D ecc a to make substan t ial re du ctio ns in

si ze; to achie ve th e same performance with val ve equipment would require cabin et spa ce more than ten tim es t hat used by th e S eries 5. Th e small s ize of th e equipment means that it can be transported , handled and installed with th e minimum diffi culty; the cost of preparing th e site is considerabl y redu ce d , an d the ex pen se of new bu i ldings ca n usually be avoid ed co m pl et ely.

OUTSTANDING RELIABILITY Experi ence so far w ith th e S er ies 5 shows th at a service avai labil ity we ll o ve r 99% ma y be co nfidently ex pect ed. Thi s is incomparably superior t o t hat o btained w ith val v e equipm ent , an d is the joint produ ct of ad va n ce d desig n te c hniqu es and environ ment stabili sation . Bec au se t he i nherent re li ab ili t y is so high , it now

b ec om es pra ct ic al to op erate systems of ve ry c ompl ex nat ure in situations w here con t inuou s p erforman ce is vital. D ecca S eri es 5 Autonomous Di s pl ays g et the most ou t of an y rad a r in for mation , and displ ay it to its b est ad van t ag e.

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Important Eurocontrol Decisions The Commission of Ministers of the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) met in Brussels on l 9th October under the presidency of Mr. A. Bertrand, Minister of Communications of the Kingdom of Belgium.

Important decisions for the future of Eurocontrol were taken at this session : The Commission accepted in principle the accession to the Convention of the Republic of Ireland, and constituted a delegation in order to negotiate the conditions of the final agreement. Thus Eurocontrol now reaches to the Atlantic where the density of air traffic between Europe and America is constantly in creasing. The entry of the Republic of Ireland is of great importance for the extension of Eurocontrol and may open the door for the accession of other countries.

The Comm ission approved the draft agreement for cooperation between the Fed era I Aviation Agency of the United States of America and Eurocontrol and authorized the Director General of the Eurocontrol Agency to formal ly conclude the Agreement.

The Commission decided to set up a Control Centre for the North Germany/Belgium/Netherlands area, which it had previously decided to locate in Netherlands territory, on the Beek/ Maastricht aerodrome in the extreme South East of the Netherlands. The choice of this location was based on technical, operational and social reasons.

In this last respect, it should be pointed out that the Beek aerodrome is situated quite near three big towns: Maastricht, in the Netherlands, Aachen, in Germany and Liege, in Belgium.

For the South Germany/Luxemburg area, the Commission had already decided to set up a Control Centre in Luxemburg by transferring the present Centre at Birkenfeld.

The Commission approved the Organisation's budgets for 1965.

The Operating Budget solely contains cred its for payment amounting to about 600 OOO OOO Belgian francs. The Investment Budget includes credits for commitment totalling approximately 460 OOO OOO Belgian francs and credits for payment reaching nearly 330 OOO OOO Belgian francs .

Thus, the Eurocontrol Organisation has at its disposal more than a thousand million Belgian francs to accomplish the tasks with which it has been entrusted .

The investment expenditure includes the initial installation expenditure for the Beek Control Centre and the expend iture for pursuing the installation of an air traffic control simulator for the Eurocontrol Experimental Centre now being built at Bretigny near Paris. The foundation stone of the Centre was solemnly laid by Mr. Bertrand on 29th September 1964. This expenditure will also cover the upper air space sector to be created for Amsterdam and operated by means of automation equipment on an experimental basis and will make it possible to take over from the German authorities the equipment now existing in the Birkenfeld Upper Airspace Centre.

It will also finance the final installation of secondary radars on an experimental basis and the trials to be carried out with a view to the automation of Air Traffic Control.

Fifth Convention of the Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers held at Bournemouth The main theme of the Convention was Oceanic Control, divided into two subjects - "North Atlantic Control" and " Low Level Cross Channel ATC". The latter referred specifically to the English Channel . Eight papers were read on these subjects, and, as addition, three papers were presented by industry on the application of SSR to Air Traffic Control.

Papers on the Low Level Channel subject were presented by the Guild ; by Group Captain Robinson, Deputy Director of Control (Operations) of the National Air Traffic Control Service; and by Captain Cussons, a senior pilot of British United Airways.

On the second day the papers were by : The Guild; Captain Lincoln Lee of British Overseas Airways; Mr. Hampton of the Radio Department of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough; Captain Masland of Pan American World Airways; and by Captain Hunt, Director of Control (Plans) of the National Air Traffic Control Services .

The SSR papers were by Mr. Shipley of Cassar Electronics; Mr. Crewe of El I iott Brothers (London) Ltd ., and

by Mr. Cole of the Marconi Company Ltd. These are all Corporate Members of the Guild and of IFATCA; the speakers are well known to IFATCA members . General Discussions took place at the end of each subject, and on 54

the third day, a session was devoted to "Any Questions" on genera I problems and subjects of Air Traffic Control interest.

Accompanying the Convention was an exhibition by over 20 members of the electronic industry, and various organisations. These concentrated in one area various devices and equipment which might be, or are being used, to improve the efficiency of air traffic control and to lighten the burden on controllers. This was an extremely interesting exhibit - and one only regrets that such a long time elapses before these equipments become available in Control rooms. A waii display from the Mathematical Department of the Royal Aircraft Establishment on col lision possibilities aroused much interest.

The Conference was very well attended by members of the Guild and of industry, and also by representatives from the R.A.F., the Ministry of Aviation, National Air Traffic Control Services. National and International Organisations also sent delegates .

It was particularly pleasant to see air traffic controllers from Germany, Holland, Belgium, Norway and Ireland.

In fact the attendance was so good and the interest so great that on numerous occasions, there was standing room only.

COSS OR- BRIGHT DISPLAY Conventional cathode ray tube displays are capable of providing excellent readout facilities of radar data given the correct environment, i.e. low ambient lighting. This environment is far from ideal for an Air Traffic Controller who is required to read other data and is not necessarily a nocturnal animal.

An ideal solution is to have a display capable of being viewed in high ambient lighting, daylight or artificial. It must be capable of displaying radar tracks and other information which is not required to leave a trail when moved. Also it must be possible to cancel the picture completely when changing the range displayed , or off centring. The Cossor Raytheon Bright Display System provides all these facilities and has been adopted by the F.A .A . in the United States for civil and military air traffic control.

Further information on request to:-

COSSOR ELECTRONICS LIMITED RADAR DIVISION (a subsidiary of A . C. Cossor and Raytheon Co . U.S .A.) THE PINNACLES; HARLOW , ESSEX . Telephone HARLO W 26862

At the opening of the Convention, a message of good will from Mr. L. N. Tekstra, the President of IFATCA was read, and the Master of the Guild, Mr. J. N. Toseland referred to I FAT CA on a number of occasions during the many speeches he was called upon to make.

The Conference appeared to be a considerable success:

The papers were interesting and introduced new thoughts, ideas and suggestions. But perhaps the biggest success was the getting together of so many interested parties in an atmosphere conductive to a better knowledge of each other and a better appreciation of each others point of view.

Survey of Research Proiects in the Field of Aviation Safety Stressing the ten most important gaps in aviation safety, the Cornell-Guggenheim Aviation Safety Center today in its Fourteenth Annual Survey of Research Projects predicts the next few years in aviation should witness "remarkable diversions from the past" with advances in five different directions.

"There will be further progress", the Center foresees, "in the subsonic field of aviation, including conventional fixedwing aircraft using developments that have been known for years, such as high lift devices and perhaps boundary layer control. If used conservatively these should help safety by reducing the approach and landing speed of aircraft.

Secondly, there will be supersonic transports, with all the problems of design, manufacturing and operation that they will entail.

Thirdly, will be the development of V/STOL aircraft for both military and commercial use which should have great effect on short range air transportation. Problems of power, reliability, and aerodynamic control must be solved for safety.

Fourth wi 11 be the numerous types of ground effect machines, which may trespass on other areas of transport, such as surface and marine vehicles.

Fifth will be the advent of both manned and unmanned space vehicles.

In analyzing the ten safety problem areas, the Center commended the studies under way on the causes of loss of control in turbulence to determine corrective measures that may be applied.

Several fatal accidents to jet transport aircraft have occurred which appear to have resulted from loss of control, the Survey points out. Other incidents have occurred involving control factors with injury to occupants and structural damage.

While certain causes may have been associated with severe turbulence, the condition may occur with mild or even no turbulence near the upper limits of speed and altitude if the aircraft is manoeuvered .

Commenting on other safety gaps the Survey called attention to the need for improved navigational aids in inadequately equipped areas, including maintenance, testing and trained personnel.

The eight other chief gaps in safety research or applications cited in the study are: Economics of Safety: Determine cost benefits of investment in air safety measures against losses from accidents.

Occupant Protection: Make use of known criteria to improve passenger environment, research unknown areas, and emphasize realistic crew training in emergency duties.

Crash Fire Protection: Provide "on-board" fire protection through reduction of ignition sources, fuel flammability, and improved evacuation facilities.

Weather Forecasting: Improve accuracy and frequency of short range forecasting, increase means for rapid dissemination and interpretation for all users .

V/STOL Developments: Accelerate research in stability, controllability, power plant reliability, and apply results to current V/STOL projects to improve safety.

General Aviation: Modernize training programs, support distribution of weather data and forecasts, provide inherent stability in private aircraft.

Collision Avoidance: Accelerate research on proximity warning indicator and other practical methods, visual or electronic, to reduce the hazard.

Component Reliability: Use quality control system monitoring and reliability analysis to reduce malfunctions.

The current report lists more than a hundred new projects, among which are a large number being carried on in Canada, Europe and Asia. This unique international exchange of information does much to promote the cause of safety in all countries.

The Cornell-Guggenheim Aviation Safety Center was established in 1950 to foster improvement of aviation safety through research, education, training and dissemination of safety studies to the industry and of air safety information to the general public. Its ultimate objective is to help make flying the safest form of transportation.

Harry F. Guggenheim is chairman of its governing body.

General Elwood R. Quesada, former Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, is chairman of the Policy Committee. Jerome Lederer is Director of the Center. The Survey of Research Projects was prepared under the direction of Ruland M. Woodham, Associate Director of the Center.

B. R. Stanojlovic is the Center's Overseas Representative.

Ninth ATCA Convention, Atlantic City The Air Traffic Control Association of the United States organized the ninth Convention in Atlantic City from October 5 till October 7. IFATCA was represented by the President and the First Vice-President Mr. Campbell and Mr. Brandstetter, Presidents of the Canadian and Austrian Association were also in attendance.

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The topic of the Convention was "ATC tools for tomorrow"; the Convention was followed by a three day Council meeting during which IFATCA representation was given the opportunity to introduce the aims and objects of the Federation to the members of the Council.

A full report will be issued in the next issue of "The Controller".

Corporation Members of the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations

Cossor Radar and Electronics Limited, Harlow, England The Decca Navigator Company Limited, London ELLIOT Bros. Ltd., London Hazeltine Corporation, Little Neck, N. Y., USA IBM World Trade Europe Corporation, Paris, France Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd. Radar Division Chelmsford, Essex, England N.V. Hollandse Signaalapparaten Hengelo, Netherlands Selenia - lndustrie Elettroniche Associate S. p. A. Rome, Italy Telefunken AG, Ulm/Donau, Germany Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas 22, Texas, USA

The International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations would like to invite all corporations, organizations, and institutions interested in and concerned with the maintenance and promotion of safety in air traffic to join their organization as Corporation Members.

Corporation Members support the aims of the Federation by means of an annual subscription and by supplying the Federation w ith technical information. The Federation's international journal "The Controller" is offered as a platform for the discussion of technical and procedural deve lopments in the field of air traffic control.

For further information on Corporation Membership please contact M1" H. W. Thau , Honorary Secretary, IFATCA, Cologne-Wahn Airport, Germany.

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JET AGE TRAFFIC CONTROL Selenia Air Traffic Control L-band Radar for terminal areas and air route control Gap-free and clutter-free coverage c 1 Virtual elimination of blind speed c_i Low and high data rate availability o Frequency diversity operation =i Extra high-angle antenna coverage for in-close targets c1 MTI system with double delay line canceller and triple staggered repetition rate o High Transmitter power Low noise Parametric Amplifier

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