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Ferranti have done the groundwork The steadily increasing volume of air traffic is prompting many civil aviation authorities to make an urg ent re-appraisal of control methods.

For many airports and a ir traffic control systems, the Seventies are going to demand much more sophist icated systems than those currently in use.

The design of effective computer based systems for air traffic control demands considerable experience and a close knowledge of ATC procedures. Ferranti have that experience and knowledge. They have been engaged in the d esign and development of ATC systems for over 12 years, and w ere in fact the first company to apply computers to air traffic control in the U. K. This was at the Oceanic Contro l Centre at Prestwick, where a Ferranti computer was installed to eva lu ate new sol utions to the ATC probl ems of the North Atlantic .

Experience with simulators helps to perfect operational systems Ferranti ATC simulators for the tra ining of controllers and the evaluatio n of new ATC techniques are already ""'.1d ely k nown.

Contributing to their international acceptance has been the long list of sim~lation projects carried out on the equipment installed at Hurn A irport, Bournemouth'. as part of the Air Traffic Control Evaluat1<?.n Unit of the Board of Trade. Ferranti s uniqu e experience with simulato rs ena ble_s them to look much farth er ahead in _their planning and development ~f oper~tlo_nal systems. This is because in designing equipment for training_ young controllers they have h ad to antic1pat_e future n eeds.

It has also given th em an intimate und erstanding of the controller's problems. And it has inc reased their ability to u ndertake study contracts.

Ferranti MINICAP System at the London ATC Centre This system automates th~ major part of flight progress strip pr0Eluct1on,_ and was supplied by Ferranti complete with operational programs. It performs some of the more routine tasks of Air Traffic Control and so leaves controllers more free to concentrate on making t he decisions t hat can be so vital.

ATC Automation in Stages In ATC, automation is a process o f steady accretion so that eventually each part will form a unit of a complete system.

Ferranti systems are designed with ca pability for exte nsion in mind. Cost-effectiveness does not stop when the next stage in expansion is reached.

Digital Computer At the heart o f the latest Ferranti ATC Systems Ferranti were among t he w in developing the microminia~rld l e~d~rs computer, and t heir FM1600B ~re d1g1tal es~ablished as a fast, efficient c is already shipboard systems in the Roy ~~Puter for Now it has been chose n lo a avy.

ATC applications incl uding r a_ number of Schipol (Amsterdam! Airpor~ simu lator at at t he College of A ir Traffi~ a~d anot her 0 ntrol at Hurn, Bournemouth.

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IFATCA JOURNAL OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

THE CONTROllER Frankfurt am Main, July/December 1971

Volume 10 â&#x20AC;˘ No. 3/4

Publisher: International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations, S. C. II; 6 Frankfurt am Main 60, Bornheimer Landwehr 57a.

Officers of IFATCA: A. Field, 0.8.E., President; J. D. Thomas, First Vice President; G. Atterholm, Second Vice President; G. W. Monk, Executive Secretary; H. Guddat, Honorary Secretary; J. Gubelmann, Treasurer; W. H. Endlich, Editor.

Editor: Walter H. Endlich, Brewersstraat 18, Simpelveld, Holland Telephone: 4442-12 50 Publishing Company, Production and Advertising Sales Office: Verlag W. Kramer & Co., 6 Frankfurt am Main 60, Bornheimer Landwehr 57a, Phone 43 43 2S, ¡ 49 21 69, Frankfurter Bank, No. 3-03333-9. Rate Card Nr. 2.

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Subscription Rate: OM 8,- per annum (in Germany).

Contributors are expressing their personal points of view and opinions, which must not necessarily coincide with those of the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA).

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

Contributions are welcome as are comments and criticism. No payment can be made for manuscripts submitted for publication in "The Controller". The Editor reserves the right to make any editorial changes in manuscripts, which he believes will improve the material without altering the intended meaning.

Report of the 10th Annual IFATCA Conference..............

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The Eurocontrol Institute for Air Navigation Services . . . . . . . .

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Written permission by the Editor is necessary for reprinting any part of this Journal.

Advertisers in this Issue: AEG-Telefunken (Inside Back Cover); Borg/Warner Controls Ltd. (Inside Cover); Ferranti Ltd. (2); Marconi Rader Systems Ltd. (Back Cover); Selenia S.p.A. (1).

Picture Credit: Endlich (4, 11, 36, 37, 38, 39); EUROCONTROL (42, 43); Greek ATCA (9, 12, 38, 40, 41).

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Report of the 10th Annual I FATCA-Conference Athens, 2-5May,1971 Royal Olympic Hotel

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Roll Call of Directors . . .... . ........ ... .............. . ... . . ........ . .

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P.2.1.

P.2.1 .1.

P.2.1 .2.

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Me mbe rship ......... ... . ........................... . .... .. ... . .. .. .

Applications for me mbership, Ref. 71.P.1. ...... . ... . . ..... . . ...... ... . .

Profess iona l me mbership ... . .. .... ..... .. . .. ... ... . . .. ..... . . . . . .. . .

Corporation me mbe rship ... ........ . .. . . ...... . . .... . ...... . . .. .... .

Membe rship difficulties, Ref. 71.P.2.. .... . . . .. ... . .. ... . . . . . ......... .. .

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Repo rt of the Ninth Annual Confe re nce Montreal, 11/14 May, 1970 .... . .

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Re port of t he President, Re f. 71.P.3 .... ...... .......... . . . . .. . ... . ... . . .

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Appointme nt of Committees .. . ........... . ........ . . . ... . . . . .. .. ... . .

Committee A · "Administration and No mina tion" . . ... . . .. . .. .. . . . . . .. .

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Committee B · "Technica l and Profess ional" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appointment of the O ff icers of th e Committees: Chairma n, Deputy Chairman . ... . .... . .. . . . ... . . . .. .. .. . ..... . .... . ..... . . . . .. .. . ... . .

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Any Other Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Committee A · Administration and Nomination Reports of the Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1st Vice-President, Ref. 71.A.1.

2nd Vice-President, Ref. 71.A.2.

Honorary Secretary, Ref. 71.A.3.

Treasurer, Ref. 71.A.4.

Income and Expenditure, Balance Sheet, and Report of the Auditors, Ref. 71.A.4.1.

Editor, Ref. 71.A.5.

Executive Secretary, Ref. 71.A.6.

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

Standing Committee II ·"Publications and Public Relations", Ref. 71.A.7.

Standing Committee Ill ·"Finance", Ref. 71.A.8.

Budget 1971, Budget 1972 (provisional), Ref. 71.A.8.-l.

Finance and Budgetary Control, Ref. 71.A.8.-2.

Standing Committee IV· "Human and Environmental Factors in Air Traffic Control", Ref. 71.A.9.

Standing Committee VI · "Constitution and Administrative Policy", Ref. 71.A.10.

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A.3.

A.3.1.

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A.3.1.2.

A.3.1.3.

A.3.1.4.

A.3.1.5.

A.3.1.6.

A.3.1.7.

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Regional Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reports of the Regional Liaison Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Australasia, Ref. 71.A.l l.

Central America I Carribbean, Ref. 71.A.l 2.

Eastern Europe, Ref. 71.A.13.

Far East, Ref. 71.A.14.

Mediterranean I Africa, Ref. 71.A.15.

North America, Ref. 71.A.l 6.

South America, Ref. 71.A.17.

Appointment of Regional Liaison Officers ........................... · · · Eastern Europe, Far East, Mediterranean I Africa

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Loss of Licence Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report by the Swiss Association, Ref. 71.A.l 8.

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International Labour Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report on the Study of Conditions of Service in Air Traffic Control

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Election of Board of Officers, Ref. 71.A.l 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . .

To fill the vacancies created by completion of term of office: lst Vice-President (Holder: J.R. Campbell, Canada) Honorary Secretary (Holder: Horst Guddat, Germany) Editor (Holder: Walter Endlich, Germany)

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Location of Annual Conference, 1972, 1973, and 1974 .............. · · · · 1972 The Ninth Conference accepted the invitation of the Irish Association to hold the Conference in Ireland.

1973 Iceland. The Ninth Conference provisionally accepted the invitation of the Icelandic Association. Confirmation is required.

1974 To be approved provisionally consequent upon invitations received.

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A.8.2.

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Appointment of Standing Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Standing Committee II ·"Publications and Public Relations" (Germany) ..

Standing Committee Ill · "Finance" (Switzerland) Standing Committee IV· "Human and Environmental Factors in Air Traffic Control" (Germany, Netherlands and Belgium) Standing Committee VI · "Constitution and Administrative Policy" (Can.)

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Hi-iacking of, and attacks on, civil aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Report by Executive Secretary, Ref. 71.A.20.

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Any Other Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Report and Proposals to the Plenary Conference, Ref. 71.A.21. . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A.1.3.

A.1.4.

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A.1.5.

A.1.6.

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A.2.1.

A.2.2.

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

Standing Committee I· "Technical and Professional Matters", Ref. 71.B.l.

Standing Committee V · "Recruitment and Training of Air Traffic Controllers", Ref. 71.B.2.

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Work Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Standing Committee I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sth NAT RAN Meeting-ICAO, Montreal, April 1970, Ref. 71.B.3.

Requirements of SSTs regarding Air Traffic Services, Ref. 71.B.4.

Air-Ground Automated Data Exchange, Ref. 71.B.5.

Minimum Levels, Ref. 71.B.6.

Turbulent Wake Procedures, Ref. 71.B.7.

Automation in Air Traffic Control, Ref. 71.B.8.

Radar Monitoring of Aircraft using reduced Separation, Ref. 71.B.9.

Preparation for the ICAO 6th EUM RAN Meeting, Geneva, 2-27 Nov. 1971 a) Practical Experience in the Use of Mode "C" Height, Ref. 71.B.10.

Information, and the Application of "Omit Report" Procedures, Ref. 71.B.11. b) IFATCA Representation, Ref. 71.B.12.

IFATCA Technical Policy a) Statement, Ref. 71.B.13. b) Review and development of IFATCA Technical Policy, Ref. 71.B.13.-1. c) PANS-RAC (lOth Edition); review of general content, format, and method of presenting material, Ref. 71.8.13.-2.

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ICAO PEUTRG/MED Meeting, Montreal, Oct./Nov. 1970 Report by IFATCA Delegation, Ref. 71.B.14.

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B.3.2.

Appointment of Standing Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Standing Committee I · "Technical and Professional Matters" (U. K.) Standing Committee V · "Recruitment and Training of Air Traffic Controllers" (Canada)

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Co-operation with International Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a) Report by the Executive Secretary, Ref. 71.B.15. b) Proposed IFATCA Policy as regards follow-up action on IFALPA RAC/ COM Group Report, Ref. 71.B.15.-1. c) Report on IFALPA NAT/RAC/COM Study Group Meeting February 1971, Ref. 71.8.15.-2.

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Work Programme for 1971/1972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Standing Committee I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Standing Committee V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Report and Proposals to the Plenary Conference, Ref. 71.B.16 .......... .

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B.2.1.4.

B.2.1.5.

B.2.1.6.

B.2.1.7.

B.2.1.8.

B.2.1.9.

B.2.1.10.

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Report and Proposals of Committee B, Ref. 71.B.l 6. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .

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Addresses by Guests and Observers ..................................

Address by the President of IFATCA Closure of the Conference by the Pres~d~~~ ·~i ;h~ ·~~;~~~;ii~ ·~~~~~~i1~.r~ ..

Association of Greece ............................................. .

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Address by Mr. G. Aslanides, President of the Air Traffic Controllers Association of Greece It is indeed with great pleasure that on behalf of the Greek Air Traffic Controllers Association I welcome you to the lOth Annual Conference of the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Associations being held here in Athens.

To day we have reached the end of the first decade of IFATCA Conferences and we trust and believe that there will be many more such Conferences for the advantage and benefit of those who travel by air.

I hope that by the time we reach the second decade we will have at least twice the number of IFATCA members.

Looking, perhaps not too far, ahead, if the present speed of development in technology continues, we may soon be discussing the problems of Space Traffic Control.

Although we are a small country, we have done our utmost to achieve the same standards as those reached by other countries in respect of IFATCA Conferences held in their capitals, but if there are any shortcomings in whatever field, we apologize for them in advance.

We are especially grateful for the support and assistance offered by our Government, without whose help this Conference could never have taken place here in Athens, the cradle of Civilization.

As to the Conference itself, we confidently hope for a successful discussion of all the problems on the agenda particularly those relating to Radar procedures and techniques, Automation, Supersonic Flights and I am convinced that you will return home satisfied and stimulated remembering this lOth Conference as a peak and as a solid basis for the 11 th which will be held in Dublin next year.

Although you come to Greece to discuss the future, I am sure you will invest some time to look into the post by visiting some of the ancient sites in our country, which are world famous.

Neither should you forget to taste Greek food and wines in our many attractive tavernas which are enlivened by Greek popular Music.

Finally I wish to all of you every success and a pleasant time during this Conference.

May your stay be unforgettable.

Address by Mr. Athanasios Botsis, Secretary General, Ministry of Communications Being given the opportunity of addressing a few words to you I wish to welcome you to Greece and in particular to the 1Oth Annual Conference of your Federation.

Many things which need to be said have already been said, but I would like to bring one or two other points to your attention.

As we all know, there ore many members of society whose jobs aim at providing safety in human life.

I know that all of you are striving hard for safety by controlling the air traffic above us, but you may also realize that complete safety is almost unattainable - the element of pure accident will always be with us.

Although in carrying out your job and in seeking to attain the goal of absolute safety in the air, you have the assistance of every modern technical aid and further development of such aids proceeds apace, I would say that the much more important factor is the human one - the experience and ability, the mental agility and quickness of decision of the air traffic controller.

I have no doubt that in considering the questions set out in your Agenda this most important human factor will not be overlooked.

My personal wish is that you will achieve all the objectives of this your lOth Annual Conference and that, in addition, you will be able to find time to enjoy some very pleasant hours looking at some of the impressive historic sites of this ancient city of ours.

Address by Mr. Kiriakos Panagopoulos, Civil Aviation Administrator It is my privilege to welcome in Athens to the IFATCA lOth Annual Conference all delegations on behalf of Civil Aviation of Greece.

It is with great appreciation that I accept your president's very kind invitation to get this stand for a while.

Activities like the IFATCA conferences are always very welcome due to the continuous growth of the air traffic. No matter of character of the traffic, civil or military, the element of an unexpected growth is always there.

You may reduce the military restricted flying areas, which sometimes like in our case, is a real problem, and still Civil-Military Coordination will coll for more attention.

You may work all joint procedures you elaborated and still the National Air Traffic Joint Control systems will prove to hove leaks.

Modern instruments and radio facilities of all kinds will, of course, assist to get in a better and safer world.

However, the human element requires the most careful attention. Efficiency of the individual controller, better understanding between controllers and pilots, full cooperation among controllers of various sectors and complete understanding of all people in all countries of the World is perhaps the magic word of success.

You have the professional knowledge, the individual experience and the international composition of your working groups. You need nothing more than our wishes for a good luck.

There is perhaps one more point which you could very kindly consider. The "problems out of progress". It is evident that most of today's problems are the outcome of yesterday's general progress. Please keep that in mind too.

Make sure that a nice suggestion solving a problem is by no means creating a new one more difficult, perhaps, than already anticipated.

Civil Aviation of Greece wishes you all the best of luck and the most fruitful results for your 1Oth Annual Conference.

Civil Aviation of Greece is also wishing you a personal enjoyable stay in Athens and extends through you to the respective National Organizations of yours the warmest, sincerest and most friendly greetings from Athens and Greece.

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Address by Mr. George Vallis, Minister of Communications It is a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you.

The importance of flight safety for the progress and expansion of air navigation in general, as well as your great contribution in this field, is undoubtedly well known to all.

I am well aware of the fact that this lOth IFATCA conference will have a very difficult task to accomplish in order to find the most suitable solutions to the problems arising everyday in recruiting high standand personnel and providing modern electronic equipment.

Considering that Athens is geographically a keypoint between East and West, heavy responsibilities arise for my country in the field of air safety. The problems you are facing are of vital importance to us, and all the items on the Agenda of your Conference will have our close attention.

We are grateful to IFATCA for holding this conference in Greece because Dedalus' and lcaros' first flight gave birth to the spirit of aviation.

I am sure your meeting will be carried out with the principles of good cooperation, so essential to bring the very important mission entrusted to you to a success conclusion.

I wish you fruitful decisions and a happy stay in Greece.

Roll Call of Directors The Executive Secretary made the Roll Call of the Directors, and the following acknowledged attendance: Australia Austria Belgium Canada Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Iran Ireland

Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Netherlands Antilles Norway Rhodesia South Africa Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Uruguay United States Yugoslavia

Unrepresented Affiliated Associations The following Associations were unable to attend: New Zealand Turkey

Applications for Membership Address by Mr. Arnold Field, President of IFATCA The tenth conference of IFATCA is a milestone in the progress of a Federation which is concerned with one of the youngest professions in this modern age. It is therefore fitting that the venue on this occasion should be the very birthplace of classical civilisation. A civilisation which has given to the world some of the greatest philosophers whose words and works still form a fundamental basis for modern art and technology. I am certain that I speak for all of the 32 different nationalities, which the Federation represents, when I say how very honoured we are to be guests in such delightful surroundings.

My guide book tells me that "He who visits Greece for the first time and becomes acquainted with Attica, lives in a haze of first impressions. The quick succession of visions which rain down upon him will often carry him far beyond the realm of time and will take him arm in arm with the ancient philosophers".

I hasten to add, however, that any Committee member who is absent when we are in session will strain the credulity of the Chairman if his excuse is that he was strolling arm in arm with the philosophers.

Apart from what my guide book tells me my own first impressions are that Athens combines the elegance and history of the past with the virility of the present, a rare combination, which should add maturity to our deliberations and zest to our pleasure.

In opening this 1Oth Conference I wish, on your behalf, to thank the Greek Association for the many months of hard work which they have undertaken in preparing for your arrival, it now remains to you, the delegates, to add to their success. I wish you well in your endeavours in the Committee work which lies ahead.

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The President reported that an application for affiliation had been received from: Argentina Asociacion Tecnicos y Empleados de Proteccion y Seguridad a la Aeronavegacion The President proposed that this application be referred to Committee A for consideration, and this was agreed.

The President mentioned that the Air Traffic Control Association (USA) had requested that their application for affiliation (deferred at the Montreal Conference) again be deferred, for financial reasons.

Report of the Montreal Conference 1970 The Executive Secretary presented the Report, which was published in "The Controller", Volume 9 No. 3. July/ September 1970. The Report was accepted.

Report of the President It is a requirement of our Constitution that the President on the occasion of the Annual Conference, reports to Mem~ ber Associations upon those activities of the Federation which. hav: occurred during the past year. In this regard, I consider 1t would be of value, at this our 1Oth conference for me to re-state the objects of the Federation and th~ manner in which these objects are discharged between conferences. In doing so, I recognise that many of you are thoroughly familiar with the administrative machinery of the Federation but for those who may not be I hope the following simplified explanation will be of assistance.

The Greek Minister of Communicotions, Mr. George Vollis, oddressing the Conference.

Guests of Honour ot the Opening Ceremony.

first Plenory Meeting. In the foreground the Delegates of the Netherlands Guild ond of the Netherlond Antilles ATCA.

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The obiects of IFATCA are:

Officers Meetings

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The Board of Officers has met on only one occasion since the Montreal Conference although members of the Board have been kept actively informed by correspondence and verbal exchanges. It would have been desirable to hold more frequent meetings but in the interests of economy and to set an example in this regard it was decided to restrict expenditure as much as good management of IFATCA affairs would allow. I will observe briefly upon the reasons for these economic measures later in the Report. I wish to report, however, that your Elective Officers have satisfactorily discharged their respective duties and you will be receiving their individual reports during the course of the conference. There was, however, one important item upon which it was essential for the Board to take action on your behalf and of which I am required to direct your attention to and that concerns the subject of violence against civil aviation. Your Board considered it essential in September 1970 to issue a Press Release reaffirming IFATCA support to world aviation authorities including the United Nations, ICAO, IFALPA and the International Transport Workers Federation. I am certain you will agree with the action we took on your behalf.

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To operate as a non-profit and non-political federation of air traffic controllers' associations.

To promote safety, efficiency and regularity in International Air Navigation.

To assist and advise in the development of safe and orderly systems of Air Traffic Control.

To promote and uphold a high standard of knowledge and professional efficiency among Air Traffic Controllers.

To protect and safeguard the interest of the Air Traffic Control profession.

To make mutual benefit affiliations with other international professional organisations.

To strive for a world-wide Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Associations.

To carry out those obiectives in practical terms the Administration of IFATCA is comprised of: -

The Board of Officers.

The Executive Secretary.

The Standing Committees.

The Regional Liaison Offices.

The Conference of Member Associations.

The Board of Officers constitute the executive authority and direction of by you, the Member Associations, to ensure that the work of the Federation and the policies you have laid down are carried on between conferences. They are required to give to you an account of their stewardship. They do not run the Federation, you run the Federation. They carry on your work for you until you are next in session.

The Executive Secretary carries out the routine management of the Federation under the direction of the President and the Honorary Secretary. This is an onerous task, for the national and international "image" of its administration.

The Standing Committees are permanent working groups charged to study any subject which has a direct bearing on the profession of Air Traffic Control. They present the "lifeblood" of the Federation. Their task is to prepare and present the material for your consideration at conference but you direct their energies, you lay down a work programme for them and you, at conference, approve or reject the results of their efforts.

The Regional liaison Officers are constituted to establish and maintain contact with non-member associations with a view to promoting the aims and objects of the Federation.

The Annual Conference.The basic purpose of an IFATCA Conference is to review the activities of the previous year and to determine the policies which should guide the work of the succeeding year. It is therefore, I trust, clear that it is you, the elected representatives of the Member Associations, who through your deliberations at the annual conferences determine the strength or weakness of this great Federation.

Turning now to the activities of the Federation since your last in session in Montreal in May 1970 I should like to make some observations for your consideration during the course of this conference: 10

Standing Committees As I said earlier in my report, the Standing Committees are the "life blood" of the Federation and it is encouraging to see how participation in the affairs of these Committees is increasing over the years. It was encouranging to note for example that the deliberations of Standing Committee IV "Human and Environmental Factors in ATC", attracted personal participation from other Member Associations. I realise that to participate on a personal basis involves Member Associations in considerable expense and can rarely be expected, but written contributions are eagerly accepted by all our Standing Committees and in this regard I was pleased to see that Standing Committee I "Technical and Professional Matters", have had a greater "Feed-in" from Member Associations this year than has been the case in previous years.

I do not wish to single out any particular Committee in regard to the quantity of work which they have accomplished but I consider I should make mention of the Canadian Association who, although heavily committed to the aftermath of the Montreal Conference, nonetheless continued unabated with their Committee work.

Finance You will recall that your previous President, Maurice Cerf, on the occasion of his Report to you at the Montreal Conference, directed your attention to the fact that the expenditure of the Federation was exceeding its income.

In an endeavour to rectify this situation your Finance Committee instituted last year a form of Budgetary Control.

You will be debating this item in detail later in the Conference but I must emphasise that if the Federation is to be economically sound Budgetary Control must be enforced by those Officers to whom monies are delegated by the Finance Committee. In simple terms Budgetary Control is used to ensure that no more money is spent than is available for a specific purpose and any Officer or Associations who wish to exceed his Budget can only do so with prior ~pproval. You will all, I am certain, agree that no organisation however high its ideals can succeed unless it is financially sound.

Co-opera tion with International Organisations I am pleased to report to you that the Federation hos received on official invitation from ICAO to attend as Observers at the forthcoming 6th EUM/ RAN Meeting. Preparation for material for this meeting hos already been commenced by Standing Committee I and the views of Member Associations both at and subsequent to this conference ore vital to ensure on adequate brief for our represe ntatives.

There has once again been o very cordia l contact between IFATCA and IFALPA and I am particu la rly indebted to IFALPA for the occasions upon wh ich they hove held watching briefs on matters affecting IFATCA at a number of international meetings at wh ich it was not possible for us to hove representation.

To illustrate the positive manner with which this cooperation is discharged I have asked the Executive Secretary to include in his report o copy of one of the Reports submitted by the IFATCNIFALPA Liaison Officer. From this report I am certain you will be impressed by the high standard of the discussion and the degree of co-operation which exists between our two Federations.

Gentlemen, this concludes my report to you for the post year. You wi ll I know, appreciate that it hos not been possible for me to cover in detai l the varied activities which hove occurred during the time since lost we met. Many of these wi ll be debated by you over the next few days and I trust tha t you w ill find that the wo rk of the Federation ho s been adequately discharged.

Appointment of Committees In a ccording with th e usua l procedure, it wa s agreed to appoint the following comm ittees to take th e Agenda items assigned to them, and to report to the fina l Plenary Session, with their recommendations:

The following members were nominated by Associations to serve on the Committee: Australia Austria Belgium Co no do Cyprus Denmark Fin land Fronce Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Iron Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Mo Ito Netherlands Netherlands Antilles Norway Rhodesia South Africa Sweden Switzerland U. K. Uruguay USA Yugoslavia Argentina

L. Cummings, R. Soden H. Kihr M. Von d er Stroete J. Shepert, J. Livingstone G. Chrysonthou 0. Christiansen 0. Komppa D. Gorin M. Gidde G. Aslon ides, B. Chokiomis D. Arvidson E. Voit S. Gudmunsson Y. Samuel J. Lambert W. Kotz L. Mercuri A. Klein A. W. Gregory H. A. Teppemo, H. Evers E. Ch. M. Nicoloos J. Kolvik J. D. Thoma s, L. E. Th oroughgood D. Alexander, J. Long B. Joelsson H. Houg E. Bradsha w J. H. Bede r, A. Barques R. Meyer J. Mrkonjic M. Fe rnand ez

Committee A Administration and Nomination Committee B Technical and Professional The following were appointed Chairme n : Committee A: J. D. Manin (Switzerland) Committee B : J. A. Saker (U. K.) Th e Committees were re quested to e lect th e ir ViceChoirmen and Secretaries, when they convened.

Any Other Business There being no other business, the Pl e nary Sess ion adjourned at 1755 hours on 3rd Moy, 1971.

The Conference re-convened in Committee at 09.00 hours, 4Moy 1971.

Pres ident Arnoid Field welcoming the representa tives of the Argentine Association as Members o f IFATCA.

Committee A The Committee, with J. D. Manin (Switzerland) as Cha irman, elected the follow ing add itiona l Officers: Vice-Chairman : Secretary :

A. W. Gregory (Mo Ito) E. McCluskey (U. K.)

The Australian Delegation had travelled a long way i n order to a tt end the Conference

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O ld friend s of IFATCA. Well-known to o ll Conference parlic iponts since the e arly do ys o f the Federat io n: Paul Berger of the ICAO Reg iono l Office Poris (right) o nd George Woller (FAA) with Mrs. Wo ller (left), Mrs. Joco bsen ond Wolf Gobel of the Germo n ATCA (centre).

Capta in and Mrs. Mui rhead, IFALPA, at a soc io! funct ion sponsored by the Greek Airline Pilots' Association .

Copto in Spyros Chorafos, President of the G reek Airline Pilots' Associotion is on the right, Mrs . Chorofos on the left side of the picture .

An album wi th o photograph ic record o f the Conference activit ies is offered lo the Greek Min ister of Communications

by IFATCA Pre sident Arnold Fie ld a nd Greek ATCA President G eorge Asian ides, a s a souvenir of " IFATCA 71 ". Ni ck Gones is commenti ng o n the p ro ceedings via the Hi-Fi sound system of the Club Asterio .

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Report of Committee A

A.1.5.

Editor

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

The Committee with J. D. Monin (Switzerland) as chairman and E. McCluskey (U. K.) as secretary elected as vice-chairman A. W. Gregory (Malta).

A Sub-Committee under the chairmanship of J. D. Thomas (Rhodesia) was set up to discuss papers 71.A.9-l. and 71.B.2. (referred from Committee B).

The Chairman welcomed delegates from Argentina and read a letter of good wishes for the Conference received from the Argentine Association.

Thanks were recorded to individuals and Associations who had helped with correspondence during the United Kingdom postal strike.

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

P.2.

Membership

A.2.

Reports of the Standing Committees

A.2.1.

P.2.l.

Application for Membership

Standing Committee II "Publications and Public Relations"

le Recommendation

P.1.]

The Application for membership from Argentina was unanimously approved and recommended for adoption by Plenary.

P.2.2.

Membership difficulties

It was noted that the membership difficulties in France and Italy have been resolved.

The Iranian Association undertook to investigate the problem of Turkey on his return from the Conference through Turkey.

A.1.6.

The Editor confirmed that there is no problem regarding the continuing existence of the "Controller" although the format may have to be changed.

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

A.2.2.

Reports of the Officers

A.1.1.

lst Vice President

Standing Committee Ill "Finance"

It was agreed to discuss this item in conjunction with item A.2.2. (Poper 71.A.8.2.).

The Report was accepted and discussion followed.

It was resolved to postpone discussion of subscription.

A.2.2.1.

A.l.

Executive Secretary

Budget 1971 and Budget 1972 (provisional)

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

This item was token along with item A.2.2. Finance and Budgetary Control.

The budget 1971 as amended was approved and recommended to Plenary for adoption.

The amendment is the transfer of 1500 S.Fr. to a reserve fund for use of Standing Committees leaving 500 S.Fr. for the use of both Standing Committee V and VI. The provisional budget 1972 as amended regarding reserve fund for Standing Committees was approved and recommended for adoption by Plenary.

A.1.3.

A.2.2.2.

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

A.1.2.

2nd Vice President

Honorary Secretary

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

Finance and Budgetary Control

Following long and full discussion the following resolutions were agreed upon: [ ... Resolution A.1.)

A.1.4.

Treasurer

It was emphasised that more than half the Member Associations had not yet paid their subscriptions for 1971. Directors were reminded to contact their Association Treasurers on this subject.

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

That the Board of Officers be charged with setting out the aims, policy and working programme for 197102 and to provide where possible on estimate of costs for the Treasurer's guidance. (... Resolution A.2.]

That Poper 71.A.8-2. be accepted as information material. [... Resolution A.3.]

Income and Expenditure Account, Balance Sheet and Report of the Auditors

It is resolved that IFATCA should adopt a system of Budgetary Control:

This was accepted and recommended for adoption following notification by the Treasurer of the debts which had already been paid.

a) As the Reserve Fund stands at approximately one third of the annual expenditure it is suggested that an allocation be made to this fund annually. This is particularly necessary

A.1.4.1.

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in view of the present practice of budgeting for the full amount of annual subscriptions being paid, whereas past experience shows that this has not in fact been the case. b) The Board of Officers should exercise a much stricter control over expenses on the advice of the Treasurer. Any over-expenditure must be justified to the Treasurer, with good reasons, and before the expenditure takes place, if possible. c) Balance Sheet - Income shown should be actual income and not the potential income all Associations pay.

There is no absolute guarantee that monies will be forthcoming, as past experience has shown. d) A Budget for a forthcoming year should be well within the anticipated income; this will allow for any non-payment. If the situation as in the draft Budget for 1970 (i. e. a loss of 200 S.Fr. and a predicted break-even in 1971) is allowed to continue IFATCA will soon be bankrupt.

I..,.

Resolution A.4.]

That the membership subscription for 1963 only be discussed at this Conference and that the 1974 rate be considered at the next conference.

I....

Rosolution A.5.]

That the Scale of subscriptions for the year 1973 be as follows: For the For the For the For the For the For the For the For the Above

first next next next next next next next

100 200 300 400 1OOO 2000 3000 4000 11 OOO

members members members members members members members members members

13 12 10 9

S.Frs. S.Frs. S.Frs. S.Frs. 8 S.Frs. 4.20 S.Frs. 3.10 S.Frs. 2.10 S.Frs. 1 S.Fr.

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Recommendation A.2.J

That Paper 71.A.2.10. be accepted as a working paper for the 1972 Conference.

A.3.

Regional Organisation

A.3.1.

Reports of the Regional Liaison Officers

A.3.1.1.

Australasia

It was noted that Fiji may form an Association eventually to apply for membership of the Federation.

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

A.3.1.2.

Contact had been established with Panama.

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

A.3.1.3.

Standing Committee IV "Human and Environmental Factors in Air Traffic Control"

The Report was accepted and¡recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

A Sub-Committee was set-up under the chairmanship of J. D. Thomas (Rhodesia) to discuss working paper 71.A.9.l.

The proposals contained in Appendix A.2. were subsequently discussed in Committee A. Mr. Thomas, on behalf of the Sub-Committee expressed the debt of gratitude owed to Standing Committee IV for the work done on this paper.

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Recommendation A.1.]

The recommendation of Committee A on the report of Standing Committee IV is contained in Appendix A.2.

A statement thanking members of the U. K. guild and Mr. Thomas of Rhodesia, was read on behalf of Standing Committee IV. The statement was unanimously supported by Committee A. A.2.4.

Standing Committee VI "Constitution and Administrative Policy"

The Directors thought that this paper should be discussed and the following recommendation was made.

Eastern Europe

Contacts have been maintained with USSR and established with Poland and Czechoslovakia.

Rumania has observers at the Conference.

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

A.3.1.4.

Far East

Hong Kong will submit the report later.

A.3.1.5.

Mediterr.canean I Africa

Germany will submit the report later.

A.3.1.6.

A.2.3.

Central America I Caribbean

North America

The Report was accepted and recommended for adoption

by Plenary.

A.3.1.7.

South America

The Report was presented late.

A.3.2.

Appointment of Regional Liaison Officers

(..,. Resolution A.6.J

a) The Austrian Association was accepted and recommended to Plenary to appoint the Liaison Officer for Eastern Europe. b) The Hong Kong Association was accepted and recommended to Plenary to appoint the Liaison Officer for the Far East. c) The Malta Association was elected and recommended to Plenary to appoint the Liaison Officer for Mediterranean I Africa. d) Through the Australian Association, New Zealand expressed the wish to resign the duties of liaison in Australasia.

The Australian Association was elected and recommended to Plenary to appoint the Liaison Officer for Australasia.

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e) The First Vice President is unable to continue as Regional Liaison Officer for North America. The Canadian Association was elected and recommended to Plenary to appoint the Liaison Officer for North America to terminate the period still to be served by the First Vice President.

The Chairman thanked the First Vice President and the German and the New Zealand Association for the work they had done.

A.4.

A.8.

(..,. Resolution A.11.]

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Standing Committee II "Publications and Public Relations" Germany was approved and recommended for adoption.

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Standing Committee Ill "Finance" Switzerland was approved and recommended for adoption.

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Standing Committee IV "Human and Environmental Factors in Air Traffic Control" Germany was approved and recommended for adoption.

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Standing Committee VI "Constitution and Administrative Policy" Canada was approved and recommended for adoption.

Loss of License Insurance

After discussion it was resolved: [ .... Resolution A.7.]

That the subject of Loss of License Insurance be deleted from the IFATCA study programme.

Directors recorded their thanks to the Swiss Association for their work on the subject.

The Swiss Association will make information available to Member Association on request.

A.5.

International Labour Office

Appointment .of Standing Committees

A. 9.

Hi-iacking of and Attacks on Civil Aircraft

Report on the Study of Conditions of Service in Air Traffic Control.

Budgetary considerations prevented a representative of the ILO from attending the Conference.

The Chairman reported that the delay in publication was now the responsibility of ICAO and not of the ILO.

That paper 71.A.20. be accepted as information material.

From the paper the following recommendation was made.

[..,. Resolution A.8.]

Ce Recommendation A.3.]

That the Board of Officers contact ICAO officially requesting an early publication of the ILO report.

That no further action is required on the subject of hi-jacking at the present time, but the Board of Officers should keep the subject under review and take such action as it considers desirable should there be on increase in incidents.

A.6.

Election of Board of Officers

[.... Resolution A.12.]

[ .... Resolution A.9.]

The following were approved and recommended for election.

1st Vice President Hon. Secretary Editor

J. D. Thomas (Rhodesia) H. Guddat (Germany) W. Endlich (Germany)

A.10.

Any Other Business

A.10.1.

The suggestion by the lst Vice President on the formation of a Safety Committee was discussed.

Ce Recommendation A.4.]

A.7.

Location of Annual Conference 1972, 1973 and 1974

The following resolution is made for consideration by Plenary.

[Iii>- Resolution A.10.)

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That the 1lth Annual Conference be held in Dublin from the 24th to the 27th April 1972.

That the l 2th Annual Conference (1973) be held in Iceland.

That Israel be the provisional venue for the 13th Annual Conference (1974).

It was noted with pleasure that invitations have been given for 1975 by Australia, Hungary, Rhodesia, and Austria offered to run the Conference for the second time.

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That the Canadian Association draft a policy for Safety Committees at national, regional and international levels for presentation to the 1972 Conference.

A. l 0.2.

IATA Resolution 200 G. The Honorary Secretary reported on his work to obtain an alteration to Resolution 200 G. About 40 airlines have reported being in favour of an amendment to include Federation Members under IATA Resolution 200 G. 5 were noncommital and 5 positively with reservations.

The following resolution resulted from full discussion. [..,.. Resolution A.13.]

"That all contacts with National Governments or National Airlines by the Board of Officers should be confirmed with the National Association or at least that a copy of the letter be provided to the National Association."

The German Association made a statement as follows: Due to reasons beyond their control, German ATC personnel began with "Operation Safety" on 22nd April 1971, spontaneously. They have started this action to protect themselves against the deteriorating safety in the German ATC System caused by further increase of lack of personnel, worsening maintenance of ATC equipment, intended cut down of the initial training period of newly employed personnel and last but not least because of the unwillingness of the German Ministry of Transport to even further discuss urgent changes within our present ATC System.

GATCA is aware of the fact that by "Operation Safety" domestic as well as foreign air carriers and other members of the aviation familiy are quite handicapped in their operation.

Gentlemen, on behalf of GATCA may I assure you that we do regret the present situation: however, in the interest of safety in ATC, our personnel had no other choice left. May I ask for your understanding and wherever possible your sympathy. It should not be left unmentioned that the German Ministry of Transport has also taken action of various kinds to prevent the participation of GATCA in the IFATCA Annual Conference here in Athens.

Committee A took note of the above statement rendered by the Delegate of the German Air Traffic Controllers' Association, regarding present problems in the Air Traffic Services of the Federal Republic of Germany.

All Delegates of IFATCA Member Associations expressed their concern and hoped that in the interests of safety and regularity of air traffic a speedy solution of these problems should be reached as soon as possible.

A.10.3.

A.10.4.

Delegates were encouraged to make contributions to the "Controller". Articles were promised from Cyprus, Iran, Rhodesia and USA. Copies of the "Controller" for publicity in the Middle East were requested by Iran.

It was suggested that National Associations publicise IFATCA more in their own countries.

A.10.5.

The U. K. Guild volunteered to study the costs of a permanent secretariat and produce a report for the 1972 Conference.

A.1.1.

Report of the First Vice-President [71.A.1.]

The progress of the Federation during this past year has been most encouraging, and although not spectacular, it has been certainly sound and smoothed the way for future development. The necessary liaison and representation at the ICAO PEL/TRG/MED Divisional Meeting in Montreal during October and November attained an affirmative degree of recognition for IFATCA and has firmly established an excellent working relationship with ICAO which was evident in the cooperative attitude displayed by so many Member States. Upon this sound foundation of respect and concern for the operational Controllers' viewpoints, IFATCA's technical and professional Constitutional objectives may now flourish.

A full 42 page Report of this Meeting has been compiled as Paper 71.8.14. for this Conference (Agenda Item B.2.2.) by

the appointed Chief IFATCA Delegate Mr. A. Couty, under my direction. Also a "Preparatory Brief for IFATCA Observers to ICAO" was compiled to ensure that representatives of the Federation attending future ICAO meetings would be able to present the views of IFATCA most competently and be fully aware of the working procedures, history and protocol of ICAO. The need for such a document was indeed obvious prior to the PEL!TRG/MED Meeting as reported in my letter to the Board of Officers which detailed the preparations and pre-conference briefings held with the CATCA Montreal Branch members who volunteered to undertake the arduous task of reviewing the 251 Working Papers for this lengthy meeting. My personal thanks, and I believe those of the Federation, are extended once again to Mr. Couty and those Montreal members who, with the generous aid of Mr. G. J. Fulkerson, Chief of the ICAO Personnel Licensing and Training Practices Section of the Air Navigation Bureau, prepared the basic document as requested in such short time.

In the future, it can be expected that additional inviations to participate at various ICAO Meetings and the Conferences of other aviation organizations will be received as a result of our prime endeavour with ICAO in Montreal.

However, such expansion of activities must be carefully planned and can be financed only through available funds.

The Board of Officers, under the direction of President Arnold Field, and the careful scrutiny of Treasurer Jean Gubelmann, has indeed been very hard pressed to cut costs wherever possible due to the meagre resources available over the past months. Consequently, each Member Association must be prepared to increase not only their volunteer Committee work, but also to face a further escalation of the Annual Subscription rates, if the Federation is to achieve the desired success anticipated by the individual members.

In this regard, additional funds are urgently required by the various Standing Committees if the necessary work is to be efficiently completed. The valiant endeavours of Standing Committee IV in attempting "to catch-up" and continually review an updated "Report on Human and Environmental Factors in ATC" will require additional finances. It is hoped that representatives of this important Standing Committee might be able to attend the Western European Association for Aviation Psychology Biennial Conference at Cambridge next September to attain greater perception and knowledge into this particular aspect of the Controllers' mental health and welfare. Also, I would recommend a much closer liaison be established with the International Transport Workers Federation by Standing Committees IV and V, in order that co-ordinated studies with the ILO (International Labour Office) may be achieved post hostel Evidence of our mutual concern and cooperation with other international aviation organizations was evident in the concern expressed by the Federation and the Board of Officers over the "Unlawful Seizure and Hijacking of Aircraft". The "Declaration of Montreal" formally adopted as Resolution A.17-1. of the 17th Extraordinary Session of ICAO last June condemns all acts of violence against aircraft, crew, pa~sengers, civil aviation personnel, airport and navigational facilities. The Assembly urgently called upon all States not to support under any circumstances acts of violence against civil aircraft and to take effective measures to deter, prevent, and prosecute those criminals attempting to commit such acts. This Resolution focused public attention on the alarming increase of hijackings then 17

and has to some degree, been effective mainly due to the extradition policies and sky-marshal programmes of certain nations. Nevertheless, the inherent dangers to other aircraft operating in close proximity to a flight being hijacked, over which ATC can exercise no real control, seems to have been overlooked "in the panic!". The fact that aircraft are still being hijacked is indeed disconcerting to all ATC personnel who become involved with the flight, for the confusion and menace such an act of violence creates is like an iceberg suddenly appearing on the aviation sea of tranquility and peacefully controlled flight. Although you can't see it, the danger of such an occurrence is ever present, partially submerged and being forced even further "underground" both lawfully and politically. Hence, the probability of even worse "planned and imbalanced" acts of violence increases with each preventative measure taken. Consequently the need for a continual review of this and other safety matters involving ATC personnel is evident. I would, therefore, recommend a review of the proposal put forth at our last Conference in Montreal that an IFATCA Standing Committee on "Aviation Safety" be established.

In reviewing the Montreal Conference proceedings and preparing for this Conference, the size of the Working Agenda for the Directors to consider is almost overwhelming. Nevertheless, the projects being undertaken and completed have to be reviewed so that onward policies might be established while in Session. Although the present Board of Officers decided against the proposed adoption of a Conference policy to convene an additional Committee ("C") to consider the Reports of Standing Committees IV and V separately for this Conference, I would seriously recommend that each Member Association fully consider this issue in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our Annual Conference deliberations. Through advance notification so that complete delegations can be arranged, workload evenly distributed and more time be allotted for consideration of these "career" items, from the most recent survey taken, it would appear that an average of only three Member Associations would be unable to send sufficient observers and delegates. This is less than 100/o of the membership represented and the gross efficiency of the Conference achievements through adoption of such a policy I firmly believe would be greatly enhanced. I respectfully submit it for your further consideration and decision at this Conference, inasmuch as the endeavours of these Standing Committees deserve priority consideration.

In conclusion, may I express my sincere appreciation to all IFATCA members who have supported me during my four years in office as your First Vice-President. The responsibilities of this position coupled with the duties of North American Regional Liaison Officer have indeed been most rewarding personally and yet extremely arduous during the past 24 months. I would trust that my volunteer efforts to each Member Association have been satisfactory and did meet the high standard of service anticipated by the membership-at-large, for I had indeed enjoyed the challenges presented. In completing this term of office, may I say that the Federation is truly progressing. IFATCA has achieved a sound foundation upon which to build, and it is truly a professional organization capable of correlating and expressing most competently the views of Air Traffic Controllers throughout the world. IFATCA is unquestionably an organization I firmly believe in and that I will continue to support!

I thank you, my fellow colleagues, for this opportunity to have served the Federation.

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A.1.2.

Report of the Second Vice-President [71.A.2. J

The activities of IFATCA Member Associations have their national and international aspects. The national ones are generally not of direct interest to IFATCA. The international ones are of great importance as they, through the machinery of our Standing Committees, form our policy.

We have got a well-articulated technical policy but other policies remain to be defined, formulated and put in the service of Member Associations. An important step forward has been taken during the last year when Standing Committee IV, after collecting during many years fundamental and useful information, has set out to draft a policy in the field of human and environmental factors in ATC. This is a delicate and exacting task and it is desirable that all Member Associations take port in it. Very valuable contributions in the field of recruitment and training have been made by Standing Committee V which would deserve a more active support from Member Associations to overcome geographical distance.

It becomes more and more obvious that much more could be achieved in the Standing Committees if larger funds were available. A drastic improvement is, unfortunately, out of question in the near future, but a new approach should be made when our budget is discussed. Each Standing Committee should present an estimate to be submitted to the Finance Committee. The present allowance should be at least doubled.

I have tried to maintain as many direct personal contacts as possible by letter, by telephone, and by visits when on travels. In such instances it has been most rewarding to note the vivid interest taken in IFATCA affairs.

Gunnar Atterholm

A.1.3.

Report of the Honorary Secretary [71.A.3.]

With the continuous expansion of the Federation it may be appropriate to discuss a new structure of the Board of Officers. Effective administration and coordination, in my judgment, necessitates more work. To me it seems doubtful if the present number of officers can meet the requirements of the increased membership. The following proposal might lead to what is considered necessary to ensure the future effectiveness of the Federation.

The Board of Officers should consist of the President (or Executive President), the Secretary {or Executive Secretary) - either one being an executive officer supported by a part-time assistant - the 1st Vice-President (to be in charge of the Regional Directors}, the 2nd Vice-President (to be in charge of most of the Committees) and the Treasurer. In addition there should be 5 or 6 Regional Directors in charge of specified regions. They could replace the present RLOs and be responsible for liaison, coordination, contacts and general activities within area of competence.

The Federation could very well do without an Honorary Secretary when either the President or the Secretary have some support by a port-time assistant. The Editor's work could be done by the Secretariat as well. Because of financial difficulties, one of these days IFATCA anyway might decide to stop publishing our quarterly magazine "The Controller". Either a Bulletin edited by the Secretariat or a less costly magazine edited by a publishing firm without

financial risk to the Federation might be possible. The Conference is invited to discuss the aforementioned proposals.

It is my belief that the work of the Federation could be intensified through more participation by individual Member Associations. With the Regional Directors belonging to the Boord of Officers more enthusiasm and better coordination could be achieved. Probably members will be stimulated to more active participation as soon as Regional Directors spread some additional information on IFATCA and what it is about.

During the past year an interesting and, of course, promising development could be observed. Except for Standing Committee I, there hadn't been very many contributions from Member Associations during recent years. Now with three Member Associations working in Standing Committee IV a remarkable activity was noticeable. There is proof that not only technical subjects are of interest to members, but also matters of the human and environmental side of our profession. These questions, as long as they are purely professional, have to be considered by the Federation. The various aspects have to be discussed with a view to drawing up guidelines of recommendations that could be applied by Air Traffic Services Authorities all over the world.

With regard to reduced fare transportation under the provisions of IATA Resolution 200, I drew up another circular and a proposal on how to change the resolution to include air traffic controllers. In March last all IATA Airlines were invited to comment. Nearly half of them replied and, apart from a few exceptions, indicated that they are willing to support the issue at the next IATA Traffic Conference. A rather lively correspondence will keep me busy for the next months to ensure the support promised and to convince those carriers opposing an amendment to the resolution, to re-consider their present policy. Member Associations will be supplied detailed information, especially as far as the policy of their national carriers is concerned. We have to use every means to pursue the matter to a satisfactory conclusion.

Despite the fact that most Member Associations for financial reasons consider it not appropriate for Members of the Board to travel to the host association of the next conference, the Board encouraged me to travel to Athens in order to provide assistance¡ as ¡deemed necessary. I must say that in every aspect this had been a useful undertaking, which definitely helped the Federation to save money and the Greek Association to eliminate some difficulties. A number of talks with Civil Aviation Officials and encouraging discussions with the Organizing Committee were a relatively small, but surely useful contribution to the success of IFATCA '71.

As last year, I endeavoured to organize a German Air Force Flight to the conference. In a letter to the General-in-Command of the German Air Force I outlined the successful cooperation on the occasion of the Montreal Conference, the pleasant experience and appreciation of the participants. The General welcomed the approach and promised to support the project. However, 14 days prior to this conference he sent a letter to me, regretfully indicating that because of capacity reasons the German Air Force were not able to co-operate this year. As I enjoy very good contacts with the United States Air Force, it was just a matter of minutes to approach Col. Robert Heath, whom we all know from previous IFATCA Conferences, with a request that a USAF airplane transport a number of international delegates and observers from Fremkfurt to Athens, and re-

turn. Through Col. Heath's effectful cooperation the necessary arrangements were finalised. Only 3 days prior to the set up IFATCA Flight to transport 35 delegates and observers from several countries plus representatives of the industry, the flight was cancelled by the following statement.

"Mission requirement was reviewed by Higher Authority and invitation was directed to be withdrawn."

This brings my report to a close. In general it was a pleasant year, inspiring with regard to Committee IV findings, frustrating because of postal strikes in the U. K. and some other countries; promising regarding IATA policy; meaningful because of increased membership; useful with regard to conference organization. It was also, I think, quite a bit too long in that only now are we able to meet again to work; to inform each other; to exchange our views, and to arrive at conclusions. Last but not least to enjoy Greek hospitality and the splendid arrangements being made to welcome us.

H. Guddat

A.1.4.

Report of the Treasurer [71 .A.4.]

General The Balance Sheet and the Income and Expenditure Accounts of the Federation from January 1st until December 31 st 1970 have been published as Conference paper 71.A.4-l.

After the Montreal Conference where the new members Australia, Hungary, Malta, The Netherlands Antilles, South Africa and USA (PATCO) have been admitted, membership for 1970 was 31 Member Associations with 9982 individual members, and 22 (21) Corporation Members.

Appendix 1 shows membership figures 1967-1971.

Income and Expenditure Accounts 1970 General With an audited income of SFr. 65,625.85 and expenses of SFr. 59,264.10 the financial year of the Federation closed with a net profit of SFr. 6,361.75.

The following details shall help the Directors to get some informations on the different items: Income Subscriptions from Member Associations (including affiliation fees) amounted to SFr. 49,798.45 or roughly 4,000.above budget.

Subscriptions from Corporation Members were SFr. 15,177.75, 1,200.- above budget.

Interest received was SFr. 649.65; SFr. 150.- below budget.

As already mentioned in last year's report, this low figure resulted from the fact that most of the time current expenses had to be covered out of the Reserve Fund, as many of the subscriptions came in very late. This year there are still SFr. 14,000.- from Members not yet paid.

Expenditure Stationary expenses were SFr. 1,100.- below budget and nearly the same as in 1969.

Postage and General Expenses were 450.- below budget.

Board of Officers' were within the budget limits. This amount depends on one of IFATCA's biggest problems 19

the transportation of Officers to their meetings and conferences. This year we were fortunate to get some free tickets, also for long distance travels. The German Air Force Flight to IFATCA 70 Montreal was a nice and helpful surprise to the Federation and specially for the European Controllers, and was very much appreciated.

Expenses of Delegates attending International Conferences ore shown in the following statement: SFr. - IFALPA Conference, London ............... . 130.90.93 - Proceedings ATC Symposium, Stockholm ..... .

- IAOPA World Assembly, Halsingborg ....... . 276.04 - PATCO Meeting, San Francisco ............. . 657.13 - Film Premiere "Airport" ................... . 314.34 - PATCO Convention, Los Angeles (incl. Flight) .. 1,763.53 - BALPA Symposium, London ................. .

87.55 - IFALPA, 5th NAT/RAN Meeting, l.A.L. Reception 45.05 - British Guild Convention, BALPA Symposium .. 444.57 - ICAO PEL/TRG/MED Meeting, Montreal ..... . 3,779.19 - Visit HATCA Budapest, SRT Stockholm ....... .

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Conclusion Although, on the Balance Sheet, the financial reserves of IFATCA amounted to SFr. 25,593.10 on the 31st of December 1970 the fact has to be emphasized that the actual cash available on the primary account was only SFr. 4,226.24 (less than S 1,000). Unless the dues outstanding on this day are fully paid within very short time, together with subscriptions for 1971, the Treasurer will not be in a position to cover current expenses. This will of necessity very much hamper the activity of the Federation.

Acknowledgement I should like to thank all those who have helped to facilitate the operation of the Federation by their timely transfer of the necessary funds.

Appendix 1

7,635.57 Budget was 9,000.-. The most expensive part for the Federation was the ICAO PEL/TRG/MED Meeting at Montreal, where our 1st Vice-President was representing IFAT CA, a meeting of a duration of 4 weeks.

Executive Secretary Expenses are like last year SFr. 2,300.below budget. Also one of the future problems is the eventuel expansion of the secretariat. Everybody knows that increased workload with a growing membership has its limits for a one-man-secretariat. And an increased activity of the Federation also requests a well organized and staffed secretariat.

Standing Committees' Expenses is the only item well above budget (3,300.-). Reasons are 4 meetings of Standing Committee IV in Germany and the Netherlands which were not budgeted. The tremendous work of Standing Committee IV will surely be appreciated by the members.

However, when the budget of SFr. 1,500.- was presented no objection was made. In future every chairman of a Standing Committee should try to arrange to keep the affairs within the budget limits. To help the Treasurer prepare an accurate budget, Officers, Chairmen and Regional Liaison Officers have been asked to submit their foreseen expenses before the annual conference.

Regional Liaison Expenses were only spent by the Austrian RLO for his visit and work in the USSR and Bulgaria in 1969 (1,200.- below budget).

Annual Conference, Audit Fee and Depreciation. Audit Fee and Depreciation were approximately as expected. For the annual conference IFATCA 70 Montreal the Federation had to pay a deficit guarantee of S 1,000.- (in addition to the usual S 1,000.-). This agreement was laid down with the IFATCA 70 Committee and the Board. Also included is a payment of SFr. 1,130.- to the Yugoslav association for flags.

Balance Sheet SFr. 19,363.65 dues had not yet been paid on December 31.

This is the highest amount since existence of IFATCA. The composition of this unpleasant figure is seen on page 4 of the accounts. Again I must urge Members and especially the Treasurers of the different associations to observe the rules laid down in the Constitution, that subscriptions should be paid within the first six month of the year.

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IFATCA Membership Figures Association Australia Austria Belgium Canada Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hongkong Hungary Iceland Iran Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Norway Rhodesia South Africa Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom USA PATCO Uruguay Yugoslavia (Venezuela) IFATCA

1967

1968

1969

65 103 642

67 127 678

94 91 220 538 75

100 102 290 547 65 59

68 123 850 22 100 95 305 626 70 62

50 80 64 18 50 8

50 50 80 20 50 8

56 50 80 20 45 11

74

82

128

150 230 27

150 251 27

170 276 30

154 148 510

153 159 20 500

216 179 20 508

10 80 110

10 100 110

3,591

3,855

1970

1971

500 75 109 925 22 110 95 280 649 72 64 30 60 5

544 87 103 1,100 22 131 99

-*

10

661 75 65* 30 64 10 90 25

10 100

12 8 175 35 180 301 25 51 260 168 15 526 5,000 10 120

11 8 175 35 195 315 25* 51* 280 165 -* 522 3,000* 15 120

4,220

9,982

8,023

80

Estimated membership, actual figures not yet received.

Balance Sheet 31 sf December 1970 Assets SFr.

Liabil.

SFr.

Primary Bank Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,226.24 Secondary Bank Account . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,459.21 Debtors . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . .. . 19,363.65 Taxes (reimboursement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

194.90 Office Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600.Badges on Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

369.Creditors .................... ¡..... .

1,619.90 2,000.Reserve Fund "The Controller" ....... .

Reserve Fund ..................... .

17,231.35 Gain ............................. .

6,361.75 27,213.- 27,213.-

Income and Expenditure Account from lst January 1970 to 31st December 1970 Expend. Income SFr. SFr. Member Associations, Subscriptions and Affiliation Fees ............... .

49,798.45 Corporation Members, Subscriptions ..

15,177.75 Interest Received ................... .

649.65 Stationary and Printing ............. . 3,407.76 Postage and General Expenses ..... . 7,113.52 Board of Officers' Expenses ......... . 11,796.05 Expenses of Delegates attending International Conferences ............... . 7,635.57 Executive Secretary, Salary and Travel Expenses ......................... . 12,680.77 Standing Committees ............... . 4,861.11 Regional Liaison ................... . 1,345.50 Annual Conference ................. . 9,658.38 Audit Fee (1969) ................... .

440.Differences in Currency ............. .

25.44 Depreciation of Office Equipment ... .

300.Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6,361.75 65,625.85 65,625.85

Treuhandburo Werner Gisel

649 Germany 72 Greece 64 Hongkong 30 Hungary 60 Iceland 5 Iran 80 Ireland 20 Israel Italy 12 Luxembourg 8 Malta Netherlands 175 Netherlands Antilles 35 New Zealand 180 Norway 301 Rhodesia 25 South Africa 51 Sweden 260 Switzerland 168 Turkey 15 United Kingdom 526 USA PATCO 5,000 Uruguay 10 Y1.1goslavia 120 9,982

Australia Austria Belgium Canada Cyprus Denmark Finland France

Members

500 75 109 925 22 110 95 280

Affiliation Fees (included)

Subscriptions (sliding scale)

SFr.

SFr.

1,500.-

3,440.630.911.10 6,873.30 184.80 919.798.2,262.-

24.-

105.-

153.-

2,088.35

100.80 57.55 1,432.50 400.05 1,472.2,427.30 210.60 367.20 2,104.1,377.20 126.4,069.80 10,903.35 84.998.49,798.45

Report of the Auditor To the Board of Officers and the Directors of IFAT CA at the 1Oth Annual Conference.

Gentlemen, On request of the Treasurer I have checked the accounts of your Federation for the financial year 1970 on the 2nd of February 1971.

In doing so I have checked the opening entries as per January 1st, 1970, and thereafter every entry throughout the year, together with most of the vouchers.

The closing of the books as per December 31 st, 1970, was worked out jointly with Mr. Gubelmann. The Income and Expenditure Account shows an excess of Income over Expenditure of SFr. 6,361.75.

The total capital of the Federation amounts to SFr. 25,593.lO and consist of in the following manner:

Subscriptions from Member Associations for 1970 Association

4,918.70 604.40 537.60 216.504.42.659.20 168.-

SFr. Seserve Fund "The Controller" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.Reserve Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,231.35 Gain 1970 . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . .. .. .. .. . . . .. . .. .. . 6,361.75 Total capital ................................ 25,593.lO As a result of my audit I propose to accept the report of the Treasurer and to discharge him and Standing Committee Ill of their responsibilities for the 1970 accounts.

Kloten, the 5th February 1971 Treuhandburo Werner Gisel 21

A.1.5.

Report of the Editor [71.A.5.]

The Treasurer has indicated in his report that from the financial point of view 1970 was a difficult year for the Federation. The generally tight financial situation has also affected the publication of "The Controller" and has been a matter of concern to the Editor. More details about this, particularly the way in which a certain budget control was exercised, will be given in the report of the Chairman of Standing Committee II. May it suffice here to say that, despite of all difficulties, we have again managed to publish one full volume of the IFATCA Journal at no extra cost to t h e Fe d e r a t i o n . This was, however, not possible without sacrifices. The most apparent economy measure was probably the curtailing of the Conference Report from its usual size to a smaller version, with less pictures, and the reduction of the number of Conference Papers incorporated in the Report. This is unfortunate, in view of the tremendous amount of work put into the preparation of the Montreal Conference by the Canadian Association, but it helped us to make ends meet. The excellent documentation folder provided by CATCA to all attendants of the Montreal Conference has certainly compensated for the curtailing of the Report.

You may have also noticed that the list of IFATCA Member Associations and Corporation Members had temporarily to be withdrawn. When a decision had to be made as to what material should be published and what had to be withheld, my guideline was that those articles which I thought would enhance the stature of the profession and of the Federation should have priority over information of a more informal nature. This has led to some of the news from Member Associations not being published, for which I would like to extend my apologies to those associations who have kindly provided the material.

Please let this not discourage you and do continue to provide the Editor with any material that you deem suitable for publication.

Some years ago we started a series.-of articles entitled" ATC in the IFATCA Member Countries". It had to be discontinued due to a lack of contributions. With the increasing number of new IFATCA Members all over the world, I would like to revive the old column and solicit your cooperation for appropriate material.

Finally, my sincere thanks to all those who have helped me getting "The Controller" through a difficult year, particularly to the Corporation Members for their continued support.

W. H. Endlich

A.1.6.

Report of the Executive Secretary [71.A.6.]

The efficient operation of the Secretariat was seriously affected by the strike of the postal workers in the U. K., which, lasting for about two months, held up communications and distribution of documents. It also delayed the issue of invitations and notification of the Athens Conference, but it is hoped the effect on the attendance figure will not be serious. Documents and Papers for the Conference Agenda have also been delayed in distribution to Member Associations, and the time available for consideration of these Papers has been less than is desirable.

I must express my appreciation of offers of assistance. The Treasurer, Jean Gubelmann, came to London to collect a

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heavy suitcase of letters.,to be despatched from Switzerland; Mr. Etienne Cools of the Belgian Association arranged, if I wished, for papers and letters to be flown to Ostend where his branch undertook to send them off and to receive correspondence and transfer to London. The Honorary Secretary, Horst Guddat, offered to set up an emergency Secretariat in Frankfurt. Many other people assisted; papers arrived and were sent, by airline pilots, Corporation Members on their travels abroad, air operators etc.

Two members of the Greek Association visited the President on 2nd March and discussed arrangements for the Conference.

Increasing costs have been a matter for concern, especially as little can be done in many cases to obviate the increase.

In printing, voluntary or semi-voluntary assistance has been obtained as much as possible; and postage has been maintained at the same level as in 1969, although at some cost in expedition of documents and letters. Postal rates are being continually raised and an increased total must be expected for 1971. The Board of Officers has instituted a much closer hold over expenditure to offset the current inflation taking place all over the world. An obvious solution would be to obtain more members, both Associations and Corporations, and every effort will be made to this end. But potential members are becoming fewer, although several associations have indicated their intention to affiliate in the near future.

I am disappointed that I cannot announce any new Corporation Members this year. A number of organisations have shown interest but have not taken the final step of completing the application form. I am somewhat concerned that, with the increase in mergers, and the concern with their costs, the Federation may lose some of its existing Corporation Members.

From reports from Associations, it appears that an increasing number of Pilot/Controller Forums are being held. The effect of these will be not only to deal with existing problems but also to create mutual respect, or, perhaps I should say, to enhance respect, and appreciation of each others difficulties.

I am also pleased to record the growing importance of the Regional Liaison Officers, and to express my gratitude to them for keeping up existing contacts and adding to them.

Personal contacts are usually far more effective than contact by correspondence, and I am sure their activities will be of the greatest value and that they will form an increasingly important part of the administration of the Federation.

The size of the Agenda for the Annual Conference is becoming a strain on the Directors. The Board of Officers has decided against adding another committee to the Conference, and proposes to adopt the system ob sub-committees or working groups, to deal with the numerous important matters coming up for discussion.

The Federation has become well known and accepted in the international aviation world. This is a source of great satisfaction, and the gratitude of the Federation is owed to those members who have devoted so much of their spare time to making this possible.

I must express my own gratitude for the assistance I hove received from the Board of Officers, Member Associations, Corporations Members, and numerous individuals during the past year.

It has made my task both easy and pleasant.

G. W. Monk

A.2.1.

Report of the Chairman of Standing Committee II [71.A. 7.]

In 1970, as in the past, the activities of Standing Committee 11 have centered around the publication of the Federation's Journal "The Controller". 1970 was a difficult year, in that we had to operate on a very tight budget. A loss of income was encountered through the cancellation of some advertisement contracts, and our attempts to regain these have only partly been successful. In most cases this is due to a general trend towards consolidation in industry. Some firms, which have before been advertising individually in the Federation's Journal, have merged and they are now placing one joint advertisement for the whole group.

The financial situation of "The Controller" has been parti<ularly difficult during the first half of 1970 and it was ag-gravated by the fact that only few associations followed my recommendation to transfer the subscription fees as early as possible in the current year. In fact, some dues for 1970 have still not been paid today.

In order to cover the expenses for the first two "Controller" issues published in 1970, it became necessary to take recourse to the "Controller" Reserve Fund and the Treasurer transferred 3,000 SFr. to the publishing house.

To regain a balance of income and expenditure we had to economise on the Journal. I have already given to the Elective Officers during their meeting in London some account of the measures taken. To reiterate, budget control was mainly exercised by: -

reducing the number of copies printed to the absolute minimum; reducing the number of pages per issue; reducing the number of illustrations per issue; special shipment arrangements, in coordination with the Honorary Secretary; borrowing printing blocks from other publications; avoiding any changes to the lay-out, cover page etc.; freezing any work and, hence, expenses in relaHGn ¡to the IFATCA brochure.

At the end of the administrative year I am pleased to report that my strict budget control has borne fruit. "The Controller" is not in the red anymore. A few days ago the Reserve Fund has been brought back to the original 5,000 SFr. Provided that debtors pay their outstanding dues, there will even be a small excess of income over expenditure, which can be used to cover some of the expenses for current work 1n progress. I would like to remind Member Associations that it will be of considerable help if they transfer their subscriptions as early as possible. Those associations which have not yet paid up for last year should kindly settle the .accounts at their earliest convenience.

W. H. Endlich

A.2.2.

Report of Standing Committee Ill [71.A.8.]

Annual Accounts After a considerable loss in 1969 the annual accounts for 1970 closed with seems to be a considerable excess of income over expenditure of SFr. 6,361.75.

This result looks quite encourageing but unfortunately does not stand a closer inspection. One cannot overlook the fact that on December 31, 1970, not less than SFr. 19,363.65 or 71 per cent of the total assets were debtors, i. e. annual subscriptions which had not been paid by that time. Towards the end of 1970 the Treasurer reported a liquidity of only SFr. 4,000.-which - in the view of the Standing Committee -was rather alarming. Most of the reserve fund had to be used to cover current expenses. Transfers to Officers and the Executive Secretary could not be made as requested.

Total expenses rose by approximately 10 per cent compared to 1969. Considering the general increase in costs and some extra expenses incurred in connection with the annual conference these 10% are modest and reasonable. It is felt that the measures taken by the Board of Officers to keep a tight control on expenditure have shown first results.

Standing Committee Ill can only emphasize once more the importance of timely payment of subscriptions by Member Associations. The Federation might some day arrive at a point where activities have to be restricted severely or ceased if the subscriptions mutually agreed upon are not made available as laid down in the Constitution.

Handover of accounts to new Treasurer Handover of the IFATCA accounts to the new Treasurer, Mr. Jean Gubelmann, after the Montreal Conference was achieved without great difficulties. The fact that the retiring Treasurer was close at hand and continued as chairman of Standing Committee 111, giving advice and information as required, provided for a smooth changeover. Standing Committee Ill wish to commend Mr. Gubelmann for quickly getting acquainted with his new duties and dedicating most of his spare time to familiarize himself with the necessary information and procedures.

Financial problem areas Secretariat IFATCA is very much indebted to the Executive Secretary, Mr. G. W. Monk, for being willing to continue in the strenuous office for yet another year. The Federation is obviously still far from being in a position to employ a full time Executive Secretary which would probably about double present expenses. Even if the proposed subscriptions scale for 1973/74 will be accepted and implemented we shall have to find a more reasonable solution, such as: -

setting up a Secretariat jointly with another international organization or a Member Association; or finding another air traffic controller retired from active duty (hopefully at the age of 50 or 55!) willing to act as Executive Secretary for a few years on the basis of present arrangements .

Member Associations are invited to give the matter some thought and possibly come up with proposals which are within our financial possibilities.

Immediate problems In line with remarks made earlier, financial problems of primary importance - in the view of Standing Committee Ill - are the following: 1. That Member Associations realize the utmost importance of remitting their annual subscriptions within the 23

first 6 months of the financial year. IFATCA can only achieve something for the controller in the field modest as it may be - if the necessary funds for operation are available.

2. That a small capital in the form of the reserve fund be built up. This would bring some addi~ional income and, more important, make IFATCA more independent.

The proposed subscriptions schedule for 1973174 should enable the Federation to achieve point 2 above.

Membership difficulties Standing Committee Ill have to report to Directors that, during the past year, financial difficulties with the following M.A. existed ore arose:

agreement with many of the ideas put forth as far as strict control on IFATCA expenditure is concerned. It is believed that the outcome of the 1970 accounts (compare the report of the Treasurer, appendix 2) proves that the Board of Officers have made a great effort to keep expenses within budgetary limits. On the other hand it must be made clear to Member Associations, Regional Liaison Officers and Standing Committees that no expenses can be permitted which have not been properly budgeted and cleared by the Directors.

At the present time Standing Committee Ill, however, strongly advice against taking steps to limit the income side, too. Our funds are so small that everything must be undertaken to achieve object no. 2 mentioned above.

In a paper on "long term financial planning" (Munich, 1967) the Board of Officers showed their views on the matter of IFATCA income. The points made there are still valid:

Italy

The Federation must:

Contact with this Association was lost altogether. Neither a declaration of membership nor any subscriptions were received. Letters sent to the official address were left unanswered or returned. One information received indicated that the Association did in fact no longer exist. Unless explanations can be obtained from Italian delegates at the Athens Conference, Standing Committee Ill will have to propose definite action to the Directors.

1. aim at a sound financial basis in form of substantial

Turkey

Although in the mean time at least the affiliation ~ee. for this M.A. have been received, no annual subscriptions arrived on our account due to difficulties existing on the economical level for our fellow controllers in that country.

The Directors will have to decide whether they wish to continue their lenient policy for another year. For several reasons Standing Committee 111 would suggest such course of action.

France

Due to internal difficulties which the former IFATCA president, Mr. Maurice Cerf, explained in detail in a letter addressed to the Board of Officers, APCA have not been in a position to meet the terms of payment agreed upon at the Montreal Conference. It is suggested that this Association's Director again explain the situation to the Directors who in turn might wish to specify measures to be taken.

reserves, and

2. eventually increase annual subscriptions to make available the necessary funds for operation of a recognized international organization.

In their paper the U. K. Guild seem to imply that subscriptions are increased uniquely for the purpose of offsetting everrising expenses which - by properly implementing budgetary control - could be levelled off reasonably.

In Standing Committee lll's view we should in actual fact do both: keep expenses under tight control and yet levy subscriptions which enable us to achieve the declared policy.

It is true that individual controllers tend to withdraw when they feel that annual subscriptions are unreasonably high.

They rather wish to see tangible results before they instal their money. This doubtlessly is an understandable attitude.

On the other hand IFATCA subscriptions have always been very low and even with the proposal for 1973/74 accepted shall still be modest compared to subscriptions levied by other organizations of the same nature.

If budgetary control on one side and subscriptions proposed. for 1973~4 on the other side are properly handled, Standing Committee Ill believe that a further increase may not become necessary in 1975 or 76. Standing Committee Ill therefore formally invite Directors to accept the following resolution: Annual Subscriptions 1973/74

"The Controller" For the first time since the Federation has taken over responsibility for the "Controller", SFr. 3,000.- had to be transferred to the publishing house to cover a possible deficit. This amount was taken out of the respective reserve fund. More detailed information will be made available to Directors by the Editor in his report.

Standing Committee Ill propose that, out of the excess of income over expenditure available for distribution, SFr. 3,000.- be put back into this reserve fund.

Budgetary Control

The U. K. Guild of ATCO have submitted a very interesting paper on this subject which has been carefully studied by Standing Committee Ill. In principle this committee is in full 24

1. That for the financial years 1973 and 1974 the following

subscriptions schedule shall be applicable for Member Associations: SFr. per capita for the first 100 individual members 15.12.for the next 200 individual members 10.for the next 300 individual members 8.for the next 400 individual members 6.for the next l ,000 individual members for the next 2,000 individual members 5.for the next 3,000 individual members 4.for the next 4,000 individual members 3.That above 11,000 individual members, the annual per capita fee shall be SFr. 1.-.

Budget 1971 Provisional Budget 1972

Budget 1971

Prov.

Budget 1972

SFr.

SFr.

Income Member Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,000.- 77,000.Corporation Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,500.- 12,500.lnterest . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.- 1,OOO.Total .............................. 86,500.- 90,000.-

Expenditure Stationery and Printing ............. .

Postage and General Expenses ..... .

Board of Officers ................... .

Delegates to lnt. Conferences ....... .

Executive Secretary ..â&#x20AC;˘...............

Standing Committees* ............. .

Regional Liaison Officers* ......... .

Liaison to ICAO ................... .

Annual Conference ................. .

Audit Fee ......................... .

Depreciation ..................... .

Miscellaneous ..................... .

Balance to Reserve Fund ........... .

Total . .. . . . .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . â&#x20AC;˘ Details on Standing Committees and Regional liaison Officers Standing Committees Standing Committee I (United Kingdom) Standing Committee II (Germany) Standing Committee Ill ........... .

(Switzerland) Standing Committee IV ........... .

(Germany, Belgium, Netherlands) Standing Committee V ........... .

(Canada) Standing Committee VI ........... .

(Canada)

6,000.10,000.15,000.10,000.15,000.8,000.8,000.1,500.8,000.500.500.1,000.3,000.-

6,000.11,000.15,000.10,000.15,000.9,000.8,000.l ,500.8,000.500.500.1,000.2,000.-

86,500.- 90,500.-

Budget 1971 SFr.

Prov.

Budget 1972 SFr.

1,500.- 1,500.1,000.- 1,000.500.-

500.-

3,000.- 3,500.1,500.- 2,000.500.-

500.-

8,000.- 9,000.-

Regional Liaison Officers Australasia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(New Zealand) Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Austria) Far East . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Hong Kong) MediAfrica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (vacant) North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (vacant) South America I Caribbean . . . . . . . . . .

(Netherlands Antilles) Southern South America . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Uruguay)

900.-

900.-

1,500.- 1,500.900.-

900.-

900.-

900.-

2,000.- 2,000.900.-

900.-

900.-

900.-

8,000.- 8,000.-

2. That even with this increased income the Board of Officers shall do everything they can to keep expenses at a reasonable minimum by maintaining a close watch on expenditure in connexion with budget items approved by the Annual Conference.

3. That the Treasurer shall cover no expenses incurred by Member Associations, Regional Liaison Officers or Standing Committees which have not been duly budgeted and approved by the previous Annual Conference.

This wording should indicate to Member Associations that the Board of Officers have no intention of increasing subscriptions for the sake of freely spending more money.

Members shall always be in a position to restrict spending on certain budget items.

B. RUthy

A.2.3.

Report of the Chairman of Standing Committee IV [71.A.9.]

Once again a year has passed since we met at the last Annual IFATCA Conference, held in Montreal. We have had a busy year but it is for you to decide whether it has been a successful one.

The chairmanship changed hands and I was appointed to take over from Mr. Kassebohm immediately after the Montreal Conference. The Montreal Conference introduced me to the problems Standing Committee IV is concerned with and it was not an easy task to become fully acquainted with them. After reconsidering all aspects, I believe that the change of the chairmanship did not hamper further progress of the committee's work. In this connection I must not forget to express my sincere thanks to the members of this committee for their appreciated support and assistance.

Before giving a review about the work progress during the past year, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that items 1. to 2.2.5. of WP 70.A.ll. have been deleted in our working paper presented to this conference. Standing Committee IV was of the opinion that the items mentioned are subjects of the Standing Committee V work programme (recruitment and training), and have therefore been transferred to the Canadian Association.

In July 1970 we circulated a questionnaire to all Member Associations and besides other items we asked them for their comments regarding WP 70.A.l 1. From 32 Member Associations 20 replied, of which 17 were very elaborate. In this respect, I want to take the opportunity once again to stress that, without response from our Member Associations no committee is able to fulflll their tasks necessary for our mutual interest. I would like to express my thanks to the Member Associations concerned for their valuable support which was of great assistance.

Following the comments received, scientific studies and other researches, as available to the committee, WP 70.A.l l. was completely revised and is herewith presented as WP 71.A.9-l. to this Annual Conference. During the last year, Standing Committee IV held four internal meetings and one more "open" meeting in Neunkirchen, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Cologne.

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As you will find in our working paper to this conference, we already offer some recommendations regarding a few items. The other items are still subject to further studies. In order to give you an idea how complex our task is, I might remind you of the different social structures already found in the European countries. This of course must not mean that this problem cannot be solved, on the contrary, but, in view of the above mentioned difficulties, a stronger support of all Member Associations, especially from outside Europe, is essential. Therefore the items of WP 71.A.9-l. which we were not able to recommend for the time being will primarily determine our work programme for the coming year.

I believe you will agree that there is another busy year in store for us and we expect a stronger support for 197102.

Coming to the end of this report, I would like to make some remarks regarding the internal work of Standing Committee IV. Today it can already be recognised that the appointment of three IFATCA Member Associations for this committee has been very satisfactory. It has caused a rapid development of our work programme. The possibility of already having co-ordinated international opinions on a small basis proves to be very helpful and constructive. We believe that this even might facilitate the work at annual conferences. In order to keep necessary expenses relatively low it should be noticed that participating Member Associations be located geographically close to each other.

However, it is necessary to consider more adequate expenses for standing committees in the budget in order to attain most suitable results. There is no doubt that most of the work of IFATCA is done by standing committees.

As you all know, the subject matter of this committee is of immediate concern throughout the world. For three years dissatisfaction has increased everywhere and resulted in "slow go" and "sick in". This not only has bad influence on the ATC system but also impairs economy and safety of aviation. ¡Dissatisfaction will continue to grow as long as employment conditions are not commensurate with the responsibility of our profession.

I would like to repeat what I said in my opening address at the "open" meeting of Standing Committee IV held in Frankfurt: "As IFATCA, according to its constitution, is primarily occupied with the safety of aviation, there is no time for a "looker-on" attitude, if IFATCA does not want to become unworth of belief."

A.2.4.

Report of Standing Committee VI [71.A.24.]

Standing Committee VI makes the following proposed changes for consideration by the 1971 Conference with a view to having these effective for the 1972 Conference.

That the position of the Editor of the IFATCA Journal be changed to an ex-officio member of the Board of Officers and without a vote.

The role of Editor at the present time requires an individual of remarkable talents and the Federation is most fortunate that this position has been as ably filled since its inception.

Nevertheless by the very nature of the task there are very few individuals amongst all the Associations who would or could fill such a role and for this reason one is very reluctant to challenge the current incumbent or to even suggest another nominee.

This being the case we are of the opinion that the Editor should have the confidence of the Directors and hence we 26

feel he should still be elected, but that he should not have. the right to vote at the meetings of the Board of Officers.

This loss of vote would insure that a tie on any issue would not occur which is a possibility at the present time with a 6 man voting Board. This would allow the President in the event of a 2- 2 tie on the Board of Officers to break this.

It is further felt that the Editor, while free to express his opinion and to counsel the Board of Officers at their meetings should, to a very large extent, be in a neutral position which allows him to reflect the policy of the Board of Officers and Federation through the avenue of the Journal.

That the lst and 2nd Vice Presidents of the Federation act respectively as Chairman for Committee A and B at the annual conference.

It would appear that this is a step which might assist the work of the Conference to a very large extent. Both of these officers are fully familiar with the work of the Federation, have discussed in advance with the other members of the Board of Officers the various papers and proposals being considered by the Conference and ore thus able to provide leadership and direction which befits their elected position. Both have during the course of the year been in touch with the respective committees they are responsible for.

Under the current arrangement there is no guarantee that the individuals elected to chair the respective committees has had access to all of the papers or business being considered and certainly may not have an opportunity for a full and meaningful briefing by the Board of Officers.

It would be our suggestion to continue to elect a vice-chairman and a secretary from amongst the Conference delegates for each of the Committees. This seems a reasonable practi~e and provides an opportunity for training i~ the handling of meetings and discussions on this internationot level.

A.3.1.1.

Report of the

Regional Liaison Officer Australasia (71.A.11.]

The New Zealand Association regrets that it is unable to be represented at this years conference due to depleted finances and, as yet, non-acceptance by the Minister of Transport that travel under 200 G is applicable to IFATCA conferenc.es. Considerable progress hos been made towards changing ~epartmental thinking, and we are optimistic that a delegation will attend IFATCA 72. We further regret that we have not completed either an interim or a full report on PANS/RAC Minimum Levels as this edition is still not to hand. Inward correspondence left 0 great deal to be desired this year and the late arrival of reports etc. was obvio~s­ ly the result of numerous postal strikes. Member Associations are requested to airmail priority correspondence because surface mail can take up to four months. We request that Associations situated similarly to New Zealand receive "The Controller" magazine by airfreight, possibly a favourable rote con be negotiated with the airlines.

Lastly, we suggest that member Associations wear IFATCA badges instead of national badges as this would assist in promoting IFATCA on a world-wide basis.

Membership 197001. NZATCA: 195 (constitutes 90% of those eligible).

Estimated membership 1971/72: 220.

Controller/Pilot relationship: Good.

Oceanic familiarisation flights: Average one flight every five years for eligible controllers. local familiarisation flights: Unlimited. loss of Licence Insurance: Scheme is operating and two members claimed during the year (coronary and accidental death).

Fiji is now a sovereign State and in the process of establishing a local Civil Aviation Division using controllers trained and rated to ICAO standards in New Zealand. Transition period will probably be completed in three years and it is hoped that these controllers will eventually form an Association and apply for IFATCA membership.

Best wishes for a successful Convention.

G. N. Mclinden

A.3.1.2.

Report of the Regional Liaison Officer Car-Region [71.A.12.]

Visiting Panama as a member of the Netherlands Antilles delegation to the VIII Central American and Caribean Chess tournament, I took the opportunity to lay some contact with the air traffic controllers at Tocumen International and the Paitilla airport.A letter from the ATCANA board of directors announcing my visit was received by the controllers at Tocumen airport only 3 days after my first contact was made with these controllers, so that the ATCANA request to organize a meeting with the controllers could not be met.

After a phonecoll to Tocumen tower I was visited by Mr. Joachim Him at the El Panama Hotel on June 22nd. D.uring on interview, which lasted an hour and a half I explained to Mr. Him the objects of the ATCANA and the IFATCA. He showed much interest in the idea of a national organization of air traffic control officers, which ultimately may join the IFATCA. Much of this interview was dedicated to problems arising for Air Traffic Controllers when an aircraft is hijacked and the stand Air Traffic Controllers organizations may take to combat hijacking. We agreed that Air Traffic Controllers should do all that is possible to spore human lives aboard hijacked and other aircraft under their control. Also we discussed the possibility of Air Traffic Controllers and Air Traffic Controllers organizations urging their goverment, a) to consider hijacking of and attempt to hijack an aircraft a capital crime; b) to include in aviation agreements an article covering the extradition of hijackers to the country whose nationality the hijacked aircraft bears.

In the following days I visited Paitilla airport where I met the collegues Juan Bonilla, Robinson Urriola and Napoleon Abrego. During a visit to Tocumen Tower I made aquaintance with the Chief ATS Mr. Reina, and with the Controllers Salas, and Cardoze all of whom were very interested in the idea of a national organization. They promised to write me after they have studied the possibilities of the .organization.

Mr. Joachim Him who intended to visit Curacao during the next months will contact me and the board of directors of the ATCANA on his arrival.

J. Celso Plaate

A.3.1.3.

Report of the Regional Liaison Officer Eastern Europe [71.A.13.]

In December last year a change has taken place within the Board of the Austrian Association. Mr. Helmuth Kihr has been elected President of the AATCA and I, as former President, have been entrusted to perform the tasks of the IFATCA-Liaison-Officer, Europe East, an activity I had practised already in former years. As both of us have worked close together in fulfilment of these activities, no difficulties whatsoever were encountered when the transition respectively the takeover was effective.

The present state of international relations is the following: USSR After resignation of Mr. Mishinkin, Chairman of the Soviet Aviation Personnel, to whom the Austrian Association has maintained excellent contacts since many years, we suddenly were no longer able to stay in touch with our Soviet fellows. A written invitation had been received by the AATCA eight months ago, when Mr. Mishinkin was still on duty, but the proper date for the visit has not yet been fixed. To Mr. Vladimir A. Zuev, the successor of Mr. Mishinkin, a letter was directed in which I expressed the hope that the hitherto existing contacts will be refreshed and maintained.

Roumania Our efforts to establish contact with officials of Roumania took a successful course. The "General Directorate of Civil Aviation" in Bucarest confirmed in principle the agreement to exchange experiences and opinions with the Austrian Association concerning safety in air traffic. The further development in this direction cannot be foreseen within a certain space of time, but gives occasion to hope.

Hungary Good relations connect us furtheron with the Hungarian Association. At least once per year discussions take place between representatives of HATCA and AATCA in Budapest or Vienna, where also the possibilities to expand contacts to Eastern Europe are discussed, so as to interest the respective aviation associations and authorities in IFATCA's work and programme. This cooperation will be continued.

Bulgaria Before the end of 1971 a first taking up of contacts with Bulgaria is planned.

CSSR and Poland The possibility of taking up contacts with these States will be verified and reported to IFATCA. A. Nagy 27

A.3.1.6.

Report of the Regional Liaison Officer North America [71.A.16.]

The activities of this position have been relatively quiet now that PATCO is an affiliated Member Association. However, that does not mean there has been a lack of activity on the North American continent by ATC personnel. Both the CATCA Convention in Toronto, scheduled for April 26th, and the PATCO Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, during the same week, will undoubtedly bring about significant changes. Inasmuch as these two Conventions immediately precede our Annual Conference in Athens, it is difficult to predict the outcome and resolutions to be adopted. Also in that both organizations capably disseminate through their respective Newsletters and Bulletins matters of interest to other Member Associations, there appears to be no need to duplicate such information by this means.

One rather drastic change in regard to "free transportation" has developed with the passage of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board Regulation Part 224 of January, 1971, which limits "flight deck privileges" to U.S. citizens only. Other problems with the Familiarization Flight program as detailed in the CATCA contract have been incurred with 522 flights scheduled and only 371 completed with airlines refusing some 61. "Fams" aboard charter air carriers are "verboten" as well as travelling to another Region of Canada to pick up a long-range navigational flight (e. g.

Winnipeg controller going to Montreal for an overseas flight aboard El Al is prohibited by the Ministry officials).

An extensive training program is well in progress in Canada with some 354 trainees spread across the country which will bring the total ATC personnel in Canada, including management, over the 1700 mark probably by the end of 1971. Estimates for FY 1971172 ea II for a further net increase of 263. Nevertheless, considerable overtime is still being worked at the major centres. As an example, Toronto Centre has scheduled 313 O/T shifts for the month of April, while Montreal has 127 scheduled in advance.

A Canadian National Airspace Study has been underway for the past seven months covering Eastern Canada, revised NAT routings inland taking into account the increased use of INS and the introduction of Composite Separation of the North Atlantic.

Plans for the expeditious handling of aircraft participating in the 5,850 mile London to Victoria Air Race sponsored by the Government of Canada are now being circulated. This international race should be one of the most interesting aviation events of this century with a limited 100 entrants competing for various prizes from $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 per class of aircraft from July 1-7.

J. R. Campbell

Committee B

Australia Austria Belgium Canada Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Iran Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Netherlands Antilles Norway Rhodesia South Africa Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Uruguay United States Yugoslavia Argentina

R.Soden

C. Eigl G. Lemaire F. Luettger P. Georgis E. Larsen T. E. Lindh C. Dupertuis W. Goebel E. Karagianides J. Hui E. Voit E. Einarsson Y. Samuel J. Rockett D. Furer Belluci J. Roulleaux R. Lofaro B. Van Ommen J. Rigaud N. Skaveren W. Knight D. Alexander H. Westermark G. Gotschi M.A. Randell A. A. Borgues F. Havlin J. Mrkonic C. E. de Almeida

Report of Committee B B. l.

Report of Standing Committees

B.1.1.

Report of Standing Committee I Technical and Professional Matters [71.B.1.]

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

B.1.2.

Report of Standing Committee V Recruitment and Training of Air Traffic Controllers [71.B.2.]

It was announced by the Chairman that this report would be handled by a Sub-Committee established by Committee A. There was a brief discussion of points raised by individual Member Associations.

8.2.

Work Studies

B.2.1.

Standing Committee I

B.2.1.1.

5th NAT/RAN Meeting - April 1970 [71.B.3.]

[,.. Resolution B.1.]

The Committee, with J. A. Saker (U. K.) as Chairman elected the following additional Officers: ' Vice-Chairman: Secretary:

A. Novakowski (Canada) T. Johnston (U. K.)

The following members were nominated by Associations to serve on the Committee:

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It was resolved .that the observer's report of the ICAO Sth NAT/RAN_M~etmg (Montreal, April 1970), as sent to Member Ass~c1at1ons, be adopted, on the understanding that appropna.te follow-~p action is either already included in the Standing Committee I work programme or will be undertaken by Member Associations directly concerned with the NAT Region.

B.2.1.2.

I..,_

Requirements of SSTs regarding Air Traffic Services (71.B.4.]

Resolution B.2.)

B.2.1.7.

After discussion, it was resolved that Standing Committee I be charged with a detailed study of "ICAO Guidance Material for ATS Personnel on the performance and operating characteristics of SSTs during all flight phases".

B.2.1.3.

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Member Associations should submit material to Standing Committee I by 30th November 1971.

Air/Ground Automated Data Exchange (71.B.5.]

Resolution B.3.]

After discussion, it was resolved that the tasks under Para. 9 Items 1 and 2 of 71.B.5. be included in the 197102 Work Programme of Standing Committee I and that a suitable questionnaire be sent by Standing Committee I to all Member Associations for completion and return to Standing Committee I by 31 st October 1971.

B.2.1.4.

Minimum Levels (71.B.6.]

Report (interim) 71.B.6. not available. The Chairman reported that the New Zealand Association were charged at Montreal with looking at the latest amendments to PANS/ RAC. They were, unfortunately, unable to obtain a copy of PANS/RAC in time, but will retain the task and report at the next Conference.

B.2.1.5.

Turbulent Wake Procedures (71.B.7.]

[..,_ Resolution B.4.)

After discussion, it was resolved that the subject of Turbulent Wake should remain on the Work Programme of Standing Committee I. Since a worldwide increase in heavy jet operations is to be expected, Member Associations are requested to report to Standing Committee I any significant ATC problems encountered in the handling of heavy jet operations which have been caused by Turbulent Wake.

Reports should reach Standing Committee I not later than 31 st December 1971.

B.2.1.6.

Automation in Air Traffic Control (71.B.8.]

[..,_ Resolution B.5.)

After discussion, it was resolved that the selection of those aspects of the subject "Automation in Air Traffic Control" in which IFATCA policy development is considered necessary should be deferred to the 11 th Annual Conference, so as to permit Member Associations to consider Working Paper 71.B.8. in more detail and to notify Standing Committee I by 30th November 1971 of their views on the priorities which should be allocated to future work studies on the subject.

In view of the importance of making a start on the formulation of IFATCA policy on Automation in ATC, it was further resolved that an immediate study should be made by Standing Committee I on

Radar Monitoring of Aircraft using Reduced Separation [71.B.9.]

The following significant amendments to this report were agreed: Para. 3.1.4.

The following sub paras. were added: i) Noise abatement procedures affecting departure routes. j } Staffing. k) Sectorisation.

I) Area Layout.

Para. 5.10.4.

Amend first line to read "This type of monitoring could be carried out ... " Para. 5.11.l.

Delete "compatible" and substitute "comparable".

Para. 6.1.5.

Add new sub para. as fol lows: f) The availability of a common frame of reference for the airborne navigational capabilities.

Para. 6.5.l. b) Amend to read: "The ground radar equipment accuracy should be comparable with that of the airborne navigational equipment."

Para. 6.5.1. c) Amend to read: "In view of the increasing overall monitoring tasks of radar controllers, serious consideration should be given in busy areas to the manner in which the responsibility for the monitoring function should be discharged having regard to the overall responsibilities of the executive radar controller."

After discussion, it was resolved: [..,_ Resolution B.7.]

1. That Section 6 of Paper 71.B.9., as amended by Conference be adopted as a statement of the IFATCA policy on the concept of Radar Monitoring of Aircraft Navigational Accuracy and reduced Horizontal Separation. [..,_ Resolution B.8.]

2. That Paper 71.B.9., as amended, in its entirety, be adopted as guidance material to be used particularly as a basis for the preparation of IFAT CA briefs or presentations to ICAO Meetings at which the subject of radar monitoring is to be considered. [..,. Resolution B.9.]

3. That Paper 71.B.9., as amended, in its entirety, be made available to the ICAO Review of the General concept of Separation Panel.

[.... Resolution B.6.]

B.2.1.8.

a) compatibility of automated systems; b} controller involvement in detailed system analysis and programming; c) controller involvement in subsequent system development and modification.

Preparation for the ICAO 6th EUM RAN Meeting

B.2.1.9.

Practical Experience in the use of Mode C Height Information and the Application of "Omit Report" Procedures (71.B.10./11.]

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Resolution 8.10.J

It was resolved that any Member Associations who have had practical experience in the systematic use by ATC of SSR Mode C Height information and of "omit report" procedures and who have not already supplied data on the subject, should provide Standing Committee I with any information which could be used by IFATCA Observers as reference material at the 6th EUM RAN Meeting (November 1971 ). [~

Resolution B.11.)

It was further resolved that, with a view to the early formulation of IFATCA policy, a detailed study of the systematic use of "Omit Report" procedures - in particular the omission of R/T flight level reporting, is required. Contributions are, therefore, requested from Member Associations and should reach Standing Com'!littee I not later than 30th November 1971.

8.2.1.10.

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IFATCA Representation at 6th EUM RAN Meeting Geneva, November 1971 [71.B.12.]

Ce Recommendation B.2.]

It was further recommended that, should it prove impracticable for all the nominated IFATCA Observers to attend premeeting briefing sessions with Standing Committee I in London, briefing should be carried out at Geneva in the two or three days immediately preceding the opening session of the 6th EUM RAN Meeting itself.

B.2.1.11.

IFATCA Technical Policy

Statement (71.B.13.]

Policy statements were adopted subject to minor editorial amendments.

Review and Development of IFATCA Technical Policy [71.8.13/1.]

PANS-RAC (1 Oth Edition) Review of general content, format and method of presenting material [71.B.13/2.]

Resolution B.13.)

After discussion, including a valuable input by the ICAO Observer, it was resolved that Standing Committee I should 30

Standing Committee V

B.2.2.1.

ICAO PELJTRG/MED Meeting Montreal, Oct.-Nov. 1970

Report by IFATCA Delegation [71.B.14.] (~ Resolution B.14.]

After discussion, it was resolved that Standing Committee V develop a questionnaire concerning the acquisition of statistics in the medical and retirement fields for distribution to Member Associations for completion and return to Standing Committee V for collation and analysis.

The report was accepted and recommended for adoption as Reference Material.

B.3.

Appointment of Standing Committees

B.3.1.

Standing Committee I ''Technical and Professional Matters"

After considerable discussion on the possibility of a reorganisation of Standing Committee I on an international participation basis, the United Kingdom Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers was re-appointed as Standing Committee I for the year 1971172, with the Associations of Germany, France, the Netherlands and United States as Sub-Committees.

B.3.2.

Standing Committee V "Recruitment and Training of Air Traffic Controllers"

The Canadian Air Traffic Controllers' Association was reappointed as Standing Committee V for the year 1971172.

B.4.

Co-operation with International Organisations

Resolution B.12.]

It was resolved that Member Associations should regularly review current IFATCA technical policy statements and their related ICAO documents and consider the requirement for policy changes, or for the development of new policy. Proposals from Member Associations intended for consideration by Annual Conference should be submitted in time to reach Standing Committee I by 30th November each year.

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8.2.2.

Recommendation B.1.]

It was recommended that IFATCA should be represented at the 6th EUM RAN Meeting by at least two full-time Observers with previous experience as delegates at international conferences, the Chief Observer being a member of Standing Committee I.

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prepare a questionnaire for circulation to Member Associations, covering the general content, format and method of presenting material in PANS-RAC and Doc. 7030, including the particular points made by the ICAO Observer in Committee. Questionnaires to be returned by 31 st December 1971 for collation of material by Standing Committee I and presentation of a paper to 1972 Conference.

Report by the Executive Secretary [71.B.15.]

The Report of the Executive Secretary was accepted and recommended for adoption.

Proposed IFATCA Policy as regards follow-up action on IFALPA RAC/COM Study Group Report [71.B.1511.] [~

Resolution B.15.]

After di~cussion, it was resolved that the ATC aspects of the requirement for Common Transition Altitudes and problems associated with the use of SIDs and STARs be studied

by Standing Committee I with a view to developing appropriate policy and/or guidance material. Member Associations to be asked in due course to provide relevant information.

Report on IFALPA NAT/RAC/COM Study Group Meeting- February 1971 The Committee took note that IFALPA had problems associated with the operation of Mach No. techniques.

B.1.2.

Standing Committee V Recruitment and Training of Air Traffic Controllers [71.B.2.]

This report was to have been handled by a Sub-Committee of Committee A but was referred back to Committee B for attention owing to lack of time in the Sub-Committee to consider it.

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Recommendation B.3.]

After considerable discussion it was recommended that the report be accepted but referred back to Standing Committee V for consideration of the feasibility of the proposals and for expansion in regard to a career structure additional to the executive ATC function, but within the ATC environment.

These studies to be undertaken by individual Member Associations and comments returned to Standing Committee V by 30th November 1971.

8.5.

Work Programme for 1971/72

B.5.1.

Standing Committee I

It was agreed that the Work Programme for Standing Committee I for the year 1971172 should be:

Routine Preparation of policy for inclusion in the Manual.

[71.B.9.; Res. 9] Submission of edited version of W. P. 71.B.9. to ICAO. [71.B.9.; Res. 9]

"Omit Report'' Procedures. Collate contributions from Member Associations and prepare report.

[71.B.10./11.; Res. 11] Common Transition Altitude and SIDs and STARs. Preparation of questionnaire for completion by Member Associations, collation of return and preparation of report.

[71.B.15./1.; Res. 15] Review of IFATCA Technical Policy. Collation of comments from Member Associations and preparation of report.

[71.B.13./1.; Res. 12) PANS-RAC and Doc. 7030 (Format and General Content).

Collation of comments from Member Associations and preparation of report.

[71.B.13./2.; Res. 13) Turbulent Wake Procedures. Collation of comments from Member Associations and preparation of report.

(71.B.7.; Res. 4) (To be undertaken by Germany.} 7th ANC 1972. Consideration of Agenda and of requirement for IFATCA representation.

B.5.2.

Standing Committee V

It was agreed that the Work Programme for Standing Committee V for the year 197102 should be:

Recruitment and Training of Air Traffic Controllers Collate Member Associations' comments on the feasibility of the proposals in Paper 71.B.2. and prepare report.

[71.B.2.; Ree. 3)

ICAO PEL/TRG/MED Meeting, Montreal, Oct. 1970 - Nov. 1970 Prepare questionnaire for distribution to Member Associations, collate and analyse returns and prepare report.

(71.B.14.; Res. 14)

Preparation for 6th EUM RAN Meeting

8.6.

Selection and briefing of Observers.

[71.B.12.; Recs.1 and2] Collation of data on use of SSR Mode C. [71.B.10./11 . ; Res. 1OJ Use of W. P. 71.B.9. as material for briefing or for preparation of IFATCA Working Paper.

[71.B.9.; Res. 8]

The Chairman introduced a paper, prepared by the Canadian ATCA, providing guidance material for IFATCA Observers attending ICAO Conferences.

After discussion, it was agreed that the document be jointly edited by Canada and the U. K. and prepared for insertion in the IFATCA Manual. Meanwhile, the document should be used as guidance material.

Any Other Business

Work Studies for 1972 Conference SSTs. Study of ICAO Guidance Material.

[71.B.4.; Res. 2) (To be undertaken by France.)

Air/Ground Automated Data Exchange. Preparation of questionnaire and collation of returned information.

[71.B.5.; Res. 3] Automation in ATC. Collation of comments from Member Associations on priorities for future work studies.

[71.B.8.; Res. 5) (To be undertaken by U.S.A.) Collation of comments from Member Associations and preparation of report on three urgent items.

(71.B.8.; Res. 6] (To be undertaken by U.S.A.)

8.1.1.

Report of the Chairman of Standing Committee I [71.8.1.1.]

Work-Programme The Work Programme of Standing Committee I was approved at the Montreal Conference under Resolution B.12. and was as follows:

Preparation of policy for inclusion in Manual.

Follow-up Action to 6th ANC. a} RGCS Panel { I) to provide ICAO with material on ATS Requirements for Airborne Navigational Capability.

[70.B.10., Res. 3 and 70.B.2-1., App. G.2. (Ill)] 31

( II) to study the implications of proposed requirements for radar monitoring of aircraft using reduced separation standards.

[70.B.2-2., Para. 2.3.)

(Ill) to cooperate with IFALPA's RAC/COM Study Group RGCS Panel.

[70.B.11-1., Para. 4] b) Interim Amendment of PANS-RAC Provisions for Separation To inform ICAO of IFATCA policy on amendment of separation standards in PANS-RAC and their presentation.

[70.B.2-1., Appx. G, Para. 2 (I) and (11)1 c) SST Aircraft To study the "Possible operational requirements of SSTs regarding Air Traffic Services".

[70.B.2-1., Appx. F, Para. 2] d) Air Ground Automated Data Interchange To consider further action on 65.B.27.

[70.8.2-1., Appx. F, Para. 3] e) Minimum Levels, etc.

To study implications of 6th ANC amendments to PANSRAC. [70.B.2-1 ., Appx. G, Para. 4] Preparation for Representation at 6th EUM RAN Meeting 1971 [70.B.2-2.] a) Preparation for Representation at 6th EUM RAN Meeting to be held in 1971.

[70.B.2-1., Appx. CJ Specific subjects: ( I) Radar monitoring of aircraft with reduced separation (see a) (II) above).

[70.B.2-2., Para. 2.3] ( II) Practical application of Mode C procedures.

[70.B.2-2., Para. 5.2] (Ill) Use of SSR to reduce R/T comms.

[70.B.2-2., Para. 6.3] Follow-up Action on 5th NAT RAN To take such follow-up action as may be deemed necessary.

[70.B.2-1., Appx. DJ Turbulent Wake Procedures To collate and study data received from Member Associations.

[70.B.7., Para. 3]

of what is meant by cooperation with pilot associations' I have asked the Executive Secretary to include in his report a copy of a report of a typical exchange between IFATCA and IFALP~. This is not intended to impress but to convey to you an idea of the type of work which IFATCA is doing in this regard.

With the growing complexity of the Work Programme f have ~lso found it necessary to increase the membership of Standing Committee I particularly to include the younger c~ntrollers who~e practical knowledge of the problems I sincerely hope 1s reflected in the papers which we have circulated to you.

ICAO 6th EUM/RAN Meeting, Geneva, November 1971 As you are probably aware IFATCA has received an invitation from ICAO to be present as official observers at the 6th EUM/RAN meeting. This is a tribute to our members who represented the Federation at the 6th ANC in Montreal and it is now the task of Standing Committee I to ensure that adequate briefs are prepared for this meeting.

You will be discussing a number of papers concerned with the 6th EUM/RAN at this Conference and in particular an item entitled "Radar Monitoring of aircraft with reduced separation". This is a subject of considerable importance to future concepts of ATC systems and your views on the paper prepared by my Committee will be of considerable interest. finally before leaving the subject of the work of Standing Committee I for the past year I should like to thank the members of the Committee for the hard work and long hours they have given on behalf of IFATCA, in particular this applies to Mr. Saker whose knowledge and experience of ICAO is of inestimable value in these formulative years.

Conclusion In conclusion may I say that whatever this Conference may decide in regard to the Work Progamme for Standing Committee I an immediate task faces that Committee in regard to the 6th EUM/RAN meeting. The object of the Committee is to reflect your views and I wish you well in your debates This will be the first time for many years that I have not been Chairman of "Committee B" but I am certain that yo will give to whoever is nominated the same attention goo~ counsel and good humour which you always gave to' me in the past.

Automation in ATC [70.B.9.]

I am pleased to report that Standing Committee I has discharged this Work Programme and papers on subjects requiring your approval have been circulated. One aspect of the work of my Committee during the past year has been the increase in activity between ourselves and IFALPA. It has been necessary to appoint a member of Standing Committee I to act full time in this capacity. We also find an increasing requirement from IFALPA for a "feed in" to them on ATC matters. This is an important aspect of the technical work of IFATCA and we are fortunate on Standing Committee I to have the services of Mr. King who is well experienced in international meetings and considerably assists our exchanges with both ICAO and IFALPA. As an illustration .32

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Report of Standing Committee V [71.B.2.]

Introduction Throughout our studies of recruiting and training practices the~e appeared to be one p~imary objective of every coun~ !ry .1~ the world: to staff air traffic control positions with m~1v1dual~ who .were selected and trained in accordance with a policy which best suited the needs of the state. Without question, each state strives to adhere to the m i n i m u m standards recommended by ICAO with some countries exceeding the standards .

The purpose of this report is to propose standards which differ from those recommended by ICAO and which, in our view, will lead to improvement and are directed towards the future. In response to the Training and Recruitment Questionnaire, the Irish Air Traffic Officers' Association made the following comment: "Pre-training education of a high standard appears to lead to more success in ATC training, provided that the education is real, i.e., aimed at the development of the whole person to develop a logical and analytical mind and not a number of crammed courses in which a lot of material is learned but not fully understood and no attempt made to show where it fits into the spectrum of life and achievement." This comment closely parallels the basic objective of institutions of higher learning throughout the world which, simply expressed is "to give men the tools to build a changing world upon a foundation that would never change. Not facts, whose importance dimmed from one generation to the next, but the use of facts; not how to make a living but the purpose of living." This objective has relevance for our profession, especially when we consider the evolvement of new principles concerning the working life of controllers.

There have been many studies in many countries of the various aspects of the working life and conditions which apply to air traffic controllers. It is difficult to compare working conditions with those existing in other countries; however, the following conclusions concerning the working life have been made or implied in the studies which we have reviewed and are applicable to our profession throughout the world: Due to the effects of environment, shift work, and job pressures and responsibilities, there is general support given to the viewpoint that air traffic control is a "young man's job"; and that the effective working life of a controller is considered to be approximately twenty to twenty-five years.

These principles are generally accepted by controllers.

Within the next few years every association will be making representations to their respective governments (with¡minor exceptions air traffic control services are provided by government agencies) also to accept these principles and to arrange for their application in the ATC system. Assuming these principles will be applied, what effect would this have on controllers? It would mean that after twenty or twenty-five years of specialized training and experience the controller would be forced to leave a well paid and responsible position.

Recent studies in the United States and New Zealand indicate that controllers as a group possess above average intelligence and additional skills which could be adapted for other fields. It would appear, therefore, to be in the best interest of the government to employ controllers in other areas of government service after leaving the operational air traffic control service. However, it would be in the best interest of the controller if he could be guaranteed an equivalent standard of living in any new employment after leaving the ATC service. Because there are no guarantees now, and none which we foresee in the near future, we are proposing the following as a possible solution: "The education entry requirements for ATC trainees should be raised to post-secondary education of a specialized nature. The academically disciplined background of these trainees would not only increase the success rate of ATC training, but would alleviate the exit phase from active control duties since they would

more readily absorb management and administrative training and also have a good basic framework on which to build an alternate career."

We are not suggesting that a higher academic education is an "end all" to our current recruiting and training problems or that those now employed are less qualified. On the contrary, nowhere, in any profession, are there more dedicated and conscientious individuals as are now employed in air traffic control. What we are suggesting is that the higher academic education will better equip controllers to cope with the rapidly changing technology of our environment, they will have better opportunities to become our future ATC managers and administrators, and they will be able to compete favourably on the job market when they leave the system. For these reasons we are recommending adoption by the Federation of the following training program.

Three Year Training Program The following method could be used for recruiting potential candidates: a) Applicants will be required to possess the academic qualifications required to enter a recognized postsecondary educational institution in their country. b) Applicants should be between 18 and 25 years of age. c) Applicants will be required to pass the selection standards. These standards must comply with ICAO standards (these are minimum standards and it is expected that most countries will exceed these standards) as well as any others used by the employer for the purpose of recruiting air traffic controllers. d) Successful applicants will be offered employment in the air traffic control service provided they graduate from the institution and successfully complete all phases of ATC training including check-out. e) Education will be subsidized by the employer and candidates will be employed between semesters.

In some countries it may be possible to recruit potential controllers who are able to complete post-secondary education without financial aid. If recruited before the completion of the first semester, they could flt into the three year training program. If recruited after they have graduated, ATC training could be continuous until check-out.

In our studies of subject matter in various institutions of higher learning, we determined that it would be impratical to recommend subject material at this time. There are a number of subjects related to aviation and transportation systems; however, this matter will be the subject for continuing study by this Committee.

ATC Training between Semesters First Year The training should consist of the following: a) A program of formal classroom instruction which will provide students with sufficient knowledge of the duties of an air traffic controller as well as pertinent information concerning related aviation fields. b) A program of participation in the work of an operational ATC unit. c) A program of familiarization flights; assignment, for short periods of time, to commercial dispatch offices, aircraft maintenance shops, and aviation flying schools.

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d) A program of flight training including training exercises in multiengine aircraft simulators.

N o t e : In discussion with controllers who possessed at least a Private Pilot Licence prior to becoming controllers, the general opinion was that exposure to flight deck operations during IFR flight and familiarization with other operations aspects of civil aviation was more meaningful prior to becoming a licenced controller than extended flight training. e) The overall program should provide the employer the opportunity to assess the suitability and capability of the student for air traffic control duties.

Second Year a) A program of formal classroom instruction which should include all relevant material and simulation exercises required for aerodrome traffic licencing standards and sufficient information concerning the approach and area control functions. b) A program of participation in the work of a high density tower with practical experience under supervision.

N o t e : It may be possible in some countries to use these students for summer holiday relief at low density towers. c) A continuation of the program for first year in c), d) and e).

controllers aware of operating techniques in adjacent ATC units and by sharing mutual problems and concerns with other controllers will foster a greater understanding of each other. Also, they will enable controllers to better understand and appreciate the working environment of professional pilots and will demonstrate the relationship between controller, pilot, and ground support staff in the overall aviation system. For these reasons it is recommended that controllers participate in a familiarization flight at least once each year throughout the career period.

Additional Training Courses Adequate courses of instruction should be provided prior to the introduction into the ATC system of new or modified equipment and changes to standards or procedures which may require additional skills or changes in operating techniques.

Controllers who are charged with responsibility for indoctrination or on-the-job training of new employees, should be provided with adequate courses of instruction in order to discharge these additional responsibilities.

Prior to appointment to a supervisory or management position, controllers should be provided with suitable supervisory and management courses which meet the requirements of the new position.

Continued Career Development Training

Third Year Students entering the third year program would be expected to have graduated from the post-secondary institution. a) A program of formal classroom instruction which should include all relevant material and traffic simulation exercises required for an approach and area control rating as well as providing administrative background for reporting procedures, management forms etc. Also a review of all material covered in the previous two years. b) A practical check-out in approach or area control to licencing standards. c) The licenced controller can now be used in a control position where required.

Training Program after Licencing

Refresher Training Refresher training has been defined in the 1970 report of this Committee as training and simulation designed to ensure a maintenance of knowledge and abilities with respect to all standards, procedures, equipment and techniques currently in use. As a means of maintaining a worl~­ wide air traffic control service of the highest standards, it is recommended that controllers participate in a refresher course every year throughout the twenty year period. The length of such courses will of necessity depend on the variable factors which are inherent in the ATC system in each country.

Familiarization Flights Familiarization flights may be considered as another form of updating controllers' knowledge and skills. They make 34

Career development courses should be made available on a programmed basis to prepare controllers for other government service, such as personnel a~d management administration. These courses would permit controllers to determine their capabilities in these specialities and would also permit management to assess their potential. Controllers who are not interested or do not show an aptitude for continued government employment should be provided the opportunity to take courses which will prepare them for employment outside the government service when they are ready to leave ATC. Conclusion

In the two previous reports we made recommendations on certain aspects of recruiting and training. This report recommends the adoption by the Federation of a new concept in recruiting based on two widely accepted principles: that ATC is a "young man's profession"; and that the working life of a controller is approximately twenty to twentyfive years.

In general we are recommending training objectives which each individual member of IFATCA could recommend to their employers for adoption and we would expect the Federation to make the proper representation to ICAO. A. R. Novakowski

24-27 April

IFATCA '72 Dublin, Ireland

Final Plenary Session The final Plenary Session convened on 6th May 1971.

The Executive Secretary took the Roll Call of Member Associations. 28 were present.

Presentation of the Report of Committee A The Chairman, J.-D. Monin, reported on the work of the Committee.

The acceptance of the Report was proposed by Ireland, and seconded by the U.S.A., and the proposal was adopted unanimously.

The President of IFATCA, amid acclamation, presented to the representatives of the Argentine Association, the Charter of Affiliation to the Federation.

The leader of the Argentine Delegation said that his Association was very pleased that their application had been accepted, and he wished to thank all IFATCA members, and especially the Greek Association for being so helpful. The members of the Federation could be sure that Argentina would endeavour to contribute to the development of IFATCA.

Presentation of the Report of Committee B The Chairman, J. A. Saker (U. K.) reported on the work of the Committee.

The acceptance of the Report was proposed by Switzerland, and seconded by Hungary. The proposal was accepted unanimously.

Any Other Business There being no other business, the President invited the new 1st Vice-President, J. D. Thomas (Rhodesia) to take his place with the other members of the Boord and welcomed him to the Board.

The President expressed his appreciation of the work done by the retiring Vice-President, Dick Campbell (Canada). It was the dedication of Dick Campbell, and people like him, which had made possible the present successful international position of the Federation.

The President also thanked Horst Guddat, the re-elected Honorary Secretary, for his hard work and for continuing to accept the responsibility of his office.

He said the Federation was very grateful to Walter Endlich, re-elected as Editor, for producing "The Controller" and for agreeing to continue to do so, despite many difficulties.

The President invited the Irish delegation to say a few words as representatives of the host Association for the Annual Conference in 1972.

Addresses by Guests and Observers The Executive Secretary read messages of good will from Tirey K. Vickers, the Italian Association, and the New Zealand Association. (The Italian Association delegates had had to leave before the end of the Conference; the New Zea land Association were unable to attend.)

The following addressed the Conference, expressing their appreciation of the hospitality extended to them, their thanks for an interesting Conference, and their good wishes for the future of the Federation: Captain C. Muirhead, IFALPA Mr. A. Magnee, IANC Mr. R. N. Harrison, Corporation Members Mr. George Waller, FAA Col. J. Swain, USAF

Final Address by the President of IFATCA Closure Mr. G. Aslanides, the President of the Air Traffic Controllers Association of Greece, moved the closure of the Conference. The proposal was carried unanimously.

Technical Presentations On Thursday, May 6th, in the morning a session was held during which a number of technical papers were presented by Corporation Members and two exhibitors. As usual, these presentations account for novelties and recent developments in various technical fields and are therefore very valuable and very much appreciated. Mr. Gombos of the Greek CAA had kindly accepted to be the chairman of the session and to moderate the discussions:

Hollandse Signaalapparaten Mr. Priebee "From SATCO to SARP" (with slides)

Plessey Electronics Group Mr. Foster "Data Handling Systems for ATC" Mr. Stollard "Modular Programming"

Centre International d'lnformatique Mr. Dumont "Automation in ATC"

Ferranti Ltd. Mr. Harrison "Information Presentation in ATC"

Cossor Electronics Ltd. Mr. Shipley "SSR Equipment for the Computer Environment"

Gustav A. Ring A/S Mr. Bennett "GAREX-5, the modern, modular and expandable telecomsystem"

Decca Navigator Co. Ltd. Mr. Groves "Improved Navigation Capabilities - - quo vadis?"

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Conference Secretariat and Sp . Post Off.ice · ec1al in action

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a nd immediate d u . docume ntat"ion. p l ica ti on guo ra nteed uP·to -date C onference

Technical Exhibition As usual, the exhibits of Corporation Me mbers and others, aroused much interest.

Th e list of Exhi bitors is as follows: AEG-Telefunken Compognie lnte rnotionole pour l'lnformotique Cosso r Electronics Limite d Ferranti Limited The Solartron Electronic Group Ltd., Gustav A. Ring System Moskiner NS Selenio lndustrie Electroniche Associate Spa., Marconi Rodar Systems Limited Standard Elektri c Lorenz AG (ITT) In addition, the following orga ni sations hod exhibits w hich aroused cons iderab le interest : Irish Air Traffic Control Officers Association, ard Irish Tourist Board.

(The next IFATCA Conference, 1972, wi ll be he ld in Ire land.)

Olympic Airways (who gave magnifi cent and very generous support to the Conference).

Social Arrangements Th e Federation is grate fu l for the hospital ity given by various o rg an isations: to the Greek Civil Aviation Administration for sponsoring a Cocktail Party on the opening day of th e Con ference and to the Greek Air Traffic Controllers Association for the Dinn er w hich fo llowed. Olympic Airways, in addition to their ge nerosity regarding flights fo r delegates attend ing th e Co nfe re nce, a lso sponsored a Dinne r, and th e Greek Ministe r of Communications gave o Rece ption and Din ner as a Farewell Party. O n each occasion the Dinner was held in o Restaurant on the sea shore, wit h an exce ll ent fl oor show.

O n the day fo llowing th e Conferen ce, the delegates we re th e guests of the Coast Li nes of Greece, and the Greek N otiona l Tourist Orga nisation, on o cruise among the Soronic Islands. Landings were mode at Poros and Hydro . The sma ll town s where the de legates went as hore were delightful , but Hydro was particularl y interesting. Every effort had bee n made, and successfu ll y, to reta in the old charming a tmosphere despite new bui ld ing . It was a lso evident that there was on artists' co lony on Hydra.

The programm e for th e ladies of th e Con ference proved very popu lar, and a debt of gratit ude is due to the lad ies of the organising committee, not on ly for their p lanning bu t

also for their being available a t all times for advice and to answe r questions.

Acknowledgements It is not possible to mention all thos e w ho contributed to the undoubted success of the Conference.

The generosity of the Minister of Communications, Olympic Airways, and the Coast Lines of G reece a re gratefully acknow ledged.

Th e Greek Association as a whole and its members individually, aroused the utmost admiration for t heir exce llent organisation and the amount of work done to ensure the success of th e Conference.

Apart from the President, Geo rge As lonides, the VicePresident, Ni ck Kotsou mis, and Gene ral Secretary Basil Chokiomis, the organ isation of the Confe rence was in the hands of: Executive Chairman Executive Vice-Ch ai rman Special Advisor Executive Secretary Assistant Secretary Secretary Treasu rer Accommodation Chai rman Advertising Chairman Displays Chairman Ladies Chairwoma n Ladies Chairwoman Publicity Chairman Registration Cha irman Socia l Chairman Special and Misce llan e ous Chairman Transportation Chairman

N ick Gonos El ias Korayanni dis Polyvios Mathioudok is Hercules Kope lios Maria Popou lio-Sitoro John Konolis Lazos Vofias Eleftherios Loza ridis Soyros Stefonou Christina Nanou -Kotsanou Christina Politi Th eodoros Psolidos Kostas Kioupis J ohn Kontoyannis Kostas Varelopou los Kostos Dendrinos

Th e Committee was supported by the following members of the Greek ATCA: Kostos Theodoropou los Spiros Dimitrou lios Petros Vasilakopoulos Thomas Psoltou

Horiklia Dom iono ki loonno Gourdoupi Kostos Skiadopoulos

The thanks of the Federation are also due to Rosetta Popoyionni and Hazel Gi rl ing of the Conference Secretaria t for so speed ily and efficiently dealing with the many demands on them.

Finally, and as always, the Fede ratio n is deep ly grateful to the Corporation Members of the IFAT CA fo r the ir gene rous he lp and co-ope rat io n.

... a,nd~ 24-27 April 1972 11th IFATCA Conference Dublin , Ireland Hotel Burlington Hydro .

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The exhibition - one night before the opening of the Conference.

Conference organisers o t o lighter moment.

L. tor. Elios Korayannid is, Nopoleon Vletsa s, George Aslanides, Nick Gones, Polivious Mathiaudakis, Costas Theodoropolous.

At the Telefunken stand .

H. Laube (second from right) describes ta the Minister of Communications the various activities of AEG-Telefunken in the fie ld of Air Traffic Control and Automatic Data Processi ng. IFATCA President Arnold Field and George Asian ides, the President of the Greek ATCA, are listening in .

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flashes from the technical exhibition

Bob Shipl ey explaining to the Minister specific features of o Cessor Radar Di splay.

The exh ibi tion stond of Gustov A. Ring, Oslo.

M r. Kiriokos Ponogopoulos (centre) with IFATCA President Arnold Field (right) ond Honorary Secretary Horst Guddat (left ).

The Greek Minister of Commun ications in discussion with R. N . (Bobbie) Ha rrison.

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The Eurocontrol Institute of Air Navigation Services At its l 9th Session, on the 7th December 1967, the Eurocontrol Permanent Commission decided to set up the Eurocontrol Institute of Air Navigation Services at Luxembourg.

The Institute began operating services on the lst October 1969 and the first course started on the Sth January 1970. It is appropriate therefore to indicate the resu lts achieved during its first full year of operation, 1970.

As the Institute has been charged with the ta sk of training air traffic contro ll ers, maintenance e ngi neers and technicians, and computer programmers, a range of courses for these three types of personnel has been prepared. With the build-up of staff for the Eurocontrol Upper Airspace Control Centre at Maastricht the emphasis has been on training courses for the newly-recruited technicians, programmers and trainee contro llers who will be manning the new centre.

Th e most important item of the ln stitute's equipment is a digital computer driven s imulator for the train ing of radar controllers, computer programmers and technicians. Th e schedule for the installation of this equipment is as follows: Phase I

Phase II

Phase Ill

Implementation of the telecommunications systems and of the non-radar positions for procedural control training. This phase was completed in February 1970.

Impl e mentation of the compu ter and display system for conductin g simu lation exe rcises using raw radar data for the further training of radar controllers and programmers. This phase is due to be comple ted by the end of 1971 .

Deve lopment of the above system for conducting simulation exercises using synthe tic ra dar data for the advanced training of radar con trollers and programmers. This phase will be impl emen ted step by step after the completio n of Phase II.

Th e first students to be accepted at the In stitute were fifteen "ab initio" controllers who were taken through basic training to area procedural contro l standard in 31 weeks during the year. Another innovation was the commencement of the first conversion course for eleven ex-military controllers who had also been recruited for the Maastricht Centre.

In addition to training staff for the Maastricht Centre a series of introductory courses for non-ATC staff of the Agency was organised, handling in all some thirty students.

Other courses which were taken by the staff of the national administrations of the member States of the Eurocontrol Organ isa tion and a lso of the co-operating States i. e.

Austria, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland, were A.T.C. Management, wh ich is aimed at supervisory staff who are concerned w ith the handling of personnel, and A.T.C. Instructor, which was designed for the controller who has no prev ious knowledge of instructions techniques and was selected to become an instructor or field training officer. In all, twenty eight students attended these two types of course in 1970. Their popu larity has been so great that they have been in great demand throughout 1971 and are being extended in scope and duration in 1972.

Finally a series of courses, centring on the introduction of automatic data processing in A.T.C. were given to controllers of the Agency and also to twelve controllers from th e French Adm in istration. The success of these has resulted in heavy bookings for the 1971 courses.

Su mmarising the results of the first year, the 131 students who attended the In stitute received a tota l of about 800 st udent/weeks of training. At the time of wr iting (mid 1971) there is every indication that this latter figure will be doubled in the ln stitute's second year of operation.

The program of courses for 1972 is an extension of the program for 1971 so that the range of possibilities is widened, a cco rding to the deve lopments planned for the In stitute.

J.B.

The remainder of the other technical and training facilities include: -

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classrooms, of which one contains student-testi ng equ ipment, and a confe rence room comp lete with cinema projection foci Iities, techni ca l labora tori es equipped for the specia li sed training of mainten ance engineers and technicians in da taprocessing techniques and for preparing practical wo rk for p rogrammers, a machine shop, a photo laboratory and a printed circuit workshop, an a udio visual laboratory for th e tea ching and developme nt of language ski lls and ATC phraseology, a Redifon anal o gue simulator for basic radar training.

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During 1970 an important aspect of the work of the In stitute was the specia lised training of its own instructors.

This tra ining programme was divided into two parts : -

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training o f staff required to use, maintain and programme th e s imulator un der a contract with the supplier, specialised tra ining of instructors particularly in the p ed a gog ica l, psycho-socio log ica l and techno logical a spects of teachin g .

Test picture on data d isp lay in the e lectron ic workshop.

Training room (Loborolory) â&#x20AC;˘Area Procedurol Conlrol".

Movemenl generalion for lhe Area Conlrol Laborotory.

Typical Loboratory arra ngement for a class of radar maintenance lechnicians: Rador signa l generator ond plot extraction simulator.

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Corporation Members of the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations AEG-Telefunken, Ulm/Donau, Germany Air Vision Industries, Inc., Montreal, Canada The Air Transport Association, Washington D. C., U.S.A. Wolfgang Assmann GmbH., Bad Homburg v.d.H. Compagnie Generale de Telegraphie sans Fil Malakoff, Paris, France Cossor Radar and Electronics Limited, Harlow, England The Decca Navigator Company Limited, London ELLIOTI Brothers (London) Limited Borehamwood, Herts., England FERRANTI Limited Bracknell, Berks., England Glen A. Gilbert & Associates, Washington D. C., U.S.A. IBM World Trade Europe Corporation, Paris, France International Aeradio Limited, Southall, Middlesex, England ITI Europe Corporation, Brussels, Belgium Jeppesen & Co. GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany The Marconi Company Limited Radar Division Chelmsford, Essex, England N.V. Hollandse Signaalapparaten Hengelo, Netherlands N.V. Philips Telecommunicatie lndustrie Hilversum, Holland The Plessey Company Limited Chessington, Surrey, England Selenia - lndustrie Elettroniche Associate S.p.A. Rome, Italy The Solartron Electronic Group, Ltd. Farnborough, Hants., England Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas 22, Texas, USA Whittaker Corporation, North Hollywood, California, 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 supplying the Federation with technical information and by means of an annual subscription. The Federation's international journal uThe Controller" is offered as a platform for the discussion of technical and procedural developments in the field of air traffic control.

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Precision Approach Radar

Precision appro ach radar PAR-T4 at Frankfurt/ Main

It is our belief that safety measures in air traffi c can neve r be exaggerated. Recent statistics show that the majority of air traffic accidents happen during the landing approach phase. This is why we have always held and

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are still holding that a complete GCA (Ground Controlled Approach) System is of advantage to a ny airport. And a complete GCA System includes a PAR Radar) .

(Preci sio n Approach TELEFUNKEN PAR's a re known

and held in high esteem as genuine precision equipment at numerou s airports in many countries.

ALLGEMEINE ELEKTRICIT.ll.TS-GESELLSCHAFT AEG-TELEFUNKEN Export Department 79 Ul m ¡ ElisabethenstraBe 3 Germ any

Air traffic controlsystems from AEG-TELEFUNKEN

Radar ystems International ~\'~''' g r ound air defence

naval defence

air traffic control

airfield monitoring

S600 SERIES-THE MODULAR SOLUTION FOR ATC The Marconi 5 600 series, the most advanced range of modular radar equipment in the world, enables custom-built air traffic control systems to be created off-the-shelf without any need for special development.

The total modula rity o f the S600 series gives complete freedom in the choice of facili ties provided within any system.

Furthermore, the system, or a ny faci lity within it, can be readily extended whenever the need arises.

Standa rd sub¡systems, built up fro m basic S600 series elements, have been created to meet specific ai r traffic con trol applications. These units can be brought together in various configurations to provide complete systems that will satisfy, both operat iona lly a nd technically, any individual a ir traffic control requirements.

5600 series standard sub-systems for Air Traffic Control Aerials for 50cm, 23cm a nd SSR, short, medium o r long range.

Turning gears with turning speeds from 5 to 15 rpm, single or d ua l drives.

Transmitter/receivers for 50cm, 23cm and SSR, all crystal controlled o r referenced.

Digital signal processors with wide range o f plug-in facilities.

D igital extractors fo r primary and secondary radar.

Radar data processors with modular computers.

F light plan processors wit h wide expansion capability.

Viewing u nits fo r radar or data d isplay in colour or monochrome with plug-in digital o r a nalogue modules.

Daylight viewing d isplays for approach a nd airport contro l using direct-view storage tu bes.

Digital radar simulators, completely compatible with operational equipment, for train ing and operational forward plan ning.

Marconi Radar Systems L imited Crompton Work s, C helmsford, England C Ml 3BN and New Parks, Leicester, England , LE3 I UF A GEC¡Mnrconi Electronics Company

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The Marconi S654 is an advanced mo dular 23 cm ( L) Ba nd radar designed to satisfy a ll ATC surveillance requ irements in two standard co nfigura tio ns. For Approach and Termina l A rea Contro l a h igh p.r.f, short pulse length and high aeria l t urni ng speed are used with one transmitter operating. Fo r en-route surveillance t he p.r. f. is lowered , the pulse length increased, the aerial tu rning speed reduced and two transmitters are used in d iversi ty operat io n.

magnet ron in wh ich electrical a nd mecha nical vi brati o n have been red uced lo negligi ble proport ions to ~chi eve excep tiona l pu lse-to-pulse stability. .rn a~­ d ition complete long term stabili ty 1s achie;ed by referencing the magnetron freq uency to a crystal. T he associated signal processing, which can be a na l?gue o r d igita l, is complete!!' .modular offering a wide choice of fac11it1es, mcludmg ext remely stable d ouble-cancel lati on MTI. The digi ta l system includes very efficient 8-bit word signa l quantization followed by p hase and quadra ture detection and two entirely independent MTI channels to elimi nate blind phases a nd to provide fai lsoft operation. Fully compatible with the digi tal signal processing is an advanced plot extractor which provides data either d irect to a processor o r in seria l fo rm sui table fo r transm ission over a nar row band link.

The S654 employs a d ua l-beam aeria l system which com bines overlapping high and low cover beams fro m a single aerial, the lower beam o nly being used for transmission and both beams fo r reception . T he feature reduces gro und clutter and 'angels' on the rada r d isplay while preserving the strength of a ircraft retu rns.

Very efficient ci rcu lar pola risers of new design are fit ted to bot h beams for fu rther protection against weather clutter.

Marconi Radar Systems Limited

T he solid state S600 series transmi tter/ receiver employs an entirely new design of

Crompton Works, Chelmsford, England CMI 3 BN 4/ B