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Andrew Beadle examines how IFATCA is currently involved at global and regional levels
A global presence
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technical standards and procedures,
IFATCA also seeks to promote the
development of legal systems that both
support aviation safety and protect
controllers from unreasonable reactions to
events. This is represented within two
main areas, those of just culture and
Compulsory Reporting.
The need for a Just Culture
At the global, regional and national levels
IFATCA seeks to provide a constructive
and calm ‘voice of reason’, especially when
incidents and accidents happen that
sometimes leave controllers at the centre
of a media storm. Not surprisingly,
IFATCA strongly supports the
implementation of a Just Culture, one in
which controllers are held accountable for
misconduct such as gross negligence, but
are supported at all other times. It is only
by addressing system issues that
improvements can be implemented to
ATM that can prevent recurrence of
problems and therefore enhance safety.
Everybody involved in a tragic event needs
support and IFATCA assists wherever
possible in Critical Incident Stress
Management for controllers.
Unfortunately, even if service providers
support a Just Culture, the legal system in
many countries does not reflect this. It is
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supplemented by procedures applicable to
particular areas because of their unique
geography, economic or social-political
features. Therefore, IFATCA is organised
into four regions: Africa and Middle East,
Americas, Asia and Pacific, and Europe.
Annual regional meetings, around
October, and global conferences, around
March, help to ensure both regional and
global cooperation between its member
associations. Although there are different
traffic and equipment levels in the various
locations, the issues facing controllers have
many common threads.
Having originated in 1961 from 12
European air traffic controller associations,
IFATCA continues to be significantly
involved with work in the European
region, especially with EUROCONTROL
activities, and has 24 IFATCA
representatives within that organisation.
It also has a liaison officer to the
European Union.
Since its early days the Federation has
quickly moved to a global perspective. In
the other IFATCA regions most
representation is through the regional
offices of ICAO, and includes work in
Planning and Implementation Regional
Groups, Working Groups and Informal
Coordination Groups. In addition to
participation in the development of
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IFATCA strongly
supports the
implementation of
a Just Culture,
one in which
controllers are held
accountable for
misconduct such as
gross negligence,
but are supported
at all other times
clear that a robust event-reporting system
is needed to proactively reduce incidents
and accidents, but, until the reporters to
such a system have legal protection, many
events will never be reported. As a
response to this, IFATCA has processes
where deficiencies can be reported via
ICAO, but is aware that it is still very
difficult in many States for controllers to
report events without retribution.
The Controller magazine (www.thecontroller.
net) is the official journal of
IFATCA and is issued four times a year to
140 countries. The journal addresses all
aspects of air traffic control, with an
emphasis on human factors and new
technology. Developments in avionics,
control techniques and new airborne and
ground-based equipment also strongly
figure. The readership is not limited to
IFATCA members, and articles are read
and used by a range of aviation
professionals. IFATCA also shares its
experience and knowledge in air traffic
control with articles in a number of
international aviation publications.
The Federation has global internal
working groups involved in technical
research and professional issues, which
report annually to its conference. This
work assists member associations in their
interactions in their own countries and is
used by IFATCA representatives at the
global and regional level with
organisations like EUROCONTROL.
As a volunteer-based organisation, its
representatives are controllers with
considerable experience of air traffic
control. This experience is kept current as
the representatives continue to work as
　
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