IFATCA @ ICAO Assembly #40

The 40th edition of the ICAO Assemb​ly is underway at the organisation’s headquarters in Montréal, Canada. The Assembly meets at least once every three years and is convened by ICAO’s governing body, the Council.

During Assembly Sessions, ICAO’s complete work programme in the technical, economic, legal and technical cooperation fields is reviewed in detail. Assembly outcomes are then provided to the other bodies of ICAO and to its Member States in order to guide their continuing and future work.

IFATCA has observer status at ICAO and can make interventions. Below are links to such interventions made by our ICAO ANC Liaison Officer, Mr. Jean-François Lepage.

Video of the interventions, courtesy of the ICAO lifestream of the meetings, can be found here:

• Day 4 – on the need for proper licensing of aviation personnel, including air traffic controllers.
• Day 7 – additional capacity in ATM will need more than adding technology and infrastructure: more qualified staff will need to be recruited as well.