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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is collaborating with the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on a virtual training to boost runway safety and improve the operational efficiency of aviation.
The three industry organisations have launched a new virtual training course on the new ICAO Global Reporting Format for Runway Surface Conditions (GRF).
The GRF, which goes into effect on November 4, 2021, sets out new ICAO methodology for assessing and reporting runway surface conditions aimed at improved flight crew assessment of take-off and landing performance.
The online course is specifically designed to meet training requirements for air traffic controllers and aeronautical information service staff. The course content has been preliminarily reviewed by state and regional regulatory bodies to ensure it complies with the GRF training requirement.
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Open Letter to the Permanent Representations of the Member States to the EU and to the Members of the Single Sky Committee Brussels,(MOREL)- Dear Sir/Madam, As you are aware, the Single Sky Committee has been discussing the third Reference Period (RP3) target revision, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the aviation sector. Since the European Commission has been unable to set any acceptable proposals for the majority of the Member States in SSC 78 or at the Informal SSC held on the 16th April 2021, these issues will now be discussed and decided at the Appeal Committee stage.
Aviation industry to provide virtual training to boost runway safety
MONTREAL, 5 hours, 13 minutes ago The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is collaborating with the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on a virtual training initiative to boost runway safety and improve the operational efficiency of aviation. The three industry organisations have launched a new virtual training course on the new ICAO Global Reporting Format for Runway Surface Conditions (GRF). The GRF, which goes into effect on November 4, sets out new ICAO methodology for assessing and reporting runway surface conditions aimed at improved flight crew assessment of take-off and landing performance.
Science 2020: 5 events that could change the future of technology - and mankind itself
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31/12/2020 - 13:24 The Long March-5 Y5 rocket, carrying the Chang e-5 lunar probe, takes off from Wenchang Space Launch Center, China on November 24. REUTERS - TINGSHU WANG 6 min If 2020 will always be remembered for the emergence and global spread of Covid-19, there were also some significant scientific milestones that will change the way we look at the world, our relationship with the world, how we live in and on it, and even the future of humanity. Advertising
1. Bringing lunar rocks, asteroid dust to Earth
The Japanese Hayabusa 2 mission, launched in 2014, succeeded in bringing to Earth soil samples from an asteroid 300 million kilometers away. A capsule containing 0.1 grams of the dust from the asteroid Ryugu landed in Australia on December 5.