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Minutes of the IFALDA London, England Board Meeting December 15, 2001 PDF MINUTES OF IFALDA BOARD MEETING Present: Apologies for absence were received from Gerald Clifford, Membership
Director, President opened the meeting at 1500LT. The Minutes of the previous Board Meeting in Atlanta were accepted. The meeting began with a round the table check on the situation within the airline industry with most members reporting a serious downturn in traffic revenue since the events of 11 September. This has resulted in serious cost reduction measures in all airlines and large staff reductions. ICAO Annex VI The changes proposed at the Atlanta Board Meeting have been incorporated and passed to J. Gardener of the FAA, who are the sponsors for such changes. Training Manual The changes agreed in Atlanta have been incorporated and will be sent to ICAO in the near future. GAIN Conference Brian Gwinn will be giving an update on this around February/March 2002. IATA Operational Safety Audit It was reported that Allan Rossmore and Gerald Clifford have circulated documents for evaluation. Randy Rohan, Chairman of this project, is said to be very pleased with the level of expertise supplied by IFALDA through Allan and Gerald. An update on this project will be given at a future meeting. Gerald Clifford has asked that some of his work be published on the web site. The feasibility of this will be checked with Randy Rohan. Harmonisation Brad Rasmussen reported on this subject, stating that the format of the meetings has been changed. These now cover two days instead of three and the industry participation is now the afternoon of the second day only. It was reported that there was little news from the Licensing Group at the last meeting in Washington. Only three members of the JAA were present, the majority being from FAA. It is felt that JAA will be keeping a very low profile until EASA group takes over officially. In the meantime IFALDA will maintain its interest and attendance at meetings. It is thought that, with the current down turn in traffic, existing licensing requirements may be put on hold for cost reasons. It was reported that proposed amendments to JARs are not being received by the Harmonisation Working Group and Aidan Fox, VP East, promised to check the reason for this. Jan Hoehne was asked to provide a progress report on the situation in Europe by May 2002 if possible. Jan reported that he was having difficulty obtaining answers to the questionnaire recently circulated. At this point Tracie Benson and Jean-Louis DeRuyck left the meeting for a separate discussion to finalise the outstanding financial matters from the Konstanz AGM. All Weather Operations Group Brad Rasmussen reported that this has been taken over by Kathy Perfetti who is keen for IFALDA participation since this subject has been taken under the umbrella of JAA/FAA harmonisation. The next Harmonisation meeting will held in Amsterdam on 4/5 March 2002. ETOPS Working Group The current charter for this group ends on 31 March 2002 but, as there is still work to be done, it is likely than an extension will be sought. Adrian Sandziuk mentioned the ICAO ETOPS Working Group and asked if this was a different group or the same one. The feeling was that it is a different group and Brad Rasmussen offered to check this out. Financial Update Rick Ketchersid, VP Finance, updated the meeting on the current financial position. Balance on the last bank statement stood at $17,892.28. With the monies still to come from ADF it is expected that by May 2002 the balance is likely to be around $22,000. An expense form is now printable from the web site. CALDA Adrian Sandziuk reported on the current status within CALDA. There has been some reorganisation and more recruitment. Most Canadian airlines are now members. CALDA are co-sponsors of the 2002 AGM in Toronto. AGM 2002 Toronto Due to some apparent confusion concerning the arrangements for the 2002 AGM, Adrian Sandziuk requested that a proper procedure for liaison be put in place. There has been some confusion regarding both the dates and proposed hotel for this event. There was some discussion on the proposed agenda concerning, in particular, guest speakers. Adrian Sandziuk asked whether these speakers were confirmed or had yet to be approached. As they are only proposed at this stage, it was suggested that publication of the proposed agenda at this stage on the web site could be misleading. Readers could be led to believe that these speakers are confirmed. It was also pointed out that the invitation for a speaker on ETOPS should be addressed to Transport Canada as the responsible agency, and not Nav Canada. There was some further discussion on the organisational arrangements. Adrian Sandziuk stated that, whilst the Canadian representatives are happy to undertake any required task, they need to know exactly what is expected of them. Aidan Fox, VP East, suggested that, to avoid confusion, the tasks for the AGM could be allocated by the Executive Board. It was suggested that ICAO should be invited to supply a speaker. Possible suggestions included Capt Haile Belai and Catherine Rooney of Dangerous Goods. SALDA/ITF Jan Hoehne stated that SALDA Denmark has 120 members. Regarding the proposal for SALDA Denmark to become members of ITF, it was announced that it is now necessary to pay for 1,000 members irrespective of actual numbers, costing approximately £1,000 p.a. Membership can also only be registered in one country. It was suggested that the association name should be SCALDA in association with CALDA of Canada and based in Copenhagen. CALDA are prepared to pay 50% of the cost with SALDA Denmark paying 25% of the remaining 50%, thus leaving 25% required from another sponsor. It was suggested that EUFALDA could be a co-contributor. The benefits of membership include the facility for members to have direct representation to authorities such as ICAO. The question of ITF’s Union status was raised and it was decided to give the matter further thought before committing to membership of this organisation. Board Elections May 2002 Positions up for re-election are President, VP West and VP Finance. James Ford explained that he no longer considered it appropriate for him to act as President but stated that he would like to maintain association through directorship responsible for IT. Rick Ketchersid expressed willingness to stand for re-election as VP Finance, as did Adrian Sandziuk as VP West. A successor to the President will be required. 2001 AGM Konstanz, Financial Update Jean-Louis DeRuyck and Tracie Benson returned to the meeting go give a final update on the financial position. After a lengthy discussion, agreement had been reached and the following sums will be paid:
These sums are derived from the appropriate portions of revenue profit minus expenses. Tracie Benson then gave an update on the arrangements made so far for the 2002 Summit in Toronto. This will take place between May 6-8 at the Marriott Hotel, Toronto Airport. Package costs were quoted as follows:
About 7 sponsors have already committed and the aim is for a total of 12. Adrian Sandziuk was asked to check out a possible visit to Toronto Center/Tower. List of Possible Speakers
Next Meeting Mid March 2002 in Toronto – date to be confirmed. Meeting adjourned at 1840LT.
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