International Civil Aviation Organization

What is ICAO Why Should You Care

?Mitchell Fox

Chief Flight Operations, ICAO

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What is ICAO?

Where do we come from? • 1944 — the Chicago Convention– 11 September, President Roosevelt

invites the world to work on a a new convention for international aviation

– ICAO preceded the United Nations

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What is ICAO?

• What are our strategic objectives?– Safety– Security– Infrastructure and Environment

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What is ICAO?

• Insure the safe and orderly growth of international civil aviation throughout the world

• Encourage the arts of aircraft design and operations for peaceful purposes

• Promote safety of flight in international air navigation

• Promote generally the development of all aspects of international civil aeronautics

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What is ICAO?

• How do we work?– SMALL Secretariat all over the world– LARGE voluntary workforce• States• International Organizations

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What is ICAO?

• The voluntary workforce — experts from:– States– International Organizations

• IAOPA• IFALPA• IFATCA• IATA• IBAC• ACI• CANSO• ICCAIA

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Standards

“Each contracting State undertakes to collaborate in securing the highest practicable degree of uniformity in regulations, standards, procedures, and organization in relationship to aircraft, personnel, airways and auxiliary services…”

…ICAO Standards, Recommended Practices and Procedures form the basis for all States

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MeetingsMeetings Panels & Committees

Panels & Committees

InternationalorganizationsInternationalorganizations

Proposal for Action

ANC

ANStudy Group

ANC Panel Secretariat DivisionalMeeting

TechnicalProposal

Direct Submission

ANC Preliminary Review

Contracting StatesContracting States International OrganizationsInternational Organizations

Secretariat

ValidationSecretariatAnalysis

ANC Final Review

Contracting StatesContracting States

AssemblyAssembly

CouncilCouncil

SecretariatSecretariat ANCANC

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…and so why should you care?

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The International Civil Aviation Legal Framework

• Under the Convention…pilot’s shall be licensed and aircraft shall be issued a certificate of airworthiness

• When you fly in any other country you must follow their rules and procedures…except…

• The exportables…Annexes 1 and 8• In effect this makes the minimum Standards of

Annexes 1 and 8 mandatory for international operations

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GA Challenges and Opportunities

• Future air navigation systems (“Block Upgrades”)

• Language proficiency requirements• Equipage• Annex 6, Part II• Aeroplanes < 750 kg.• “Public use airports”