Representation
The excellent news on the cockpit door threshold is a great example of the important work IBAC undertakes on behalf of the industry with their activity and presence at IACAO in Montreal in representing the interests of the business aviation industry.
David Best, former Vice-Chairman of AsBAA Represents AsBAA at IBAC meetings and conferences. If you have a comment or issue you wish to be raised, please get in touch.
* Global IBAC Member Associations
The International Business Aviation Council( IBAC) welcomed last week the decision by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization( ICAO) to raise the weight threshold requirement for aircraft with hardened cockpit doors from 45.5 tonnes maximum certificated take-off weight( MCTOW) to 54.5 tonnes MCTOW for those aircraft where the passenger seating capacity is 19 or fewer. The decision will allow the current and planned generation of ultra long-range business aircraft to reach their full operating potential. The adoption will facilitate full type certification and operational use of such aircraft as the Global 7000 and G650ER and will become effective 16 July 2018 and applicable to States in November 2018. The decision amended a key standard in Annex 6 Part 1 – International Commercial Air Transport. It should be noted that the ICAO standards in Annex 6 Part II regarding international general aviation do not include the requirement for the reinforced door contained in Part I.
Kurt Edwards, IBAC Director General, stated,“ This is a substantial accomplishment, and we are excited to share this news with the industry. For the last three years, IBAC has worked closely with the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations( ICCAIA), Bombardier, and Gulfstream to make this amendment a reality. The effort took much planning and working through the full standard-making process at ICAO and shows ICAO recognition of greater operational capabilities and industry evolution,” Edwards added.
IS-BAH Reporting email now LIVE
IBAC would like to hear from you regarding any Near Miss Reports that you would like to share with the aviation community. The goal is for other organisations to understand emerging trends, allowing IBAC to share Lessons Learned and Near Miss Advice so future accidents can be prevented and hopefully, through everyone’ s collective efforts, eliminated. IBAC has set up a discrete email address for FBOs to send sanitized incident / event and near miss information, so it can understand what occurred and provide de-identified recommendations and solutions back to the IS-BAH community, so we all get better. The community can also ask questions and IBAC will help get the answers back to you. You can trust our commitment to confidentiality! The new email isbahreport @ ibac. org is now live and ready to take any safety reports, either single or in bulk. Send in your reports to IBAC at isbahreport @ IBAC. org.