Ordinary Meeting

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• Ordinary Meeting
• Thursday 28th April 2005 TNT Express, 201
  Coward st Mascot NSW
• Agenda
• Confirmation of minutes for meeting held 27th
  January 2005.
• Financial/ Membership H. Knox
• Airports H. Knox
• Australian Dangerous Goods Air Transport Council
  P. Thain
• Airfreight Security
  
  P. Thain
• B727 Phase out Policy Review
  H. Knox/
  D. Stani
• Network
  
  M. Thompson
• Regional Operations C. Cabot
• CASA D. Foster
• Training/ Safety H. Knox
• OAOA Web Page D. Stani
• General Business/ Confirmation of next meeting
• Lunch 12.30
• A380 Presentation 1300 A Chilcott

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• Financial Membership H. Knox
• Bank Balance as at 15th April 2005 - 50,627.16
• Companies as yet not financial for 2005
• Allied Express
• Toll Priority
• Pel-Air
• Jetcraft Aviation
• Membership 11 Companies
• Virgin Blue Freight have resigned from the
  Association
• Asian Express Airlines have joined the Association

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• SACF/ SACL H. Knox
• SACF (Sydney Airport Consultative Forum)
• Long Term Operating Plan Review
• SACL (Sydney Airport Corporation Limited)
• Airport Movement Area Lighting upgrade works
  progressing
• A 380 works progressing General Holmes Drive
  strengthening works re-scheduled to Friday,
  Saturday and Sunday nights
• DHLs new freight facility opened in March.

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• Airports H. Knox
• Brisbane Airport Consultative Committee
• Complaints still being generated from late night
  B727 operations
• Canberra Airport Consultative Committee
• Queanbeyan local community being aroused by
  activists and a property developer to demand the
  implementation of night curfew at Canberra
  Airport.
• Melbourne Airport ART Ops Planning Group M.
  Thompson/ H. Knox
• A 380 works now impacting on night airfreights
  operations.
• Works progress reports circulated via e-mail to
  members.
• Rockhampton, Hobart, Perth.
• Runway Closures
• Maintenance Programs

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• Australian Dangerous Goods Air Transport Council
  P. Thain
• ICAO
• An addendum has been issued to the current
  Technical Instructions with an effective date of
  March 18, 2005 (copy attached).
• Adoption of a 3rd Proper Shipping Name for
  products assigned to UN 3373.
• Addition of a new paragraph to definition of
  Infectious Substances.
• Effective January 1, 2007 the Proper Shipping
  Name Biological substances, category B will be
  the only permitted name for UN3373.
• The Indicative list of Category A examples has
  been amended.
• Many examples will now be Category A infectious,
  only if in culture form.
• IATA
• IATA posted a 2nd Addendum on the 22nd March 2005
  to reflect the ICAO amendments in the current
  edition DGR (copy attached).

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• Air Transport Security P. Thain
• OAOA has been invited to participate in the
  DOTARS Consultative Working Group (CWG) which is
  to be held in Canberra on the 3rd May 2005.
• Domestic Cargo Security Measures Documents
  (DCSMD) must now be in place with an effective
  date of March 10, 2005.
• Security measures documents should have been
  distributed to appropriate personnel and the
  various levels of training conducted.
• Neutron Scanner Brisbane Trials
• Customs will be trialing a neutron scanner in
  Brisbane commencing mid 2005.
• Neutron scanner is designed to scan complete
  ULDs for explosives, drugs and other risks.
• Trials will commence with a 6-month testing
  period followed by comprehensive field trials for
  an additional 12 months.
• Initial trials to focus on import cargo.

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• Restricting Operations of Marginally Compliant
  Chapter 3 Aircraft. H. Knox/ D. Stani
• Discussion Paper issued February 2005
• Meeting to discuss issue with Dave Southgate,
  Director, Aviation Environment Policy
• DOTARS scheduled for Wednesday 4 May 2005 in
  Canberra.
• Feedback from this meeting will be sent to all
  members

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• OAOA Website D. Stani
• Web page structure is complete incorporating the
  new logo of the OAOA
• The OAOA now has access to make cosmetic changes
  as required. Minor changes such as ABN still
  require inclusion
• Members were asked to advise David or Howard if
  they had objections to to their logo/links being
  included on the site.
• Special thank you to Mr Scott Gazzard CEO MCQ
  International for the time and effort put into
  the construction of the OAOA website.

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• Fuel B. Rixson

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Other Reports Tabled Without Slides Network
Update M. Thompson Regional Operations C.
Cabot/ presentation from REX CASA D.
Foster Training / Safety H. Knox General
Business H. Knox Next Meeting 28 July 2005 to
be held at the AaEs Facilities, Sydney (KS)
Airport.