Presentation on MPL to ATAC Nov 05

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Ist European Congresson Training for Pilots
Barcelona, 5-7 March 2008 ICAO status on Pilot
licences andTraining Programmes Henry
Defalque Technical Officer, Flight Safety ICAO
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Plan of the presentation

• A few words on ICAO Objectives Role
• Status of ICAO pilot licensing provisions
• Recent developments and upgrade
• Annex 1 update
• PANS-TRG and guidance material
• Planned future work
• Upcoming challenges
• Conclusion

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A few words on ICAO

• Part of the UN System but independent
• Created in December 1944 by the Convention on
  International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention)
• Membership 190 States

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A few words on ICAO

• Objectives (preamble to the Convention)
• To promote cooperation between nations and people
• To agree on certain principles and arrangements
  in order that international civil aviation may be
  developed in a safe and orderly manner and that
  international air services may be established on
  the basis of equality of opportunity and operated
  soundly and economically

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A few words on ICAO

• Role of ICAO
• Limited in the Air Transport field
• Facilitation
• Essential in the Air Navigation field
• Personnel, Operations, Maintenance, Airport,
  Communication, Air Traffic Management,
  Meteorology, Aeronautical Information, Accident
  Investigation, etc
• Security

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ICAO SARPs
Non-compliant States must file a difference!

• Standard
• Doc 8143 specification must be such that its
  uniform application by all Contracting States is
  necessary in the interest of safety or regularity
  of international civil aviation.
• Recommended Practice
• Doc 8143 application by all Contracting States
  is desirable, but not essential in the interests
  of safety, regularity or efficiency of
  international civil aviation.

SARPs are adopted by the ICAO Council and form
the core of the ICAO Annexes
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Annex 1

• Compliance with Annex 1 prerequisite for
  international recognitionof licenses!
• Without recognition,no international
  airtransport as we know it

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The need for change

• The Annex 1 format was relatively unchanged since
  adoption of 1st edition in 1948
• Training curricula did not take into account the
  modern training technologies and methodologies
• Standards were, in some instances, an obstacle to
  industry best practices
• No explicit performance criteria
• No requirements on criteria for the approval of
  training
• Majority of national regulations follow a similar
  pattern
• The need for change was expressed during a
  meeting with States and industry in October 2000
  in Madrid

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The need for change

• The ICAO Air Navigation Commission agreed in
  October 2001 to establish a panel of experts to
  review the situation and make recommendations,
  the Flight Crew Licensing and Training Panel
  (FCLTP).
• Its mandate was to
• Review the flight crew licensing and training
  Standards

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The need for change

• Mandate (contd)
• Develop provisions on the approval of training
  organizations, including the quality system
  needed to ensure that training objectives are
  maintained
• Determine whether competency based Standards
  should replace and/or complement existing
  requirements
• Review the structure of licences and ratings
• Assess the use of synthetic devices (e.g. flight
  simulators) and determine the level of credits to
  be awarded for the use of such device

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FCLTP Results

• The Panel work took place between October 2002
  and February 2005
• All Panel recommendations were unanimous
• The proposal of the Panel included an update for
  all flight crew licences, an increase to 65 years
  for PIC and Standards for approval of flight crew
  training organization
• Provisions for the approval of flight crew
  training organisations
• New pilot licence Multi-crew Pilot Licence (MPL)

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MPL Main features

• MPL focuses on ab initio airline pilot
• Competency-based training assessment
• Approved training programme in a multi-crew
  environment, based on modern instructional
  systems design methodology
• Greater emphasis on flight simulation training
  devices
• Additional to existing requirements (No State
  becoming non-compliant if not adopted)
• Medical Standards/Theory knowledge as for ATPL
• Bridging provisions to the privileges for single
  pilot ops

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Implementing the MPL

• The tyranny of Article 33 of the Chicago
  Convention
• No possibility of a proofing for the concept
  before adopting the Standards
• In view of this, the ANC required
• A complete risk assessment before the adoption of
  the MPL
• The development of implementation guidelines,
  discussed later
• A close oversight by ICAO and States of the
  implementation of MPL programmes, discussed later
• MPL is not a cheaper alternative to pilot
  training nor a response to pilot shortage, but
  enable more focused training.
• Adoption by the ICAO Council on 10 March 2006,
  for applicability on 23 November 2006

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PANS-TRG

• Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS)
• operating practices as well as material
  considered too detailed for SARPs thatamplify
  the basic principles in the corresponding SARPs
• PANS do not have the same status as the Standards
  and Recommended Practices. PANS are approved by
  the Council and recommended to Contracting States
  for worldwide application.

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PANS-TRG - Content

• Competency-based training and assessment
• MPL specific details
• Training scheme
• Competency units and elements
• Performance criteria
• Competencies of the instructor, examiner,
  inspector, course developper

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Guidance material

• Guidance material (Attachments to Annex 1 and
  PANS-TRG and a Manual)
• Manual on the Approval of Flight Crew Training
  Organizations (Doc. 9841)
• Technical manuals provide guidance and
  information in amplification of the provisions of
  Annexes and PANS, and are intended to facilitate
  uniform application of these documents.

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MPL Implementation oversight
Requested by State Letter

• MPL programmes oversight by States
• ICAO data collection on MPL programmes
• State MPL regulations and oversight
• Approved MPL training programmes data
• Individual MPL graduate data
• Individual MPL holder initial operational
  training and line-check data
• Ensure corrective actionis taken if necessary

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Doc.9625 update

• Annex 1 high level requirements for Flight
  Simulation Training Devices for each MPL phase of
  training - ???
• Update of Doc.9625, the Manual of Criteria for
  the Qualification of Flight Simulators, driven by
  the RAeS
• Existing manual apply only to aeroplane level D
  FSTD 75 pages
• Definition of simulation fidelity characteristics
  required for each training task for all pilot
  licenses aeroplane
• Definition of 7 standard levels of FSTD
• Inclusion of ATC Environment simulation
• tailoring of FSTD to a specific training task,
  outside the 7 standard levels is possible
• Draft available by fourth quarter 2008 300
  pages
• Will be extended to helicopter in 2009

NEW
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Other work

• Extending scope of the Manual on the Approval of
  Flight Crew Training Organizations, to other
  types of ATOs
• Requirement for SMS in ATO from November 2009,
  for those ATOs exposed to operational safety
  risks
• MPL worldwide meeting in 2009/2010, organized by
  ICAO

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Upcoming Challenges

• Pilot Shortage need to train 18,000 to 19,000
  pilots/year for the next 20 years.
• Language proficiency
• All pilots and Air Traffic Controllers must
  demonstrate competency in the language(s) used
  for radio telephony communications by 5 March
  2008.
• If not demonstrated Article 39 b) requires an
  endorsement on the licence, and Article 40
  requires permission from all States whose
  territory is entered
• Assembly Resolution A36-11 urges Contracting
  States to waive the permission requirement, for a
  period of 3 years if the State of issuance makes
  public its implementation plan

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Training Capacity Shortage (Airbus)
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Ist European Congresson Training for Pilots
Barcelona, 5-7 March 2008 Conclusion Thank
you
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Integrated TEM principles

• CBT
• E-learning
• Part Task Trainer
• Classroom