ISASI Web RoundUp News 1 Issue No. 11—September-October, 2015, Editor: J. Gary DiNunno ICAO Proposes to Upgrade Flight Data and Voice Recorder Requirements “Air Safety Through Investigation” The ISASI-ICAO Working Group reviewed ICAO State Letter SP55/4-15/15, dated 15 May 2015, that con- tained proposed amendments to Annex 6 regarding upgrading flight data and voice recorder requirements, including the subject of deployable recorders. The Working Group developed a reply to ICAO for ISASI President Frank Del Gandio’s signature. ISASI’s response notes that the Society “agrees in principle” with the proposed amendments to Annex 6, parts I, II, and III and offers no comments. However, ISASI disagrees and offers comments regarding pro- posed amendments outlined in attachment B, amendment to Annex 6 concerning combination recorders in international air transport aircraft. ISASI observed that the Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS) was fully discussed during this year’s High level Safety Conference and that proposed amendments “may be premature in light of emerging datalink technology.” Such emerging technology “may overcome possible needs to provide up- graded flight recorder capabilities,” ISASI suggested. “With the rapid development of communications and navigation capabilities,” the Society said, “upgraded flight recorder standards may be performance based, rather than tied to a specific ADFR requirement” as ICAO proposes. ISASI suggested a need for the ICAO Air Navigation Bureau to “continue study involving industry and regulators to evaluate and monitor the tech- nical developments of GADSS and the need for a prescriptive mandate for automatic deployment flight re- corders.” Note Date Change: ISASI 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland, October 17-20, 2016. The work of the members of the ICAO Accident Investigation Panel (AIGP) has continued by means of email and conference calls by the eleven Working Groups formed in April 2015 at the AIGP meeting in Montreal. Ron Schleede, Bob MacIn- tosh, and Nick Stoss are participating in 4 of the Working Groups. Each Working Group will pro- vide a status report to the AIG Secretary quarterly before the next formal AIGP meeting to be held in April or May 2016. For more information, go to http://www.isasi.org/Documents/EventsAndAlerts/ Trip_Report_AIGP June 30, 2015.pdf. ♦ ISASI Works with AIGP
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ISASI Web RoundUp News 1
Issue No. 11—September-October, 2015, Editor: J. Gary DiNunno
ICAO Proposes to Upgrade Flight Data and Voice Recorder Requirements
“Air Safety Through Investigation”
The ISASI-ICAO Working Group reviewed ICAO State Letter SP55/4-15/15, dated 15 May 2015, that con-
tained proposed amendments to Annex 6 regarding upgrading flight data and voice recorder requirements,
including the subject of deployable recorders. The Working Group developed a reply to ICAO for ISASI
President Frank Del Gandio’s signature.
ISASI’s response notes that the Society “agrees in principle” with the proposed amendments to Annex 6,
parts I, II, and III and offers no comments. However, ISASI disagrees and offers comments regarding pro-
posed amendments outlined in attachment B, amendment to Annex 6 concerning combination recorders in
international air transport aircraft.
ISASI observed that the Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS) was fully discussed
during this year’s High level Safety Conference and that proposed amendments “may be premature in light
of emerging datalink technology.” Such emerging technology “may overcome possible needs to provide up-
graded flight recorder capabilities,” ISASI suggested. “With the rapid development of communications and
navigation capabilities,” the Society said, “upgraded flight recorder standards may be performance based,
rather than tied to a specific ADFR requirement” as ICAO proposes. ISASI suggested a need for the ICAO
Air Navigation Bureau to “continue study involving industry and regulators to evaluate and monitor the tech-
nical developments of GADSS and the need for a prescriptive mandate for automatic deployment flight re-
corders.”
Note Date Change: ISASI 2016 in Reykjavik,
Iceland, October 17-20, 2016.
The work of the members of the ICAO Accident
Investigation Panel (AIGP) has continued by
means of email and conference calls by the eleven
Working Groups formed in April 2015 at the AIGP
meeting in Montreal. Ron Schleede, Bob MacIn-
tosh, and Nick Stoss are participating in 4 of the
Working Groups. Each Working Group will pro-
vide a status report to the AIG Secretary quarterly