IAOPA 2012 world Assembly

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 Created towards the end of WWII

 Chicago 1944
 52 States – now 191
 South Africa participated

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 The Purpose of the Convention
* Ensure orderly growth of aviation
* Aimed at across border traffic –
international commercial
development
* Involved mainly airline development
* General aviation had neither the
capability or need to go beyond
domestic applications

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  Commercial scheduled and non-
scheduled operations
 General aviation

General aviation not a priority

Overall ICAO is successful

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  Economic growth
 Technical development
 Development of use of aircraft in
business
 Private ownership increased
 Recreational or sport aviation
growth
All within the GA category (Part 91)

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 GA aircraft range
 Airbus 340
 Boeing 747
 Beechcraft
 Cessna
 Piper
 Experimental
 Micro light aircraft
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  Range and state of the art of
smaller aircraft changing
 Small aircraft no longer restricted
to domestic operations
 Cross border travel now feasible
and a need exists
 Such should be facilitated

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 Cost factors introduced a new
concept in GA aircraft use
 Non Type Certificated Aircraft
(NTCA)
 Resulted in a split of50/50 in the SA
aircraft register (11000 aircraft)
 This GA activity will grow
 Cannot comply with Annex 8
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  Capabilities increasing
 Sling II & IV around the world
flights
 Cannot claim recognition in terms
of the Convention
 Need exists and will expand
 Need to make it easier and assure
growth

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  Some support and recognition for
GA in the Annexes
 Annex 12 SAR
 Annex 1

 GA is threatened- economics,
airspace, land use, equipment

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  It is a changing environment we
live in now

 ICAO to give more attention to GA

 Urge Governments to protect ,
develop and ensure growth of GA
 Urge Governments not to
overregulate

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  There is a need for a review of all
the Annexes to the Convention
 Address issues that could impact
on GA
 Accept that there are different
levels of GA activities
 Accept that there is a difference
in acceptable risks associated
with GA operations
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  Supportive role by ICAO is called
for in urging Governments to
encourage development of GA
 GA is the source of interest in
aviation
 We can call
 “”Mister ICAO support in breaking
down the barriers to growth of
GA.”
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 THANK YOU

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