ADO News

ADO Leadership Team gets to grips with the 747-8

In early May the ADO Chairman Capt. Stefan Wolf along with Vice Chairmen Capt. Bill de Groh and F/O Thomas Wieser were given an exclusive tour of the prototype 747-8i by the programme’s Chief Test Pilot (and IFALPA ADO member) Capt. Mark Feuerstein and IFALPA AAP member, Capt. Tom Phillips of Boeing’s Flight Safety Department.  While inspecting the latest in Boeing’s family of aircraft, the five outlined a plan for a visit by a wider IFALPA technical group later in 2011.

Terms of Reference

Core Activity

To improve air safety on a worldwide basis by influencing the design of air transport aircraft, their components, their performance and operation and to improve the working environment of the individual airline pilot.

The task of the ADO Committee is to:

• Detect, identify and monitor areas of interest, where input is required to influence the development of technology and/or procedures, to ensure a safe operating environment for the individual airline pilot, using the experience and expertise of its members.
• Develop Policies and Policy Statements on these items, associated with the design and operation of commercial air transport aeroplanes, as broadly defined by the contents of ICA0 Annexes 6 and 8, and associated ICAO documents, to be presented to the respective regulating bodies, authorities and operators, as well as to the interested public.
• Liaise with aircraft manufacturers, system designers and engineers, as well as scientific and regulating bodies, to enhance their understanding of the view and requirements of the airline pilots to improve the safety and operational effectiveness of air transport aviation.
• Develop proactive general statements and position papers for engineers, scientific and regulatory bodies, manufacturers and the general public on present and future developments to be made available for the public via the IFALPA media services.
• Enhance the expertise of the members of the committee and their respective Member Associations by using contacts at scientific, engineering and manufacturing bodies.
• Enhance the general standing of IFALPA, the airline pilots and their associations within the general public by the effort to improve air safety worldwide, as the stakeholder acting for the travelling public.