IFALPA believes that all commercial transport aircraft should be equipped with a dedicated, encrypted, and secure means of communication – separate from normal Air Traffic Control communications – for use between the flight crew and the operator and their OCC (or equivalent function), such as ACARS, onboard WIFI, and/or SAT Phone.
Two-way Communications between the Flight Crew and the Operator and their Operations Centre
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