International Civil Aviation Organization

ISPACG/20 – WP/3 30/01/06

The Twentieth Meeting of the Informal South Pacific ATS Coordinating Group (ISPACG/20)

Honolulu, USA, 30 January – 1 February 2006

Agenda Item 4: Review progress on Open Action Items

REVIEW OF OPEN ACTION ITEMS FROM ISPACG/19

(Presented by the Chairpersons) Num Action Item Last Status Update Action Officer(s) Action Pending Target Date ber 16-1 Funding for Continuation of FAA requested this item be re- Leslie McCormick, Determine cost of Boeing’s 15 Mar 2005 Central Reporting Agency opened based on the outcome FAA provision of FIT/CRA services Activities of the terms of reference for the Co-chairs for the South Pacific. APANPIRG Regional Airspace 30 Jun 2005 Safety Monitoring Advisory Consult with ICAO to develop a Group (RASMAG). plan for funding arrangements to be in place after 30 Sep 2005. Contact stakeholders to ascertain their level of support to the FIT/CRA. 16-2 Strategic Planning Co-Chairs (Lead) Review and update table of On going (Standing Action Item) All ISPACG CNS/ATM technologies and Participants enhancements for next meeting 16-4 ATM Contingency Plans Discussions are continuing Geoff deBazin, Complete contingency plans. Sept 2005 (Standing Action Item) between Brisbane and Auckland Airways/ Centres. Richard Stevens, Airservices 16-5 Report on FANS . Brad Cornell, Jan 2006 Interoperability Team Boeing ATM Activities (Standing Action Item) 16-6 Review Need for Regional ICAO distributed guidance in All ATS Providers Australia, New Zealand and Fiji Mar 2005 Implementation of 2nm August 2004. The Asia Pacific plan to implement on 17 March Strategic Lateral Offset Region identified a regional 2005. Procedures implementation date of 20 Jan 2005.

2 Num Action Item Last Status Update Action Officer(s) Action Pending Target Date ber 16-7 Aircraft Loss of The United States responded to Andrew Tiede, ICAO requested to provide 31 Mar 2005 Communications Procedures questions from ICAO HQ on a ICAO status of proposed amendment proposed amendment to APAC-S 03/10-MID/ASIA/PAC regional supplementary RAC and confirm applicability to procedures in April 2004. all of the Pacific Region. Awaiting approval by ICAO. 16-8 Working Group for the Next implementation will be in a Ann Moore, FAA FAA will take the lead for the 31 Dec 2005 Implementation of 30/30 portion of the South Pacific 30/30/WG implementation. Oakland FIR. Report progress to July 2005 ATM/AIS/SAR/SG/14.

Report progress to ISPACG/20. Jan 2006 16- Application of “Rule of 11” in Procedure currently used in NZ Allan London, Report progress to ISPACG/20. Late 2005 13 Oceanic Airspace under radar only. Risk Airways assessment for application outside radar coverage is complete.

Australia has been using Adam Watkin, procedure with limited Airservices application for about 12 yrs. Request to increase flexibility has now been approved but requires Parliamentary approval. 17-1 RNP Airspace Tahiti reported plans to Jean-Pierre Carle, Report progress to ISPACG/20 Jan 2006 implement 50NM lateral SEAC separation in Sept 2005; 50NM longitudinal separation is subject to a precision survey after the successful introduction of VIVO 4.

3 Num Action Item Last Status Update Action Officer(s) Action Pending Target Date ber 17-2 UPRs Trans Tasman UPRs deferred Ron Rigney, Report progress to ISPACG/20 Jan 2006 pending the inclusion of conflict Airservices probe within TAAATS. Flex . Tracks based on “AUSOTS” to be introduced between Asia and Australasia from 2005. 17-5 ADS-B Implementation Airservices and SITA provided Greg Dunstone, Provide further update to Jan 2006 updates on the progress of the Airservices ISPACG/20 Australian ADS-B implementation program. 17-6 Oceanic Safety Performance The draft SPR Version 1 (still not All ATS Providers In progress. Update to be Jan 2006 Requirements (SPR) yet completed) was presented provided to ISPACG/20. Standards for Data Link to ISPACG/18. Members were asked to review SPR and provide comments. 17-8 RVSM Traffic Movement All ATS providers Provide traffic movement data 21 May 2005 Sample for the period 1-30 Apr UTC. (Standing Action Item) This data should be provided in the Excel spreadsheet format required by PARMO. 17-9 Pre Departure Clearances Airways NZ reported that the Greg Atkins, Report progress to ISPACG/20 Jan 2006 business case study had been Airways initiated and was expected to be completed in April 2005. If accepted, implementation is expected in 2006.

4 Num Action Item Last Status Update Action Officer(s) Action Pending Target Date ber 17- AIDC Fiji to implement AIDC. Peni Verebasaga, Trials between Fiji and Brisbane 30 Jun 2005 11 SASL/Paul Radford, Airways/Adam Trials between Fiji and On-going Watkin, Airservices Auckland

Regional program needed for Bob Hansen, FAA 15 May 2005 the introduction of AIDC Version Will conduct testing with all 2. southern adjacent FIRs. 17- Terminal Procedures Develop streamlined terminal All ATS Providers Bring Terminal Procedures Jan 2006 12 control procedures to ensure representative to ISPACG/20 that benefits gained enroute Oceanic are not subsequently Provide update on progress and Jan 2006 lost plans to ISPACG/20

SEAC Dec 2005 Tahiti plans to introduce an RNAV Runway 22 Non-Precision Approach based on GNSS at Faa’a Craig Roberts, Airservices Airservices reported on Phase I of the Tailored Arrival Flight Trials conducted in Australian airspace domestic between April and Sept 2004.

5 Num Action Item Last Status Update Action Officer(s) Action Pending Target Date ber 18-1 ATS Data Link Gateways FAA reported on the formation Tom Kraft, FAA Provide update to ISPACG/20 Jan 2006 of a working group to assist in the development of geographically seamless data communications.

Work has commenced to produce a FANS-1/A-ATN Interoperability Standard.

Roadmaps are being developed for RCP, which is planned to be completed in Sept 2005; and RNP, which is planned for Dec 2005. 19-1 Flight Plan Issues Concerns were raised about flight plans not providing needed information on capabilities of the airplane. Andrew Tiede, Provide information to co-chairs 1 Apr 2005 ICAO was asked to obtain ICAO information on the work of the ICAO Flight Plan Study Group If appropriate, develop position 1 Jul 2005 Establish Task Force to review Co-chairs to send forward to ICAO. materials from Flight Plan Study Group. 19-2 Draft Guidance Material for Draft Guidance Material was All ATS Providers Review and provide comments 30 Apr 05 End-to-End Performance presented to the meeting for to Toby Farmer, CAA or Leslie Monitoring of ATS Data Link review and comment. McCormick, FAA Systems in the Asia/Pacific Region

6 Num Action Item Last Status Update Action Officer(s) Action Pending Target Date ber 19-3 Letter of Agreement An amendment was presented Ron Rigney, Coordinate review and 31 Mar 05 to extend the LOA, which had Airservices finalization of the amended expired 31 Dec 2003. LOA. 19-4 HF Regression Activities FAA provided information on the Ann Moore, FAA Monitor activities in other areas Jan 2006 initiatives in the North Atlantic and provide status report to to reduce reliance on HF voice ISPACG/20. communications.

7 Num Action Item Last Status Update Action Officer(s) Action Pending Target Date ber 19-5 Analysis of Contingency Ad hoc working group met to David Maynard, FAA agreed to: 15 May 2005 Procedures review current procedures for FAA total loss of communications, a. Determine the basis for individual loss of ICAO’s recommendation to use communications, weather a 15 NM lateral offset for turn deviations and turnback back procedures and review procedures. Outcome of the the justification that supports review is documented in the text that value; of the report. b. Gather and review data to determine what lateral offset distance is appropriate (e.g., 10NM, 20NM, RNP4 versus RNP10, etc.) for turn back procedures in Pacific oceanic FIRs, considering the desire for global harmonization, if possible;

c. Provide feedback from the data analysis and a recommendation for a revised turn back procedure to ISPACG participants; and

d. Share the results of the data analysis, as well as pertinent ISPACG participant comments, 15 Jun 2005 Andrew Tiede, with Pacific and North Atlantic ICAO ATS providers and airspace operators.

Convey the outcomes of the working group to the ICAO

8 Num Action Item Last Status Update Action Officer(s) Action Pending Target Date ber 19-6 In-trail procedure based on FAA and NASA Langley Ann Moore, FAA FAA to provide ISPACG/20 with Jan 2006 ADS-B introduced a proposed in-trail updates from similar procedure based on ADS-B discussions in other regions, technology to replace the particularly the North Atlantic. TCAS/ACAS in-trail climb/descent procedure. Bob Peake, Further consultations to be Airservices expressed interest in Airservices reported to ISPACG/20. trialing this in Australian continental airspace if an aircraft can be identified. Further expansion to oceanic airspace to be considered based on the outcome of those trials. 19-7 HF Pre-flight and Selcal David Maynard, Determine whether preflight HF Jan 2006 Checks FAA SELCAL checks are necessary in Oakland airspace for CPDLC airplanes.

Review the requirement for Allan London, HF/Selcal checks by flights Airways using FANS-1/A as the primary means of communication

Report on outcomes of review to ISPACG/20