International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations 28 th World Assembly Chicago, IL (USA) -- 21-24 July, 2016 Resolutions Development Serving as a forum for all IAOPA affiliates to gather and discuss recent challenges and victories, one of the main reasons for the biennial IAOPA World Assembly (WA) is set forth in our founding constitution and bylaws. The IAOPA bylaws state that the IAOPA Board should meet at intervals of not less than 18 months and not more than 30 months to coordinate the views and opinions of member organizations as expressed by members of the Board, with respect to proposed requirements, recommended practices, procedures, rules, facilities and services for international aviation. One of the leading goals of the WA will be to decide on what actions should be taken as a group to enable our members to use their aircraft more effectively, and efficiently in addition to setting IAOPA s policy on issues that impact our members. These actions are stated as resolutions of the assembly. Since we will have less than one day in which to discuss these resolutions, advance preparation and submission are critical. Now is the time to start thinking about what are the issues facing general aviation now as well as in the future. The assembly agenda reflects a consensus of interest of the delegates and will serve as a guide for our deliberations. Yet, there are other items not on the agenda that are important and should be addressed through the development of a draft resolution. Because of the relatively short time that we will be together it is important to give the issue some thought and develop the background and actual resolution language prior to arrival in Chicago. We have a very limited period of time between the presentations and discussion of resolutions making early drafting of resolutions essential. Because of this, the resolutions committee must have the draft resolutions in hand by noon on Saturday, 23 July 2016. Considerations regarding resolutions: Resolutions are designed to be used in promoting worldwide and regional positions, not those for individual States. Provide sufficient background information to enable delegates to understand the essential elements of the resolution. Wording of the resolutions statement is very important for both understanding and creating a favorable impact on target audiences see sample, last page. If you have any questions, please call or email me. Please submit your proposed resolutions to me prior to arrival at the assembly. For reference, attached are principal resolutions from the 27 th World Assembly hosted by AOPA China in Beijing, China. Craig Spence Secretary General 03-16 IAOPA Resolutions Development 1
Principal Resolutions from Recent World Assemblies 27 th World Assembly, Beijing, China September 2014 27 th World Assembly Resolutions The following resolutions are the result of discussions conducted by IAOPA delegates at their 26 th World Assembly, held in Beijing, China 10-14 September 2014. The full text of the resolutions may be found on the IAOPA website, www.iaopa.org. The resolutions shown below are listed under subject headings; the number preceding the resolution indicates the sequence in which each resolution was considered. Each resolution is prefaced by the statement, IAOPA, at its 27 th World Assembly, resolves to: Resolution 27/1, IAOPA, at its 27th World Assembly, resolves: to extend its deepest gratitude to all of the dedicated AOPA China personnel and members for their work in hosting the Assembly, including: President LI Wenxin Vice President HAO Jianhua ZHANG Feng, Secretary General Angela Guo, Deputy Secretary General Frank Yu, Deputy Secretary General CHEN, Guohua, Deputy Secretary General Guo Pei, LI Zhen Tony Xue, Wenny Zhang, CUI, Wenli, Alex Bai, CAI Fei, REN Tingting YANG Yang, YANG Jiangping Isabella Wang, SHANGGUAN Qilin Liang Wenguang, Roland Nissim Wei Chen, Director AOPA China and the other members of AOPA China. Resolution 27/2, IAOPA, at its 27th World Assembly, resolves: to extend its deepest gratitude to all of the sponsors which include: - Jeppesen Continental Motors Cirrus Aircraft Capital Helicopter Corporation Air Union Insurance Brokers Zhu Ye Qing Tea Ifeixing Aero Club IAOPA Resolutions Development 2
Resolution 27/3, IAOPA, at its 27th World Assembly, resolves: to thank the representatives of China and other organizations for their cooperation, and especially the following officials for their generous and valuable participation: Civil Aviation Authority of China Beijing Municipal Government Xiao Jing, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Steve Brown, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Kai Duell, General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) Resolution 27/4, IAOPA, at its 27th World Assembly, resolves: to urge, in the interest of safety all national regulators and Departments of Transport, to promote all Airport Authorities and the Air Traffic Control organizations, to reduce the cost for touch and go movement to no charge thus serving air safety and airport safety. Resolution 27/5, IAOPA, at its 27th World Assembly, resolves: that, national regulators should adopt requirements for private pilots similar to those currently being considered in the United States which expands upon the FAA s successful Sport Pilot Rule and that ensures safety is maintained while significantly reducing burdensome regulatory barriers. This approach also provides regulators and the general aviation community with a responsible and appropriate approach to addressing medical fitness for pilots who are flying for private and recreational purposes. Resolution 27/6, IAOPA, at its 27 th World Assembly resolves: to urge the communities, states, regional and administrating authorities to: share the responsibility for general aviation infrastructure and to ensure that all regions of the country have sufficient access to general aviation aerodromes; and develop a plan whereby the network of aerodromes may be realized. Resolution 27/7, IAOPA, at its 27 th World Assembly resolves: that regulatory systems need to be risk based and proportionate to the activity and that regulators understand the risks that they seek to address and regularly review their existing regulations. IAOPA Resolutions Development 3
Resolution 27/8, IAOPA, at its 27th World Assembly, resolves: to continue to represent the interests of general aviation including aerial work operations as well as small commercial operators; and ICAO should work with IAOPA to develop appropriate guidance in Annex 6 by creating a separate Part 4 that will address the operational requirements of this area of general aviation operations. Resolution 27/9, IAOPA, at its 27 th World Assembly resolves: that opening of airspace in line with the requirements of ICAO Class G, China will further the development of VFR flights. Resolution 27/10, IAOPA, at its 27 th World Assembly resolves: that fuel supply needs to be available without restrictions. Resolution 27/11, IAOPA, at its 27 th World Assembly resolves: that the burden of taxes/levies should not be at a level which restricts the individual s freedom to buy and sell aircraft and should be fair and reasonable. Resolution 27/12, IAOPA, at its 27 th World Assembly resolves: to encourage all government to recognize the benefit that general aviation can provide to the economy of a state where there is minimum interventions from the state, fewer controls can speed up growth in this important sector of aviation. Resolution 27/13, IAOPA, at its 27th World Assembly, resolves: that the safety needs of general aviation aircraft must be included in any airspace modernization plan by the development and implementation of a SBAS approach at general aviation airports capable of an all-weather service. Resolution 27/14, IAOPA, at its 27th World Assembly, resolves: that aviation products critical to the safety of the life needs to be exempted from legislation restricting their use and that ICAO should take a leading role in this debate to ensure the aviation safety is not adversely affected. Resolution 27/15, IAOPA, at its 27th World Assembly, resolves: that the delegates deepest gratitude is expressed to you Secretary General of ICAO for your interest and dedicated support evidenced by your insightful comments transmitted to our Assembly. IAOPA Resolutions Development 4
Sample Resolution RESOLUTION 28/1 Whearas: a demand for additional frequency assignments in the Aeronautical VHF band is recognized and accepted; and international organizations like ICAO and Eurocontrol and national ATM agencies like the German DFS prefer the introduction of 8.33 khz channel spacing to create extra capacity for needed additional frequency assignments also in lower airspace, thereby forcing many operators of general aviation aircraft to equip with expensive 8.33 khz communication equipment; and a centralized frequency management promises better results in efficiency than purely national approaches which require intensive coordination processes between the national frequency administrators; therefore other States have efficiently managed their aeronautical spectrum resources without having to go to 8.33 khz spacing; and 8.33 khz channel spacing retards progress towards the transition to digital voice and data communications in the VHF aeronautical spectrum; therefore, IAOPA, at its 28 th World Assembly, resolves: to urge regulatory authorities to implement more efficient frequency management techniques that make best use of the given frequency resources in the 25 khz VHF aeronautical channel spacing to prevent adopting 8.33 khz spacing. IAOPA Resolutions Development 5