TP 13579 PROCEEDINGS of the 2nd International Meeting ... - UQAC

IMAPCR ’99
ACTION PLAN
221. The panel members compiled the following action plan, based on the foregoing discussion:
• Information on winter runway conditions should be equivalent to that provided for wet
runways.
• Friction measures are important and necessary for pilots to make conditional judgments
on safe approaches and taxiing; the IRFI promises to be of great benefit in helping
airport operators maintain safe operations, and the JWRFMP should continue.
• Since CFME (Continuous Friction Measuring Equipment) was originally designed for
airport surface maintenance, not winter operations, it may be worthwhile to take a closer
look at the harmonization of equipment for winter operations.
• As a part of the ICAO documentation, each airport should have a snow plan based on a
dialogue between the major operators of the airport and the airport owner.
• Program partners should promote the establishment of legislation requiring the use of
data for contaminated runway conditions.
• Options such as associating runway surface numbers with surface conditions other than
just bare and dry, and reporting friction as a percentage of stopping distance, should be
considered from the point of view of all stakeholders.
• Work to correlate aircraft performance to friction, similar to that done for the Canadian
Runway Friction Index, should continue.
• The JWRFMP partners should apply some political pressure to encourage the use of wet
conditions in take-off analysis.
• One common language and format should be used in pilot operating manuals; to this
end, a working group should be set up to review ICAO working documents.
• ICAO is to form a study group after receiving findings from the ASTM working group.
CLOSING
222. Mr. Mazur thanked the assembly for their participation and for sharing information.
223. Mr. Yager added that the meeting had renewed enthusiasm for the program and obtained a
strong endorsement for its contributions. He sought the guidance of the participants on how
to proceed with the outstanding tasks. He asked industry for their continued and active
support.
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