NBAA 37th Annual International Operators Conference

Conference Agenda

Sunday, March 28, 2010

7:30 am – 8:00 am

NBAA PDP Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

NBAA PDP Course: IS-BAO Workshop
(Meets NBAA PDP Objective Ops4)

Presented by IBAC

This Workshop is designed to provide information and guidance to operators who are implementing or considering implementing, the IS-BAO standard and help them complete the registration efficiently and effectively. Flight department managers, chief pilots, safety officers and maintenance managers are the main target audience along with all other members of your organization involved in IS-BAO implementation. Due to workshop format this will be limited to a maximum of 25 attendees. Register early to ensure you’re included.

12:00 noon – Boxed Lunch

IOC Golf Outing

1:00 pm – Tee off

IOC Golf Outing

Please join us for an afternoon of golf at Stonebridge Golf Club of New Orleans; 1500 Stonebridge Drive Gretra, LA 70056. The cost is $85 per player, which includes golf, cart, range balls and box lunch. Transportation will not be provided. If you need a ride or can provide transportation please meet in the Hilton Lobby at 11:30 am.

5:00 pm

Awards Reception

Monday, March 29, 2010

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast – Sponsored by: Bombardier

8:00 am – 8:30 am

Welcome, Purpose and Goals of the International Operators Committee

Gary Dietz, IOC Chairman, Brad Baas, IOC Vice chair, Steve Thorpe, Regional Lead Coordinator and Scott Harrold, Master of Ceremonies

8:30 am – 10:00 am

Regional Review; Russia and China

Presented by Greg Parke, Consultant (Russia), Jerry Norton, Consultant (China), Joe Wilson, ASA Group, Leonid Koshelev, Streamline Ops (Russia)

Presented from a pilot and regional handler perspective, this session covers pre-trip planning, regulatory requirements, airport and airspace environment, regional and cultural considerations and key operational issues.

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am – 12:00 noon

International Medical Concerns

Presented by Dr. Paulo Alves, MedAire, Inc. Dr. Melissa Mallis, Institutes for Behavioral Resources, Inc. Dr. Quay Snyder, Virtual Flight Surgeons, Inc.; Moderated by Debbi Laux, MedAire

Today, worldwide health and fatigue issues affect us all. Get up-to-date information on topics that concern you, your co-workers, passengers and families as they relate to long range flight operations.

12:00 noon – 1:15 pm

Lunch – Sponsored by: Airbus

Featuring David L. Voetmann, Quest Aircraft Company

Medical and humanitarian relief flying in development disaster situations in the third-world.

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm

Announcements

1:30 pm – 3:15 pm

Regional Review; South Pacific/India

Presented by Rob Leach, Air Center One, Joe Wilson ASA Group Ltd (tentative), Rick Ballew, Air Routing International, Pilot – TBA; Moderated by Bris Gannett, Air Routing International

This session includes experts from the Pacific and Indian region who present an overview and highlight the “current and future” as it applies to the corporate operator. The panel of ground handlers and pilots offer a review of the planning and actual operations of a trip. The session concludes with a review of operational concerns that might affect an operator when planning a trip into the Pacific Rim, highlighting timelines/ changes in procedures and requirements since IOC/2008.

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm

Refreshment Break

3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

Legal Issues Faced Around the World

Moderated by Lex den Herder, Universal Weather & Aviation

Legal systems around the world vary and vary even more greatly when it comes to aviation law. While ICAO goes a long way in attempting, via the Chicago Convention, to bridge these differences, there are always non-standard approaches and at times even linguistic variances awaiting the uninformed. This session will try to mitigate some of these issues for the operator.

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Chairman’s Reception – Sponsored by Universal Weather and Aviation

Hilton Riverside New Orleans

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 8:15 am

Announcements

8:15 am – 10:00 am

Regional Review; North America/North Atlantic

Presented by David Stohr, Air Training International, representatives from the FAA, the Canadian Border Service and a pilot, TBA; Moderated by Nancy Pierce, Jeppesen

A review of the North Atlantic procedural updates and future equipment requirements including a pilot perspective on track navigation and technical stops. This session also covers CANPASS, Corporate CANPASS and cabotage updates.

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Break – Sponsored by World Fuel Services

Sponsored by AVCARD

10:30 am – 12:00 noon

Security; Ramp, Crew, Special Events

Moderated by Charlie LeBlanc, Air Security International

An aid to International operators in understanding how to recognize threats, what to look for when assessing airport security on landing and guidance on how to make last minute changes. Additionally this session provides guidance on handling a crisis situation while in flight and how to integrate the flight department into the overall crisis management plan. The session closes with an update of the TSA LASP (large Aircraft Security Plan) status and requirements.

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm

Lunch – Sponsored by Dassault Falcon and CAE SimuFlite

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Announcements

1:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Regional Review, Caribbean, South America

Moderated by Lex den Herder, Universal Weather & Aviation

This session will delve into the concerns driven by unique regional differences that will need to be dealt with in operating south of the US. Regulatory and technical changes continue to have affects with which an operator must be familiar such as weather, communications, RNP 4&10, CARICOM, pending ADS-C, ASSI and CIQ requirements.

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Break

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

International Regulations and their effect on Flight Operations

Moderated by John Shirk, Alternative Aviation Services

This comprehensive session covers a multitude of factors in the evolution from today’s enabling-technologies for NextGen, SESAR, ADS (B & C) and the many other pending regulations that will inevitably follow in trail. Also to be reviewed will be the ghosts of codifications past, ICAO SARPS and the numerous NAA rules (there are nearly 200 ICAO states) wherein lie the “gotchas” that go well beyond just the flying of the aircraft.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 8:15 am

Introduction of “Safety Day” Moderated by Brad Baas, 3M

8:15 am – 9:45 am

Trainer Feedback, Safety Management Systems

Moderated by Ron Weight, Honeywell and Kathy Perfetti, IBAC

An update of the most Frequently Asked Questions reference SMS and recommendations from the industries Professional International Procedures Trainers.

9:45 am – 10:15 am

Break – Sponsored by ExxonMobil & the Avitats

10:15 am – 12:00 noon

Phraseology SIDS, STARs, Weather Tools

Moderated by Shawn Scott, Scott International Procedures and Roger Rose, International Pilot Services

How one hears what is said and its compliance with international standards is the difference between a safe operation and something less. Standard international operational nomenclature is a must.

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm

Lunch

IOC Exxon/Mobil and the Avitats International Scholarship

Presented by Cathy McNary, Exxon/Mobil

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Announcements

1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

PANS Ops, QFE/Metric Altimetry

Presented by Mike Schaaf, FlightSafety International and John Latson, CAE SimuFlite

International Air Navigation Procedures vary from region to region and these differences are critical to safe operations.

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Break

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Oceanic Airspace Structure/Contingencies

Presented by Dave Stohr, Air Training International

The strategic nature of ATM in oceanic airspace requires a greater level procedural awareness by all operators.

6:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Rollin’ Down the River Evening Networking Event – Sponsored by Signature Flight Support

Join us for a Traditional Cajun Evening cruising down the Mississippi River. The evening includes cocktails, a delicious New Orleans style buffet dinner and a genuine Dixieland Jazz Trio

Thursday, April 1, 2010

7:30 am – 8:00 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 8:10 am

Announcements

8:10 am – 9:55 am

Regional Review; Africa/Middle East

Presented by Otto Wright, JetEx and James Lloyd, West Point Aviation, a Gulfstream Pilot based in South Africa
Moderated by Mike Wittman, Pacific Coast Forecasting and Keith Dixon, Colt International

A review of operational issues in this area of diverse cultures and their effect on flight operations with emphasis on cultural and physical geography, specific hot spots and procedures and resources to help make your trip a success.

9:55 am – 10:15 am

Break – Sponsored by United Aviation Services

10:15 am – 12:00 noon

Regional Review, Europe

Moderated by Ryan Frankhouser, ARINC

This session will cover key operational issues, flight planning and ground handling considerations and regulatory compliance issues. The panel of speakers will include both regional subject matter specialists and pilots who will each share their unique perspectives on operating within the region and outline best practices for safe and error-free operations. Many “hot” topics will be discussed, including discussion of the European Union Emissions Trading Schema (EU-ETS) and how it affects you as operators.

12:00 noon – 12:30 pm

Box Lunches

12:30 – 1:45pm

Customs

Presented by Laura Everington, Eric Rodriguez, Shelly Trepanier and Sam Barone;
Moderated by Gordon Berturelli, FlightSafety International.

An update on Canadian customs, Cabotage, and US Customs EAPIS issues, along with a debrief of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games; what went right, what went wrong...

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