International Civil Aviation Organisation Archives

SFG BECOMES FIRST CORSIA-ACCREDITED VALIDATION & VERIFICATION BODY IN SL [15th January, 2024] The Sustainable Future Group (SFG), Sri Lanka’s premier Sustainability Validation and Verification Body which was South Asia’s first to be IAF-accredited to award ISO 14064-1 & 2 for Organisational and Project-level GHG Reporting, ISO 14067 for Product Carbon Footprinting, and ISO 14065 for Environmental Information, chalked up another “FIRST” when it was accredited under the Carbon Offsetting Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) Scheme. The accreditation was granted by the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board (SLAB) recently during the first day of the ‘Environment Matters in Aviation Workshop’ held at the Sri Lanka Civil Aviation Authority (SLCAA) auditorium in the presence of the Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Aviation, South Asian Civil Aviation Authorities, South Asian Airplane Operators, and other high-level stakeholders in the Aviation industry. Representatives of the EU – South Asia Aviation Partnership Project II (EU-SAAPP II) ...

Last flight of HS 121 Trident 1 ‘Papa India’ on 18 June 1972 Source:Island AND IMPACT ON ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION It is said that when two or three airline pilots gather together, they speak about the ‘four Ss – namely, Safety, Security, Seniority and Salary! In the sixties and seventies, British European Airways (BEA) was no different. Their local chapter would have been a member of the British AirLine Pilots’ Association (BALPA), which in turn was a founder member of the International Federation of Airline Pilot Associations (IFALPA) even recognised by the United Nations. These matters are discussed at length at various fora. In those days, traditionally, there was quite a gap between the pay of senior pilots and juniors. These matters came up regularly for discussion. The British aviation authorities had realised, at the end of the 1950s, that soon they would be running short of Airline Captains who were mainly ...