1. What is ICAO Why Should You Care ?
Mitchell Fox
Chief Flight Operations, ICAO

2. What is ICAO? Where do we come from? 1944 — the Chicago Convention
11 September, President Roosevelt invites the world to work on a a new convention for international aviation
ICAO preceded the United Nations
Ironic note: the start of the discussions, 11 September; completion of discussions, 7 December — both are infamous days in US history involving aircraft.

3. What is ICAO? What are our strategic objectives? Safety Security
Infrastructure and Environment

4. What is ICAO?
Insure the safe and orderly growth of international civil aviation throughout the world
Encourage the arts of aircraft design and operations for peaceful purposes
Promote safety of flight in international air navigation
Promote generally the development of all aspects of international civil aeronautics
Enough Blah Blah Blah

5. What is ICAO? How do we work? SMALL Secretariat all over the world
LARGE voluntary workforce
States
International Organizations

6. What is ICAO? The voluntary workforce — experts from: States
International Organizations
IAOPA
IFALPA
IFATCA
IATA
IBAC
ACI
CANSO
ICCAIA

7. Standards
“Each contracting State undertakes to collaborate in securing the highest practicable degree of uniformity in regulations, standards, procedures, and organization in relationship to aircraft, personnel, airways and auxiliary services…” …ICAO Standards, Recommended Practices and Procedures form the basis for all States

8. International Organizations
Contracting States
organizations
International
Assembly
Council
Secretariat
ANC
Meetings
Panels & Committees
Proposal for Action
ANC
ANC Panel
Secretariat
Divisional
Meeting AN
Study Group
Technical
Proposal
Direct Submission
ANC Preliminary Review
Contracting States
International Organizations
Secretariat
Validation
Secretariat
Analysis
ANC Final Review

9. …and so why should you care?

10. The International Civil Aviation Legal Framework
Under the Convention…pilot’s shall be licensed and aircraft shall be issued a certificate of airworthiness
When you fly in any other country you must follow their rules and procedures…except…
The exportables…Annexes 1 and 8
In effect this makes the minimum Standards of Annexes 1 and 8 mandatory for international operations

11. GA Challenges and Opportunities
Future air navigation systems (“Block Upgrades”)
Language proficiency requirements
Equipage
Annex 6, Part II
Aeroplanes < 750 kg.
“Public use airports”