Athletes
Policy
- To send a strong message from FAI to the national and international authorities that aviation facilities with potential use for air sports activities should be accessible and without restrictions for such activities
- To support NAC’s in establishing/keeping relevant aviation facilities accessible for air sports activities.
Goals
- Promote FAI as the World Air Sports Federation, representing air sports and recreational flying worldwide
- Keep/improve the accessibility of existing air sports facilities
- Actively promote development of new air sports facilities
- Ensure that replacement sites are offered if closure/restrictions are imposed on present air sports facilities
- Identify guidance material for developing/constructing new air sport facilities
Members
The FAI Aviation and Space Education Commission (CIEA) was converted into an FAI Expert Group during the 108th FAI General Conference held in Pattaya on 17 and 18 October.
Presidents of Honour of the CIEA remain: Mr. Max Bishop, Mr. Ian Bowen, Mr. Osmo Jalovaara, Mr. Raymond J. Johnson, Dr. Wayne R. Matson and Mr. Kamal Naguib.
Policy
- To find how to allow and encourage the next generations to fly
- To increase level of awareness of Education and expand education projects
- To preserve and expand the FAI young artists contest
- To expand and strengthen the existing international network in the field of Education
Goals
- Persuade people and others to see the attraction of our activities and to entice them to want to try them.
- Set up programs reusable by NACs on national level for introduction to air sports
- Expanding of the FAI Young Artist Contest and assure a larger participation
- Use all the latest technologies to ensure its policy and goals (games, posters, videos, etc)
- Support the FAI Trainees Program
- Preserving and deepen the contacts with IACE
- At least 4 Skype meetings per year with fixed dates, more if needed
Members
Policy
- To be the reference in terms of electronic devices used in air sports
- To define FAI-standards for these devices
- To assure the use of the most appropriate measurements devices in competitions and performance flights, in particular to increase competition attractiveness and safety
- To find cost efficient solutions to technical challenges common to FAI disciplines such as, for example, tracking or logging.
Goals
- Find a solution for live tracking and public presentation taking into account
- The different needs of disciplines
- Geographical challenges (mountains, seas, flatlands
- Data transmission costs
- Linking tracking to real time scoring
- Showing tracking to the public (on-site displays, internet, mobile, public interfaces)
- Approaching technologies (like ADS-B)
- Establish minimum requirements for flight evidence
- Technical security of FR’s
- Safe technologies
- Improve data recording (frequency and duration / tracker vs logger)
- Criteria for instrument homologation
- Improve reliability of measurement methods (altitude, speed, distance)
- Establish recommendations for technicians / developers to execute the tasks or find the appropriate technicians / developers for specific tasks
- Give ASCs and CASI report on possible changes needed to the SC.
Members
Policy
The FAI is committed to achieve a significant reduction in the number and seriousness of accidents and incidents in air sports activities.
Goals
The FAI Safety Expert Group shall actively and systematically work to minimize the risk of participating in air sports by:
- Promoting the importance of establishing good safety practices in every aspect of FAI activities
- Facilitating the sharing of safety information between the various Air Sports Commissions, FAI Members (NACs) and OSTIV, identifying and promoting best practices
- Identifying and analyzing inhibitors and obstacles to avoid / prevent accidents and incidents in air sports
- Supporting and facilitating the development and implementation of effective incident and accident reporting systems
- Actively communicating developments and trends in air sports safety to FAI Members (NACs), Air Sports Commissions and OSTIV
Members
Policy
- To urge all international and national aviation authorities that the FAI, the World Air Sports Federation has special regard for the effects of any new technical and operational changes with restrictions or costdrivers on the practice of air sports
- To urge all FAI Members to establish procedures for constant close consultation on navigation and technical matters between national civil aviation and air traffic authorities and national air sport governing bodies.
Goals
- To show the Flag of FAI
- To use the power of FAI to bring in the requirements of air sports on top levels
- To have FAI Experts (Observers) at important international meetings of organizations such as ICAO, IAOPA, etc.
- Where needed, to cooperate with experts of Europe Air Sports
- To show to our members the FAI activities in navigation and technic-operational changes or to reduce costdrivers
- To use the power of FAI to support our NACs, in order for them to bring in the general airspace requirements of air sports at the top level of the national aviation authorities
Members
Policy
- To address specific IT related needs or problems brought to the group by ASC’s (via FAI Head Office/HO and/or FAI Executive Board/EB), HO or EB.
- To improve FAI’s readiness to provide IT related services to NACs and ASCs.
- To monitor for and study new IT solutions that could be used within FAI.
First Goals
- Plan a concept allowing data mining from the information in FAI databases taking into consideration among other things:
- Access rights to the data (some sensitive data might be included in the DB).
- Data security
- Office routines or the original data in the FAI databases may not be compromised
- Usability of the data mining tools (api, application, web interface)
- Suggest a policy for the use of the data to the EB for approval (ASC, NAC, Research etc. use)
- Database structure
- Find a low cost solution to create the data mining db, api and frontend.
- Find a solution for FAI persons data structure including:
- Creation of unique keys
- Data security
- Find solutions to improve the work of HO, NAC’s and event organizers when performing FAI related tasks like:
- Entering data to the Sporting license db
- Managing entries for a competition or other event
- Reporting competition results to FAI or ranking systems
- Find solutions to improve the FAI website.
Members
Policy
- To urge all international and national aviation authorities that the FAI, the World Air Sports Federation has special regard for the effects of any new airspace restrictions on the practice of air sports
- To urge all FAI Members to establish procedures for constant close consultation on airspace matters between national civil aviation and air traffic authorities and national air sport governing bodies.
Goals
- To show the Flag of FAI
- To use the power of FAI to bring in the requirements of air sports on top levels
- To have FAI Experts (Observers) at important international meetings of organizations such as ICAO, IAOPA, etc.
- Where needed, to cooperate with experts of Europe Air Sports
- To show to our members the FAI activities in airspace
- To use the power of FAI to support our NACs, in order for them to bring in the general airspace requirements of air sports at the top level of the national aviation authorities
Members
The FAI Executive Board has started the development of a new "FAI Expert-System" which includes 9 Expert Groups (EG) : Airspace, Navigation, Safety, Regulation, IT, Airsport facilities, Technology, Marketing and Communication, and Education.
The Experts are persons with expertise in specific areas who are called upon when there is a need for technical expertise. They are appointed by the FAI Executive Board and are on stand-by and assignments are only carried out "on demand".
Considering that members of the EG are experts in their fields of expertise and are therefore exercising a technical watch, they are of course encouraged to report, through their point of Contact (PoC), on any significant development that might affect the practice / development of our sports.
Assignment process and tasks to the Expert Group
- The group, via its PoC, is being allocated a task and a related deadline by the FAI Office
- The PoC designates the experts to be involved - based on their expertise and qualifications
- The PoC requests the cooperation of the chosen experts, with the help of the existing data list
- The PoC is responsible for a timely reply to the FAI Office
- If needed, experts may directly contact other specialists, e.g. from FAI commissions etc.
- The findings of the Expert Groups are being directly passed on to the FAI Office by the PoC
The Expert Groups below have already been established. By clicking on any, you will be able to see the Policy & Goals as well as the members of the Group.
Policy
The FAI shall work to promote regulations that facilitate air sports activities, and actively oppose regulations that cause unnecessary restrictions, deter growth or hinder expansion of air sports.
Goals
The FAI Regulation Expert Group shall:
- Examine present and planned regulations affecting air sports activities, promoting regulatory changes that improve safety, flexibility, service and economy
- Support FAI Members (NACs) and regional air sports organizations in influencing their regulatory bodies for the benefit of air sports activities and development
- Work to prevent and eliminate unnecessary regulatory restrictions on air sports activities
- Liaise with the Air Sport Commissions in regulatory matters for improved understanding of regulatory issues affecting air sports activities
- Suggest effective FAI representation at international and/or regional organizations when important regulatory matters are being addressed, and assist in such representation if so requested by the FAI Executive Board
Members
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