[DRAFT] International Aircraft Safety

[Kaboomlandia]

International Aircraft Safety

Category: Social Justice | Strength: Mild | Proposed By: Kaboomlandia

The World Assembly;

RECOGNIZING that civilian air transport is crucial to the global economy;

AWARE that aircraft can still disappear without a trace;

ACKNOWLEDGING the importance of radar in tracking flights over oceans;

CONCERNED that global radar networks are severely lacking in coverage;

EMPHASIZING the need for increased global aircraft tracking;

The General Assembly hereby institutes the following regulations:

1. "Aircraft" shall be defined, for the purposes of this resolution, as any civilian fixed-wing aircraft that is used for the commercial transport of people

2. "Airline" shall be defined, for the purposes of this resolution, as any corporation, whether publicly or privately owned, that operates aircraft internationally as defined above.

3. All airlines, as defined above, must have and keep in good working order the following objects:

1. A cockpit voice recorder to record the crew's discussion and noise. The recorder must be able to withstand temperatures of up to the local equivalent of 1,250 degrees Celsius, deceleration of 3,400 G, and be able to emit an ultrasonic signal for the local equivalent of 45 days while immersed in seawater.
2. A flight data recorder to record the aircraft's statistics. The recorder must be able to withstand temperatures of up to the local equivalent of 1,250 degrees Celsius, deceleration of 3,400 G, and be able to emit an ultrasonic signal for the local equivalent of 45 days while immersed in seawater.
3. A working transponder that is permanently turned on, and runs off a separate electrical circuit in the case of fire.

4. All international flights must be sufficiently staffed to ensure that pilots have enough experience to handle the operation of the aircraft. In addition, flights must be sufficiently staffed to allow crew members to properly rest during the flight, if necessary.

5. The following aerial vehicles are exempt from the terms of this resolution:

1. privately registered and owned aircraft
2. unmanned aerial vehicles
3. dirigibles
4. helicopters and autogiros

Changes:
Condensed for brevity.

International Aircraft Safety

Category: Free Trade | Strength: Mild | Proposed By: Kaboomlandia

The World Assembly;

RECOGNIZING that civilian air transport is crucial to the global economy;

AWARE that aircraft can still disappear without a trace;

ACKNOWLEDGING the importance of radar in tracking flights over oceans;

CONCERNED that global radar networks are severely lacking in coverage;

EMPHASIZING the need for increased global aircraft tracking;

The General Assembly:

1. DEFINES an "aircraft" as any commercial form of air transport such as airliners, helicopters, blimps, or light aircraft;

2. DICTATES that article 1 shall only apply to this resolution;

3. MANDATES the installation of the following objects on all aircraft:

i) a flight data recorder to record an airplane's statistics in the event of a crash; and
ii) a cockpit voice recorder to record all conversation between the pilots of an airplane, in the event of a crash; and
iii) a working transponder, that cannot be turned off. This transponder shall operate off a separate electrical circuit in the event of an electrical fire; and
iv) appropriate evacuation equipment, such as emergency slides, to evacuate all accounted passengers.

4. REQUIRES that these recorders be able to withstand an force of 3 400 G on deceleration, flames of 2,000 degrees Celsius, and be able to emit signals while submerged in saltwater for a period of 90 days;

5. DECREES that the aforementioned objects shall be kept in working order, at the responsibility of the government of the country in which airlines are based;

6. RECOMMENDS the increased use of satellite radar to track aircraft flying over oceans;

7. REQUIRES that flights over at least 2,000 km of water be flown only by pilots with more than 2,000 flight hours;

8. CLARIFIES that nothing in this resolution will impact airlines that do not fly internationally or solely over land;

9. REQUIRES that doors to the cockpit of an aircraft remain closed and locked at all times, and that two pilots are in the cockpit at all times;

10. MANDATES that flights above five hours have at minimum one reserve member of the flight crew to relieve the regular crew;

11. EXEMPTS unmanned aerial vehicles from all of the above regulations.

The World Assembly;

RECOGNIZING that civilian air transport is crucial to the global economy;

AWARE that aircraft can still disappear without a trace;

ACKNOWLEDGING the importance of radar in tracking flights over oceans;

CONCERNED that global radar networks are severely lacking in coverage;

EMPHASIZING the need for increased global aircraft tracking;

IMPLORING the need for a united group to investigate aircraft incidents.

The General Assembly:

1. DEFINES an "aircraft" as any commercial form of air transport such as airliners, helicopters, blimps, or light aircraft;

2. DICTATES that article 1 shall only apply to this resolution;

3. MANDATES the installation of the following objects on all aircraft:

i) a flight data recorder to record an airplane's statistics in the event of a crash; and
ii) a cockpit voice recorder to record all conversation between the pilots of an airplane, in the event of a crash; and
iii) a working transponder, that cannot be turned off. This transponder shall operate off a separate electrical circuit in the event of an electrical fire.

4. REQUIRES that these recorders be able to withstand an force of 3,400 G on deceleration, flames of 2,000 degrees Celsius, and be able to emit signals while submerged in saltwater for a period of 90 days;

5. DECREES that the aforementioned objects shall be kept in working order, at the responsibility of the government of the country in which airlines are based;

6. RECOMMENDS the increased use of satellite radar to track aircraft flying over oceans;

7. REQUIRES that flights over at least 2,000 km of water be flown only by pilots with more than 2,000 flight hours;

8. CLARIFIES that nothing in this resolution will impact airlines that do not fly internationally or solely over land;

9. TASKS the International Transport Safety Committee with enforcing the above regulations and carrying out investigations in the event of an incident in international waters;

10. RESERVES to member states the power to conduct private investigations if an aircraft incident is entirely within their sovereign borders;

11. EXEMPTS unmanned aerial vehicles from all of the above regulations;

12. URGES nations to follow the above requirements to decrease the chance of an aircraft being lost.

The World Assembly;

RECOGNIZING that civilian air transport is crucial to the global economy;

AWARE that aircraft can still disappear without a trace;

ACKNOWLEDGING the importance of radar in tracking flights over oceans;

CONCERNED that global radar networks are severely lacking in coverage;

EMPHASIZING the need for increased global aircraft tracking;

The General Assembly hereby:

1. DEFINES an "aircraft" as any civilian form of air transport such as airliners, helicopters, blimps, or light aircraft;

2. MANDATES the installation of the following objects on all aircraft:

i) a flight data recorder to record an airplane's statistics in the event of a crash; and
ii) a cockpit voice recorder to record all conversation between the pilots of an airplane, in the event of a crash; and
iii) a working transponder, that cannot be turned off. This transponder shall operate off a separate electrical circuit in the event of an electrical fire.

3. REQUIRES that these recorders be able to withstand an acceleration of 3,400 G, flames of 2,000 degrees, and be able to emit signals while submerged in saltwater for a period of 90 days;

4. DECREES that the aforementioned objects shall be kept in working order, at the responsibility of the airline or owner;

5. RECOMMENDS the increased use of satellites to track aircraft flying over oceans;

6. REQUIRES that flights over at least 2,000 km of water be flown only by pilots with more than 2,000 flight hours;

7. URGES nations to follow the above recommendations to decrease the chance of an aircraft being lost.

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

Category/Strength

1. DEFINES an "aircraft" as any civilian form of air transport such as airliners, helicopters, blimps, or light aircraft;

So military aircraft aren't actually aircraft?

3. REQUIRES that these recorders be able to withstand an acceleration of 3,400 G,

3400 hundred times the force of gravity? Also not all planets have the same gravity as the next one.

4. DECREES that the aforementioned objects shall be kept in working order, at the responsibility of the airline or owner;

You can only mandate governments do things, not individuals.

6. REQUIRES that flights over at least 2,000 km of water be flown only by pilots with more than 2,000 flight hours;

2000 flight hours? And what about pilots in training by airlines?

7. URGES nations to follow the above recommendations to decrease the chance of an aircraft being lost.

I only see one recommendation. You cannot mandate something, and then tell nations that you recommend they do it. Either they do it, or it is a recommendation.

All in all all I am not seeing why this needs to be the WA's concern. National governments can handle this quite fine.

Opposed.

[Grays Harbor]

Requiring all that equipment on privately owned aircraft could make owning aircraft cost-prohibitive for most private pilots.

[The Land of Cheesecake]

Actually, most flight recorders are built to withstand 3,400 Gs, in fact the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (in real life) requires them to, and g-force is measured the same regardless of which planet you are on.

I agree that the definition of aircraft should probably be changed, I would recommend saying civilian aircraft instead of just aircraft, and the URGES clause needs change too. Plus, as I said on the Europeian forums, it would be insanely expensive to install flight recorders and transponders on EVERY civilian aircraft, maybe just do commercial aircraft there.

I think it's a good idea for a proposal, but I doubt you are going to find a category for it.

Good luck anyway!

[Kaboomlandia]

Actually, most flight recorders are built to withstand 3,400 Gs, in fact the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (in real life) requires them to, and g-force is measured the same regardless of which planet you are on.

I agree that the definition of aircraft should probably be changed, I would recommend saying civilian aircraft instead of just aircraft, and the URGES clause needs change too. Plus, as I said on the Europeian forums, it would be insanely expensive to install flight recorders and transponders on EVERY civilian aircraft, maybe just do commercial aircraft there.

I think it's a good idea for a proposal, but I doubt you are going to find a category for it.

Good luck anyway!

I agree that only commercial planes should get this. Private pilots aren't going to be doing much >2,000 km flying over water.

[Kaboomlandia]

Category/Strength

1. DEFINES an "aircraft" as any civilian form of air transport such as airliners, helicopters, blimps, or light aircraft;

So military aircraft aren't actually aircraft?

3. REQUIRES that these recorders be able to withstand an acceleration of 3,400 G,

3400 hundred times the force of gravity? Also not all planets have the same gravity as the next one.

4. DECREES that the aforementioned objects shall be kept in working order, at the responsibility of the airline or owner;

You can only mandate governments do things, not individuals.

6. REQUIRES that flights over at least 2,000 km of water be flown only by pilots with more than 2,000 flight hours;

2000 flight hours? And what about pilots in training by airlines?

7. URGES nations to follow the above recommendations to decrease the chance of an aircraft being lost.

I only see one recommendation. You cannot mandate something, and then tell nations that you recommend they do it. Either they do it, or it is a recommendation.

All in all all I am not seeing why this needs to be the WA's concern. National governments can handle this quite fine.

Opposed.

This proposal only applies to commercial aircraft (airlines). I changed the part to make the governments responsible for making sure the airlines do things.
3400 G is the required standard for real-life black boxes.
The flight hours thing is to increase over water flight safety by making sure that pilots know what they are doing.
I might change "recommendations" to "requirements".
And finally, your point that "national governments can handle this" is somewhat moot. As this applies to international flights mostly, it should be the WA's concern.

[The Dark Star Republic]

"Why should this apply to any plane that doesn't cross national borders?

flames of 2,000 degrees

2000 degrees Celsius? 2000 degrees Rømer? 2000 degrees of separation?"

~ Acacia Bobbleflax
Junior Intern

[New Portage]

"Why should this apply to any plane that doesn't cross national borders?

flames of 2,000 degrees

2000 degrees Celsius? 2000 degrees Rømer? 2000 degrees of separation?"

~ Acacia Bobbleflax
Junior Intern

2000 degrees of Kevin Bacon?

[Kaboomlandia]

"Why should this apply to any plane that doesn't cross national borders?

2000 degrees Celsius? 2000 degrees Rømer? 2000 degrees of separation?"

~ Acacia Bobbleflax
Junior Intern

2000 degrees of Kevin Bacon?

2000 degrees Celsius. Sorry for being vague but I wasn't sure if using Celsius or Fahrenheit was a metagaming violation.

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

I see you have made significant changes, rendering my previous comments moot, without spoiling in an old draft. AT this point I am going to stop critiquing your proposals, as I have requested you to spoiler old drafts. In fact I distinctly remember you chastising someone over in the Security Council for the exact same thing. I remain opposed, as this is poorly written, and and perturbed that you continue to copy my style of proposal writing, showing no creativity on your part, making it even more clear this is nothing more than a badge hunt. You have yet to stick to a single topic for more than five days, and doubt this one will last that long.

[Kaboomlandia]

I see you have made significant changes, rendering my previous comments moot, without spoiling in an old draft. AT this point I am going to stop critiquing your proposals, as I have requested you to spoiler old drafts. In fact I distinctly remember you chastising someone over in the Security Council for the exact same thing. I remain opposed, as this is poorly written, and and perturbed that you continue to copy my style of proposal writing, showing no creativity on your part, making it even more clear this is nothing more than a badge hunt. You have yet to stick to a single topic for more than five days, and doubt this one will last that long.

My original is in the Europeian forums. I'll bring it over from there.
EDIT: Done. Also, what do you mean by "copying your style of proposal writing"? Most resolutions are written this way.

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

I see you have made significant changes, rendering my previous comments moot, without spoiling in an old draft. AT this point I am going to stop critiquing your proposals, as I have requested you to spoiler old drafts. In fact I distinctly remember you chastising someone over in the Security Council for the exact same thing. I remain opposed, as this is poorly written, and and perturbed that you continue to copy my style of proposal writing, showing no creativity on your part, making it even more clear this is nothing more than a badge hunt. You have yet to stick to a single topic for more than five days, and doubt this one will last that long.

My original is in the Europeian forums. I'll bring it over from there.
EDIT: Done. Also, what do you mean by "copying your style of proposal writing"? Most resolutions are written this way.

Really? You show me any other proposal that is written in this style, other than mine.

[Kaboomlandia]

What elements of your writing style do you see in here that don't show up in the other resolutions?

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

The World Assembly;

RECOGNIZING that civilian air transport is crucial to the global economy;

AWARE that aircraft can still disappear without a trace;

ACKNOWLEDGING the importance of radar in tracking flights over oceans;

CONCERNED that global radar networks are severely lacking in coverage;

EMPHASIZING the need for increased global aircraft tracking;

The General Assembly hereby:

1. DEFINES an "aircraft" as any commercial form of air transport such as airliners, helicopters, blimps, or light aircraft;

2. MANDATES the installation of the following objects on all aircraft:

i) a flight data recorder to record an airplane's statistics in the event of a crash; and
ii) a cockpit voice recorder to record all conversation between the pilots of an airplane, in the event of a crash; and
iii) a working transponder, that cannot be turned off. This transponder shall operate off a separate electrical circuit in the event of an electrical fire.

3. REQUIRES that these recorders be able to withstand an acceleration of 3,400 G, flames of 2,000 degrees Celsius, and be able to emit signals while submerged in saltwater for a period of 90 days;

4. DECREES that the aforementioned objects shall be kept in working order, at the responsibility of the government of the country in which airlines are based;

5. RECOMMENDS the increased use of satellites to track aircraft flying over oceans;

6. REQUIRES that flights over at least 2,000 km of water be flown only by pilots with more than 2,000 flight hours;

7. URGES nations to follow the above recommendations to decrease the chance of an aircraft being lost.

I made it pretty clear for you there.

[Kaboomlandia]

If that is all, I can just get rid of the "hereby" part. Happy?

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

If that is all, I can just get rid of the "hereby" part. Happy?

That is not what I mean. Read through some passed proposals, and then read my passed ones. You will see this is a very unique style that I use, and would prefer that it stays unique.

3400 G is the required standard for real-life black boxes.

Of acceleration, or impact? If a plane accelerates at 3400 G, its passengers will be the consistency of pea soup.

[Sciongrad]

If that is all, I can just get rid of the "hereby" part. Happy?

That is not what I mean. Read through some passed proposals, and then read my passed ones. You will see this is a very unique style that I use, and would prefer that it stays unique.

OOC; Are you kidding me? You absolutely cannot believe you have the exclusive right to a single phrase that is in no way unique to you. I suspect the only reason it's not in frequent use is because, as I've said on multiple occasions, it makes no grammatical sense. I encourage the author to change the phrasing so that it is grammatically correct, but don't, in any way, feel compelled to change the phrasing because it's the exclusive intellectual property of Jean Pierre Trudeau or whatever ridiculous claim he's trying to make over it. Don't let the elitist mindset of certain regulars deter you, just continue to participate in the forums and try to be receptive to criticism (real criticism, not the complete piffle that's been levied at you by some nations), and I'm sure you'll end up doing just fine.

[Kaboomlandia]

If that is all, I can just get rid of the "hereby" part. Happy?

That is not what I mean. Read through some passed proposals, and then read my passed ones. You will see this is a very unique style that I use, and would prefer that it stays unique.

3400 G is the required standard for real-life black boxes.

Of acceleration, or impact? If a plane accelerates at 3400 G, its passengers will be the consistency of pea soup.

The standard is 3400 G on deceleration hitting ground/water.

[Kaboomlandia]

I've made the category Free Trade, since International Road Safety was Free Trade...

[Separatist Peoples]

"I fail to see how this does anything but establish safety procedure that would, theoretically, already be covered by the ITSC in a previous resolution. Even if it doesn't, this has nothing to do with aircraft in international territory, nor has any bearing whatsoever at addressing any issues. The requirements included may help at identifying what went wrong with an aircraft, but doesn't actually prevent any from going down to begin with. All in all, it comes off as pointless micromanagement, and I lean towards opposition.

"However, this does represent the first not-insane proposal the Kaboomlandian ambassador has put forth, so congratulations are in order. I would suggest looking closely at conflicts with existing legislation on the topic of International Transportation Safety, and considering how this will impact smaller airline operations financially."

[Kaboomlandia]

"I fail to see how this does anything but establish safety procedure that would, theoretically, already be covered by the ITSC in a previous resolution. Even if it doesn't, this has nothing to do with aircraft in international territory, nor has any bearing whatsoever at addressing any issues. The requirements included may help at identifying what went wrong with an aircraft, but doesn't actually prevent any from going down to begin with. All in all, it comes off as pointless micromanagement, and I lean towards opposition.

The ITSC doesn't actually mention anything about crash investigation. I might shift the focus to that, or include the ITSC.

"However, this does represent the first not-insane proposal the Kaboomlandian ambassador has put forth, so congratulations are in order. I would suggest looking closely at conflicts with existing legislation on the topic of International Transportation Safety, and considering how this will impact smaller airline operations financially."

Thanks...I think.

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

1. DEFINES an "aircraft" as any commercial form of air transport such as airliners, helicopters, blimps, or light aircraft;

So once again, military aircraft aren't actually aircraft any longer?

[Kaboomlandia]

1. DEFINES an "aircraft" as any commercial form of air transport such as airliners, helicopters, blimps, or light aircraft;

So once again, military aircraft aren't actually aircraft any longer?

This resolution doesn't apply to military aircraft.

[Jean Pierre Trudeau]

So once again, military aircraft aren't actually aircraft any longer?

This resolution doesn't apply to military aircraft.

You are defining "any" aircraft as "any commercial form of air transport such as airliners, helicopters, blimps, or light aircraft", essentially blocking any future resolution on any aircraft whatsoever. Was that your intention?

[Kaboomlandia]

This resolution doesn't apply to military aircraft.

You are defining "any" aircraft as "any commercial form of air transport such as airliners, helicopters, blimps, or light aircraft", essentially blocking any future resolution on any aircraft whatsoever. Was that your intention?

No. My intention is to legislate civilian commercial aircraft only.