International Aviation Law for Aerodrome Planning by Chehab Salih

Author:Chehab Salih
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030568429
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Visual Aids

Visual aids can have a huge influence on the performance of an aerodrome. The relevance is illustrated by many African aerodromes, where the absence of visual aids often leads to flight cancellations.139 Chapter 5–7 prescribe the SARPs to be followed with regards to visual aids. The three chapter thematise visual aids for navigation (markings, signs, and lights), visual aids for denoting obstacles, and visual aids to denote areas of restricted use. Visual aids account for the largest number of provisions in ICAO Annex 14.

In the ADM Part IV, it is noted that additional guidance is given in the Apron Markings & Signs Handbook (AMSH) developed by the Airports Council International (ACI)140 and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).141 As per the foreword, this manual shall only supplement those provisions published by the ICAO.142 Further, it is not recommended to use the contained material “without referring to applicable laws and regulations and/or without taking appropriate professional advice.”143 Thus, an example is provided in which ICAO uses the material of other specification-generating organisation. Notwithstanding, this handbook has no binding effect. It could be a reasonable approach to integrate the guidance of the AMSH into the legal framework of ICAO. This is due to the fact that these provisions are modern compared to those in the ADM Part IV.144 This approach would be consistent with the targets of the ICAO adopted in Assembly Resolution A38-11.145 In this context, the ICAO Assembly instructed the ICAO Council to utilise the material of other “standards-making organisation in the development of SARPs, PANS and ICAO technical guidance material.”

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