Member Meetup November 2024

• November 6, 1500 UTC
• North Atlantic Special
• Release of 2025 NAT Guide and NAT Plotting/Planning Chart
• Non-members welcome to attend this one (see below)

Member Meetup November 2024

Hi everyone! This months OPSGROUP Member Meetup has a special focus: the North Atlantic (NAT), and upcoming changes. This will be the final monthly meetup for 2024. (🎅🎅🎅)

Here is the running order of topics – yes, a long list!

• Blue Spruce Routes removal.
• Oceanic Clearance Removal (Shanwick/Gander) coming up on Dec 4th.
• PBCS Half-Track usage.
• Use of RNP4 on the NAT, more than advertised.
• Current “Hot Errors” to avoid.
• FL280 operations.
• New NAT Doc 007 scheduled for March 2025.
• New OPSGROUP NAT Chart 2025 released today! (download your copy here)

We’ll also look at:

• New ICAO Doc 4444 coming later this month.
• FF-ICE.
• Greeland big changes for ETOPS/Alternate availability.
• OPSGROUP NAT Guide 2025 walk-through.

Join fellow members to say hello, meet some new people, discuss the latest in international ops, and get the latest from the OPSGROUP Team.

 

OPSGROUP Members

Save your spot: Register here!

OPSGROUP Member Meetup: November 6th 1500 UTC (on Zoom)
In local times: 10am, New York / 3pm, London / 4pm, Amsterdam / 7pm, Dubai

 

Non-Members

For this particular NAT Special, we are inviting non-members to participate. The North Atlantic update portion is open to everyone.

OPSGROUP NAT Special: November 6th 1500 UTC (on Zoom)
In local times: 10am, New York / 3pm, London / 4pm, Amsterdam / 7pm, Dubai

Use this link to register for the call.

 

Member Meetup – July 3rd

• OPSGROUP Meetup starts at 1900 UTC today
• New member intros, Ops Topics, Workshop, OPSGROUP Updates
• Final Agenda below: highlights are GPS Spoofing, NAT Chat, Euro Summer Ops

 

Hi all, here is the final agenda for today’s Member Meetup at 1900 UTC (Wednesday 3rd July)

Abbreviated Agenda

• Welcome!
• What’s all this about then? Quick intro to Member Meetup
• New members – 968 new people so far this year, a round of hello’s, intro’s, where you are and what you fly or operate
• OPS Topics – group discussion and action items
  • GPS Spoofing – discussion, locations, OEM updates, IRS/Hybrid infection, plan for Workshop on the issue.
  • NAT Chat – discussion of changes in 2024, RCL/OCR, Don’t Climb problem, NAT jamming.
  • Euro Summer – discussion of major pain points in Europe this summer: parking issues, ATC Strikes, CPDLC logon lists,  EU LISA.
• Workshop Projects – EVS vs LED lights, Stand Guidance, GPS Spoofing, Euro First time ops, and suggestions for new projects
• OPSGROUP Update – Report-A-Thing, Daily Brief changes, Below The Line Workshop, GoCrow/Route Check
• Danger Club – conversations about cockpit happenings we normally don’t talk about. New series, suggestions for incidents.
• Meetup Notepad: shared Google Doc

 

How do I take part?

• Meetup starts at 1900 UTC, Wednesday 3rd July – that’s 1500 New York, 2000 London, 2100 Amsterdam, 2300 Dubai.
• Register for the call here.
• For full Meetup info, visit the Meetup page in your Dashboard.
• If you have any issues registering or accessing the link, just email team @ops.group.