The ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS Program is a global cooperative training network of civil aviation training organizations and industry partners working together to develop and deliver competency-based training courses (ICAO, 2014). Since the inception of the TRAINAIR PLUS Program in 2010, the Members of the ICAO training network have grown steadily and the available ICAO-recognized training courses have also increased accordingly, however, only one customer satisfaction survey was conducted for the identification of the Members’ satisfaction level with the TRAINAIR PLUS Program. After seven years of operation, it is significant to conduct a formative evaluation of the Program. This formative evaluation is an action oriented research, with the purpose to study how the TRAINAIR PLUS Program meets its prescribed objectives, how the TRAINAIR PLUS Electronic Management System (TPEMS) contributes to the achievements of the Program objectives and, consequently, determine potential improvements of the Program. In the process of implementing this formative evaluation, four online surveys were deployed using Google Forms and questions were tailored to the TRAINAIR PLUS Program Members, ICAO qualified course developers, ICAO course validators and ICAO instructors respectively. Data collected from the four groups of respondents were analysed separately and then aggregated to generalize the overall results. Subsequently, recommendations and limitations were discussed, and conclusions were summarized from the survey results for the Program improvements.

"An international system for sharing course material can be effective only if all the material used is prepared to defined standards which ensure the complete applicability of the contents and presentation of each particular subject. The methodology to be used to achieve the systematic preparation of TRAINAIR PLUS Standardized Training Packages (STP) is set out in detail in this TRAINAIR PLUS Training Development Guide which is intended as the handbook for all STP development activities within the TRAINAIR PLUS Programme"--Page 7.

The Principles and Practice of International Aviation Law provides an introduction to, and demystification of, the private and public dimensions of international aviation law. Unlike other global sectors, the air transport industry is not governed by a discrete area of the law, but by disparate transnational regulatory instruments. Everything from the routes that an international air carrier can serve to the acquisition of its fleet and its liability to passengers and shippers for incidents arising from its operations can be the object of bilateral and multilateral treaties that represent diverse and often contradictory interests. Beneath this are hundreds of domestic regulatory regimes that also apply national and international rules in disparate ways. The result is an agglomeration of legal cultures that can leave even experienced lawyers and academics perplexed. By combining classical doctrinal analysis with insights from newer disciplines such as international relations and economics, the book maps international aviation law's complex terrain for new and veteran observers alike.

This book is based on the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Global Space Governance study commissioned by the 2014 Montreal Declaration that called upon civil society, academics, governments, the private sector, and other stakeholders to undertake an international interdisciplinary study. The study took three years to complete. It examines the drivers of space regulations and standards, key regulatory problems, and especially addresses possible improvements in global space governance. The world's leading experts led the drafting of chapters, with input from academics and knowledgeable professionals in the public and private sectors, intergovernmental organizations, and nongovernmental organizations from all the regions of the world with over 80 total participants. This book and areas identified for priority action are to be presented to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and it is hoped will be considered directly or indirectly at the UNISPACE+50 event in Vienna, Austria, in 2018. The report, a collective work of all the contributors, includes objective analysis and frank statements expressed without pressure of political, national, and occupational concerns or interest. It is peer-reviewed and carefully edited to ensure its accuracy, preciseness, and readability. It is expected that the study and derivative recommendations will form the basis for deliberations and decisions at international conferences and meetings around the world on the theme of global space governance. This will hopefully include future discussion at the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

The international community has succeeded in developing rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere from international civil aviation. This book examines the development of international law and policy in an area that has remained largely outside the general framework of international environmental law.