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20 Cards in this Set
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ATC Services
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-Prevent collisions between aircraft operating in the ATC system -Organize and expedite the flow of traffic -Provide support for National Security and Homeland Defense |
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Additional Services
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-Provide additional services to the extent possible, contingent only upon higher priority duties and other factors including volume of traffic, frequency congestion, quality of radar, and workload |
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Additional services continued
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-Additional services include, but are not limited to: 1. Traffic Advisories 2. Vectors when requested by the pilot 3. Altitude deviation information, A/C with a valid Mode C 4. Advisories that traffic is no longer a factor 5. Weather and chaff information 6. Weather assistance 7. Bird activity information 8. Holding pattern surveillance, when depicted |
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Radios
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-FM nets: The radio net used to talk to personnel and vehicles. These nets are located on your control tower consoles -LMR: Hand held radios used to talk to personnel/vehicles -UHF/VHF radios: ATC radios used to communicate with aircraft -Backup UHF/VHF radios: Backup radios used when primary radio fails |
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Landlines
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-Telephone line and landline will terminate in a communication key system in the facility 1. Direct landlines 2. Two-digit lines 3. Four-digit lines 4. Shout lines |
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Intercoms
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1. Approach to arrival 2. Watch Supervisor to approach 3. Local controller to ground 3. Approach to final control -CCTLRs will provide specific guidelines for intercom use in the facility OI -According to the OSAR OI 13-204 4.5 Controllers shall use intercoms for intra-facility coordination to the maximum extent possible |
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Radio Communication
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Areas where radio communications cannot be received/transmitted are "radio blind spot"
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Pilot acknowledgement/read back
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1. Ensure acknowledgement of clearance/control instructions 2. Pilots may acknowledge using: "WILCO", "AFFIRMATIVE", or other words or remarks 3. Ensure the read back is correct 4. If incorrect of incomplete, make corrections |
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Radio Message Format
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1. Identification of A/C 2. Identification of ATC unit 3. Message, if any 4. The word "over" if required -Subsequent radio transmission shall use the same format except the identification of the ATC unit may be ommited |
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Abbreviated Transmission
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-Use the identification prefix and the last 3 digits or letters of the aircraft identification after communications have been established |
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Interphone Transmission Priority
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2. Clearance and control instructions 3. Movement and control messages -Progress reports -Departure or arrival reports - Flight plans 4. Movement of VFR messages |
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Interphone message termination
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-Operating initials used with operating forms, interphone contacts, marking of recorder tapes, cassettes, digital audiotapes, and other ATC records -A list of controllers initials will be maintained by the CCTLR -No two controllers in the same facility will have the same operating initials |
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Team position responsibilities
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-The intent of the team concept is not to hold the team accountable for the action of the individual in the event of an operational error |
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Radar Position Responsibilities
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-Initiate control instructions -Monitor and operate radios -Accept and initiate automated handoffs -Scan radar display, correlate with flight progress strop information -Ensure strip marking is completed on instructions and clearances you issue or receive -Maintain awareness of facility/sector activities -Accept and initiate non-automated -Coordinate, including point outs` |
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SWEEPS
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Weather Equipment status Emergency situations Potential sector overload Suspicious aircraft/pilot activity |
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Duty Priority
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Give first priority: -Separating Aircraft -Issuing safety alerts -Good judgment shall be used in prioritizing all other duties Provide support to national security and homeland defense activities to include, but not be limited to, reporting of suspicious and/or unusual aircraft/pilot activities Provide additional services to the extent possible, contingent only upon higher priority duties and other factors including limitations of radar, volume of traffic, frequency congestion, and workload |
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Operational Priorities
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Provide air traffic control service on a "first-come, first-served" basis as circumstances permit |
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Special Handling
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-Suggest flight path adjustments, as required, for any aircraft which will enter or penetrate an area in which a flight inspection function is being performed -Provide special handling, as required, to FAA aircraft conducting flight inspections using the call sign "Flight Check" |
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Situational Awareness
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