2L3 - Basic Workstation Setup Flashcards
Situation Display
Display and monitor:
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance Equipment
- Unlinked targets
- CJSs
- Coast list (in a full format)
- Altitude readouts (Mode C)
- Current weather data and history, A/R
- VMI
- Appropriate geographic map
Situation Display
When using a CSiT display, ensure that PPS brightness is at least:
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance Equipment
One level higher than other elements on the display.
Situation Display
When using a CSiT display, ensure that Alpha tags include the following minima:
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance Equipment
- ACID
- Wake turbulence category
- SFI
- Altitude readout
- VMI
- Ground speed
Situation Display
When using a CSiT display, ensure that Bravo tags include the following minima:
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance Equipment
- CJS
- Altitude
- VMI
Situation Display
When using a CSiT display, ensure that both VFR and Unlinked tags include the following minima:
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance Equipment
- Altitude
- VMI
When using inset windows, ensure they are:
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance Equipment > Inset Windows
- Placed outside sector boundaries or in areas where they do not obstruct jurisdictional traffic.
- Not used for ATS surveillance separation purposes.
not normally used in WG TCU
To provide the 3-mile separation standard, the conditions that must be met are:
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance Separation
- You provide terminal control service.
- CSiT or NARDS displays a maximum range of 120 miles from left to right.
- The ATS surveillance sources include MLAT/WAM, DND-NG, or RSE (not DND-NWS).
- Altitude readouts are displayed for both aircraft, or both aircraft are at or below 15,000 feet ASL.
- Aircraft are no farther than 80 miles from an ATS surveillance source.
Select altitude filters that include, as a minimum, the following limits:
MATS ACC > Altitude Filters
- The altitudes normally within the jurisdiction of your sector.
- The first usable altitude in any vertically adjoining airspace under the jurisdiction of another controller, plus 200 feet beyond that altitude.
(000 - FL242 for terminal) - If the boundary between vertically adjoined sectors is in RVSM airspace, 2000 feet plus 200 feet.
When should you issue landing information to pilots?
MATS ACC > Arrivals > Landing Information
If direct communication is used, issue landing information before or shortly after the descent clearance.
You need not issure information included in the current ATIS broadcast, provided that the conditions are not changing rapidly and the pilot acknowledges receipt of the broadcast.
Include the following items in landing information, as appropriate:
MATS ACC > Arrivals > Landing Information
- Wind
- Visibility and ceiling
- Altimeter setting
(If no altimeter available, inform the pilot) - Pertinent remarks from the current weather report
- STAR, including any transition
- Runway in use
- Approach aid in use
- Pertinent airport conditions, including RVR
CAVOK (ceiling and visibility OK) refers to the simultaneous occurence at an airport of all of the following meteorological conditions:
KAV-OH-KAY
MATS ACC > Glossary
- No cloud below 5000 ft, or below the highest minimum sector altitude (MSA), whichever is higher, and no cumulonimbus.
- A visibility of 6 SM or more.
- No precipitation, thunderstorm, shallow fog, or drifting snow.
SPECI
MATS ACC > Glossary
Aerodrome Special Meteorological Report
A special aviation weather observation issued at times other than on the hour, as a result of significant weather change.
SIGMET
MATS ACC > Glossary
Significant Meteorological Information
Information message issued by a meteorological watch office (MWO) to advise pilots of the occurrence or expected occurrencew of specified weather phenomena, which may affect the safety of aircraft operations, and the development of those phenomena in time and space.
List the three types of SIGMETs.
MATS ACC > Significant or Severe Weather
- WS (thunderstorm, turbulence, icing, mountain waves, low level wind shear, dust storms, sandstorms, and radioactive cloud)
- WC (tropical cyclone - TC)
- WV (volcanic ash - VA)
AIRMET
MATS ACC > Glossary
Airmen’s Meteorological Information
Information message issued by a meteorological watch office (MWO) to advise pilots of the occurrence or expected occurrence of specified weather phenomena which may affect the safety of aircraft operations and were not already included in a Graphic Area Forecast (GFA), and the development of those phenomena in time and space.
PIREP
MATS ACC > Glossary
Pilot Report
A report by a pilot pertaining to weather conditions encountered in flight.
Urgent PIREP
MATS ACC > Glossary
A pilot report containing weather information significant to the safety of the flight.
An urgent PIREP includes information on any of the following:
MATS ACC > Glossary
- Volcanic ash
- Tornadoes, funnel clouds, waterspouts
- Severe turbulence
- Severe icing
- Hail
- Low-level wind shear
- Any other reported weather phenomena considered to be hazardous or potentially hazardous to flight operations.
Forward PIREPs to:
MATS ACC > Forwarding PIREPS
- The position designated responsible for dissemination weather information, if applicable (the FIC)
- If the weather is of significance, to:
-Concerned pilots
-Appropriate FIC
-Other concerned sectors/units
PIREPs should be relayed in the following format:
MATS ACC > Forwarding PIREPS
- Position
- Time
- Altitude
- Type of Aircraft
- Meteorological conditions observed
NOTAM
MATS ACC > Glossary
Notice to Airmen
A notice distributed by means of telecommunication containing information concerning the establishment, condition, or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations.
When relaying a NOTAM, state the word NOTAM followed by appropriate data. Relay the airport or NAVAID identifier in one of the following ways:
MATS ACC > NOTAM Message Structure
- State the location name and facility type.
- Phonetically spell the identifier and the facility type.
List the four systems that the IIDS (Integrated Information Display System) incorporates:
- EXCDS (Extended Computer Display System)
- CVIDS (Computerized Video Information Display System)
- WDE (Weather Data Entry / Element)
- NARDS (NAV CANADA Auxiliary Radar Display System)
Weather Advisory (WA)
Terminav
An expression of hazardous weather conditions not predicted in the area forecast, as they affect the operation of air traffic and as prepared by the National Weather Service (NWS).
An advisory can be issued as a SIGMET, AIRMET, or PIREP.
List the three intensities of turbulence
- Light (slight chop)
- Moderate (chop affecting altitude/attitude, aircraft remains in control)
- Severe (large, abrupt changes in altitude, attitude or airspeed, momentary loss of control)
List the four intensities of icing
- Trace (ice is perceptible, but not hazardous)
- Light (rate of accumulation may become a problem if prolonged (over 1 hour))
- Moderate (short encounters become potentially hazardous, anti- or de-icing equipment or diversion is necessary)
- Severe (anti- or de-icing equipment fails to reduce or control the hazard, immediate diversion is necessary)
List the three types of icing
- Rime (rough, milky, opaque - instantaneous freezing of small droplets)
- Clear (glossy, clear or translucent - slow freezing of large droplets)
- Mixed (rime and clear occurring simultaneously)
What is the format NAV CANADA uses for NOTAMs?
The international ICAO format.
Old way: The Canadian Domestic Format
What kind of data is available in CVIDS?
All of the TCU specialties in Winnipeg Centre, nearby outside agencies, and general information:
- SVFR minima
- Location identifiers
- Fuel dumping procedures
- Aircraft identifiers
- Aircraft designators
- Approach plates
- Radar failure procedures
What is NARDS used for in Winnipeg Terminal?
A long range tool to see CYWG arrivals.
Also used as the primary display (usually on midnight shifts) when maintenance is being performed on CAATS.
With the PREEMPT Function, can you disable the hotlines?
No. The function is used to give the OJI control of the VSCS panel.
If PREEMPT is OFF, student’s microphone is disabled and overridden by the OJI for radio circuits only (hotlines remain student only).
If PREEMPT is ON, only the instructor can transmit, and hotlines switch to allow only the OJI.
Which function would you select to enable all frequencies at the same time?
Tx Toggle Key
What does a yellow background on a hotline indicate?
That the circuit is active.
What does a lightning bolt indicate in the frequency box?
Frequency is set to transmit.
What does the F, E, and C in the altitude slider represent?
Flight planned, Estimate distribution, and Cleared
Decode NOTAMR.
Revised NOTAM.
