ATS Services and Position Flashcards

1
Q

What are the four types of services ATS personnel provide?

A
  • Information Services
  • Advisory Services
  • Control Services
  • Alerting Services
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2
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Who provides information services?

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All ATS personnel

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3
Q

Who provides advisory services?

A

Flight Service Specialists

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4
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Who provides control services?

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Air traffic controllers; flight service specialists provide to vehicle only

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5
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Who provides alerting services?

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All ATS personnel

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6
Q

What specific services are provided in information services?

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  • Flight Information Service Enroute (FISE)
  • Pilot Briefing Service (PBS)
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7
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What specific services are provided in advisory services?

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  • Airport Advisory Service (AAS)
  • Remote Airport Advisory Service (RAAS)
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8
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What specific services are provided in control services?

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  • Vehicle control service
  • Airport control service
  • Terminal control service
  • Area control service
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9
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Who provides Flight Information Service Enroute (FISE)?

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Flight Service Specialists working in FICs

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10
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Who provides Pilot Briefing Service (PBS)?

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Flight Service Specialists working in FICs

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11
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Who provides Airport Advisory Service (AAS) and Remote Airport Advisory Service (RAAS)?

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Flight Service Specialists

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12
Q

Who provides vehicle control service?

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Ground controllers if airport equipped with control towers, if not then Flight Service Specialists at AAS

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13
Q

Who provides airport control service?

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Airport controllers working ground control, tower control, clearance delivery, or combination

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14
Q

Who provides terminal control service?

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Terminal Controllers at ACC

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15
Q

Who provides area control service?

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Enroute Controllers at ACC

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16
Q

Who provides alert services?

A

ATS units

17
Q

How many ATS positions are there and what are they?

A
  • 9 positions
  • Flight Service Specialist
  • Apron Advisory
  • Ground Control
  • Tower Control
  • Clearance Delivery
  • Arrival
  • Departure
  • Surveillance
  • Enroute
18
Q

What are the staff working at a FIC?

A

Flight Service Specialists (FSS); identified by RADIO

19
Q

What do FSS working at Flight Information Centre provide?

A
  • Conduct pilot briefings
  • Accept and process flight plans
  • Communicate in-flight information
  • Relay ATC clearances
  • Assist aircraft in emergency situations
  • Provide alerting services and search for VFR aircraft
  • Monitor NAVAIDs
  • Issue notices to pilots on airport conditions, NAVAID serviceability, and surface weather reports
  • Perform surface weather observations
20
Q

What do FSS working at Flight Service Station provide?

A
  • Provide AAS and RAAS
  • Control vehicles
  • Accept and process flight plans
  • Relay ATC clearances
  • Assist aircraft in emergency situations
  • Provide alerting services and search for VFR aircraft
  • Monitor NAVAIDs
  • Perform surface weather observations
21
Q

What are the apron advisory service responsibilities?

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  • Assign gates
  • Issue pushback instructions
  • Provide advisory information on other aircraft and vehicles operating on the apron
  • Identified as APRON
22
Q

What are the clearance delivery controllers responsibilities?

A
  • Issue IFR clearances for IFR aircraft
  • Provide IFR and VFR pilots with pertinent airport information
  • Create, amend, and delete FDE strips
  • Forward FDE to ground controller
  • Answer or initiate phone calls
  • Coordinate with various agencies
  • Perform various clerical tasks
  • Identified as CLEARANCE DELIVERY
23
Q

What are the ground controllers responsibilities?

A
  • Provide services normally performed by clearance delivery
  • Issue airport information to aircraft
  • Issue taxi authorization to aircraft
  • Issue authorizations for vehicle movements
  • Coordinate with tower controllers
  • Identified as GROUND
24
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What are the tower controllers responsibilities?

A
  • Issue take-off and landing clearances
  • Pass traffic
  • Ensure separation between aircraft
  • Coordinate with ground controller and ACC controller
  • Provide information services
  • Provide alerting services
  • Identified as TOWER
25
Q

What are the terminal controllers responsibilities?

A
  • Provide separation between aircrafts
  • Issue various clearances and instructions
  • Receive arrivals and hand off departures as dictated by procedures
  • Pass traffic
  • Provide weather information
  • Issue updated information as it is received
  • Coordinate with other terminal, enroute, and tower controllers
  • Provide alerting services
  • Identified as TERMINAL, DEPARTURE, ARRIVAL
26
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What are the enroute controllers responsibilities?

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  • Provide separation between aircrafts
  • Issue various clearances and instructions
  • Provide arrival information
  • Pass traffic
  • Provide weather information
  • Issue updated information as it is received
  • Coordinate with other enroute, terminal, and tower controllers
  • Provide alerting services
  • Identified as CENTRE