ATS Services and Position

Question 1

What are the four types of services ATS personnel provide?

Answer 1

• Information Services
• Advisory Services
• Control Services
• Alerting Services

Question 2

Who provides information services?

Answer 2

All ATS personnel

Question 3

Who provides advisory services?

Answer 3

Flight Service Specialists

Question 4

Who provides control services?

Answer 4

Air traffic controllers; flight service specialists provide to vehicle only

Question 5

Who provides alerting services?

Answer 5

All ATS personnel

Question 6

What specific services are provided in information services?

Answer 6

• Flight Information Service Enroute (FISE)
• Pilot Briefing Service (PBS)

Question 7

What specific services are provided in advisory services?

Answer 7

• Airport Advisory Service (AAS)
• Remote Airport Advisory Service (RAAS)

Question 8

What specific services are provided in control services?

Answer 8

• Vehicle control service
• Airport control service
• Terminal control service
• Area control service

Question 9

Who provides Flight Information Service Enroute (FISE)?

Answer 9

Flight Service Specialists working in FICs

Question 10

Who provides Pilot Briefing Service (PBS)?

Answer 10

Flight Service Specialists working in FICs

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Flight Service Specialists

Question 12

Who provides vehicle control service?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Who provides airport control service?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Who provides terminal control service?

Answer 14

Terminal Controllers at ACC

Question 15

Who provides area control service?

Answer 15

Enroute Controllers at ACC

Question 16

Who provides alert services?

Answer 16

ATS units

Question 17

How many ATS positions are there and what are they?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

What are the staff working at a FIC?

Answer 18

Flight Service Specialists (FSS); identified by RADIO

Question 19

What do FSS working at Flight Information Centre provide?

Answer 19

• 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

Question 20

What do FSS working at Flight Service Station provide?

Answer 20

• 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

Question 21

What are the apron advisory service responsibilities?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

What are the clearance delivery controllers responsibilities?

Answer 22

• 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

Question 23

What are the ground controllers responsibilities?

Answer 23

• 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

Question 24

What are the tower controllers responsibilities?

Answer 24

• 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

Question 25

What are the terminal controllers responsibilities?

Answer 25

• 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

Question 26

What are the enroute controllers responsibilities?

Answer 26

• 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