GEN Chapters 5-15 Flashcards
What are the 5x mentioned callsigns for Royal flights and their definitions?
Kittyhawk - Royal/VIP flight by RAF units
Sparrowhawk - Royal/VIP flight by civil chartered aircraft
Kitty - Positioning flight by RAF
Rainbow - Kings Royal Helicopter flight
Leopard - Royal helicopter where Duke of York is captain
What callsign/codeword does the OS need to be informed of asap
DOUGHNUT
What separation is to be applied between IFR traffic and the vertical and lateral limits of an air display area?
Vertical - 1,000ft unless aircraft within display area are involved in aerobatics or high energy manoeuvres, in which case 2,000ft
Lateral - 5nm between edge of notified area and traffic operating at or below the notified upper limit
What is a high energy aerobatic or vertical manoeuvre defined as?
A mean speed of 250kts or greater
What is the code word “Operation Greenfinch/Cockaigne” indicating?
All stages of flights conducted under the open skies treaty
What is Exercise Sparrowhawk?
Used when the procedures for open skies flights are being practised
What are Night Time Fuel Saving Routes?
A series of flight plannable direct routings, available for flights exiting oceanic airspace at FL285+
What are the 4x callsigns used at NATS Swanwick?
London Control - civil ATC provided by sector controllers
Swanwick Mil - Military ATS provided by military controllers
London Information- Basic service provided by FISO
London Centre - for emergency services provided by D&D
What are the Guard frequencies?
121.5 and 243.0
What are the primary and secondary Radio stations for Central frequencies?
S1 - 132.840 - Ventnor and Winstone
S2 - 127.430 - Warlingham and Winstone
S24 - 134.460 - Warlingham and Reigate
S25 - 132.165 - Warlingham and Swingfield
S26 - 132.605 - Reigate and Chedburgh
Standby - 120.025 - Winstone and Swingfield
What is the procedure for obtaining a standby frequency?
- Requested through the GS
- GS will select appropriate frequency using SIS page and advise the OS it is in use
- OS is to ensure “in use” status and LAG/sector using it are entered on SIS page by shift supervisor
- GS will advise sector of frequency to use ensuring planner uses the “standby frequency in use” strip with revised frequency
What facilities are available from D&D?
- Triangulation service for lost aircraft
- Listening watch on emergency frequency 121.5
- Telephone patch to Military airfields (direct line)
- Airfield information for military (and most civil) airfields
What are the 2x types of STCA alerts?
Low and medium priority - white pulsating highlights joined with white pairing line. Can be acknowledged and will cease pulsing
High severity - red highlights - cannot be acknowledged
What are planner responsibilities when holding is taking place? (x6)
- Monitor tactical traffic situation and alert tac of the need to commence holding
- Suspend or modify inbound standing agreements
- Advise GS when holding at LAC levels
- Advise GS when inbound standing agreements have been suspended or modified by LTC coordinator
- If necessary, prompt TC coordinator to accept inbound traffic if it appears levels have become available
- In low vis ops, collate individual aircraft IRVR requirements and pass to TC coordinator
What are tactical responsibilities when holding is taking place? (x5)
- Ensure planner is alerted if holding may be required
- Ensure that en route holds are kept as level compact as possible. Monitor lateral extent of holding pattern
- Monitor level availability of inner TMA holds and alert planner to prompt TC coordinator if required
- Ensure that OCT is given. EAT or estimate of current delay to be transmitted
- When delays are 15 mins or greater, reduce speed of affected aircraft to absorb delay
What is an EAT?
Expected approach time - time at which an aircraft is expected to be cleared to leave the inner holding facility, following a delay, to commence approach. EATs are issued when delays exceed 20 mins
The RVR for which airfields will be displayed on the SIS?
Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, Manchester
What are the 3x RVR values?
T/D - touchdown
M/P - midpoint
S/E - stopend
When will the M/P and/or S/E values be displayed in green? When will they be black?
Green = when they are greater than either the T/D value or 800m
Black = 400m or below (all values)
