IFF & TCAS

Question 1

What should you do if your IFF goes U/S while airborne?

Answer 1

Terminate the sortie and recover as soon as practicable.

Question 2

Is IFF a no-go item?

Answer 2

Yes.

Question 3

When in formation, what should you do if you receive a TCAS TA?

Answer 3

Acknowledge and visually confirm that the TA is from the other formation element and not an unidentified stranger.

Question 4

State the scenarios when TCAS may be deselected to avoid distraction.

Answer 4

During high energy manoeuvring.
When a solo student in formation has been specifically briefed.
When in the visual cct.
When conducting weapons training within a range danger area.

Question 5

State the standard way of alerting other formation members to a TCAS TA.

Answer 5

“[Your Callsign], TCAS, [Direction/ clock code], [Range], [relative ht]”

Question 6

When should TCAS II be operated in RA mode?

Answer 6

When under a DS.
When in controlled airspace (A-E).
When conducting synthetic sensor trail departures/ recoveries.
At the captain’s discretion at other times.

Question 7

Which has priority - GPWS warnings or RA instructions?

Answer 7

GPWS warnings.