Lesson 1 Flashcards
Air Traffic Services (AJT)
provides safe, secure, and efficient management for the National Airspace System and international airspace assigned to US control
Who is in charge of the ATO?
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
ATO ATC facilities are under one of the ________ service areas. (name the service areas as well)
3; Western, Central, Eastern
Under VFR whom is responsible for maintaining seperation?
PILOTS
Under IFR whom is responsible for maintaining seperation?
ATC
What is the Primary Purpose of the ATC System?
prevent collision between aircraft operating in the system and to provide a safe, orderly and expeditious flow of traffic, and to provide support for National Security and Homeland Defense
First Priority is given to __________ and ___________.
separating aircraft; issuing safety alerts
Second Priority is to provide _____________________________.
support to national security and homeland defense
_______________ shall be used in ______ all other duties based on the requirements of the situation at hand, or when encountering situations for which there is no ___________.
Good Judgement; prioritizing; written procedure
Automation procedures are used in preference to __________ when workload, communications, and equipment capabilities permit.
non automation procedures
Radar separation is used in preference to nonradar separation when it will be to an __________, and workload, communications, and equipment permit.
operational advantage
Non radar separation is used in preference to radar separation when ___________.
an operational advantage will be gained
Air Traffic Control service to aircraft is provided on a _______________ basis as circumstances permit, except for the following reasons (list all 7).
“first come, first served”
Aircraft in Distress, MEDEVAC (civilian air ambulance flights), Search and Rescue (SAR) aircraft performing a SAR mission, Presidential Aircraft, Flight Check Aircraft, Special military and civilian operations, Diverted Flights (((Don’t Make Stupid People Fly Stupid & Drunk)))
Aircraft in distress have the __________ over all other traffic.
right of way
_______________ are air traffic facilities which have NO direct control authority over either IFR or VFR traffic.
Flight Service Stations (FSSs)
Inflight
FSS Position
issues airport advisories, relays ATC clearances, advisories, or requests to pilots, monitors and restores NAVAIDs, activates and closes flight plans, assists pilots of lost aircraft
Flight Data/ NOTAM/ Coordinator
FSS Position
Disseminates IFR and VFR flight plans, initiates search and rescue, disseminates NOTAMs, performs Customs notification
Broadcast
FSS Position
makes recordings of weather and flight information, such as hazardous inflight weather advisory Service (HIWAS)
Preflight
FSS Position
briefs pilots on weather, NOTAMs, and restrictions along proposed route; applies VFR not recommended (VNR) procedures
En Route Flight Advisory Service; EFAS
FSS position
provides en route aircraft with timely and pertinent weather data; uses radio call sign “Flight Watch”
Name the types of terminal facilities
ATCT; TRACON
Name the 6 positions in the tower (ATCT).
flight data, clearance delivery, local control, ground control, tower coordinator, tower associate