PRAY FOR MOJO Flashcards
MATS ACC > Glossary
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NOTAM (notice to airmen)
A notice distributed by means of telecommunication containing information concerning the establishment, condition or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to personnel concerned with flight operations.
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance > ATS Surveillance Equipment > Situation Display > Altitude Filters
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Select altitude filters that include, as a minimum, the following limits:
- The altitudes normally within the jurisdiction of your sector
- The first usable altitude in any vertically adjoining airspace under the jurisdiction of another controller, plus 200 feet beyond that altitude
- If the boundary between vertically adjoined sectors is in RVSM airspace, 2,000 feet plus 200 feet
MATS ACC > Service Fundamentals > Unit Fundamentals > Publications
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Comply with:
- Directives
- Information Bulletins
- Director Approval Letters (DAL)
- Unit procedures (They may supplement, but not contradict, procedures in this manual.)
- Memorandums
- Information Circulars (AIC)
- Agreements
- Arrangements
- Other items, as required
ATSAMM – Glossary
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AGREEMENT
An administrative or operational accord between NAV CANADA and one or more outside parties regarding the provision of Air Traffic Services.
Agreement: between NAV CANADA and an outside agency
ATSAMM – Glossary
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ARRANGEMENT
An administrative or operational accord between NAV CANADA units regarding the provision of Air Traffic Services
Arrangement: between NAV CANADA and NAV CANADA
What Information is in an Operations Directive?
Operations directives may supplement but not contradict MATS, and are used for information related to any of the following:
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- Provision of air traffic services
- Operation of aircraft, such as aircraft operating characteristics
- Amendment of current operations directives or unit documentation
- Annual reminders about seasonal operations such as snow removal, de-icing, forest firefighting, thunderstorm procedures, or runway maintenance.
What Information is in a Staff Memo?
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Staff memos are used for information of a non-operational nature
- employee relations
- unit housekeeping
- administrative practices.
Danger and restricted areas may see the following types of activity:
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- Drug patrol
- Intercept operations
- Live firing
- Fisheries patrol
- Naval activity
- High speed military exercises
ADVISORY CODES
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P – parachuting
A– acrobatic
S – soaring
T – training
F – aircraft test
H – hang gliding
M – military operations
MATS ACC > Flight Information > Information Service > Flight
Hazards
If information is available, advise pilots when their aircraft has entered, or is about to enter:
- Active Class F airspace
- Airspace restricted by the Minister
- An MOA
- Active American special-use airspace
- ATFR.
MATS ACC > Separation > Separation from Special-Use Airspace > Canadian Class F Airspace
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Do not apply separation between an aircraft and Class F airspace or a Canadian Military Operations Area (MOA) if one of the following applies:
- The aircraft is operating in an ALTRV.
- The pilot states having obtained permission from the user agency to enter the airspace.
- The user agency releases the airspace to the controlling agency
- The pilot has been cleared for a contact or visual approach.
The DAH states the times that Class F airspace is active. A user agency may release an area in part or in total when not in use to a controlling agency. In such cases, ATC may advise the aircraft that the airspace is inactive and issue a clearance. Such provisions for release should be contained in an agreement between the user and controlling agency. Areas released use assume the same airspace classification as the surrounding airspace
MATS ACC > Glossary
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FIX
A geographical location determined either by visual reference to the ground or by means of radio aids or other navigational devices.
MATS ACC > Service Fundamentals > ATS Surveillance Service
You may apply ATS surveillance control procedures, provided:
- The aircraft is identified
- The aircraft is in controlled airspace, except as described in Vectoring into Class G Airspace.
- You are in direct communication with the pilot, unless
◦ The aircraft has been cleared for an approach.
◦ You have transferred communication to the tower. - You are satisfied that the displayed ATS surveillance information is adequate.
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance > Identification > Identification Methods
You may use any of the following methods to identify an aircraft:
- Identification by Handoff or Point-Out
- Appropriate PPS Changes
- Flight Identification in ADS-B Data Tag
- Aircraft Position and Movements on Situational Display
- Data Tag ACID in Adjacent Airspace
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance > Identification > Identification Methods
Identification by Handoff or Point-Out
You may consider the aircraft identified after a handoff or point-out.
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance > Identification > Identification Methods
Appropriate PPS Changes
You may consider the aircraft identified when you observe an appropriate change in the PPS in any of the following situations:
- After the pilot is instructed to operate the aircraft’s transponder Ident feature
- After the pilot is instructed to change to a transponder code that results in linkage, or that subsequently displays the data tag
- After the pilot is instructed to change the transponder to “standby” In this situation, the PPS disappears or changes to a PSR symbol. When the pilot is requested to return the transponder to normal operation, the PPS reappears or changes to an SSR symbol. Take enough time to determine that the change is a result of the pilot’s action.
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance > Identification > Identification Methods
Flight Identification in ADS‑B Data Tag
You may consider the aircraft identified when the flight identification element in an ADS-B data tag is recognized and is consistent with the aircraft’s expected position.
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance > Identification > Identification Methods
Aircraft Position and Movements on Situational Display
You may consider the aircraft identified when you observe the aircraft on the situational display and one of the following conditions applies:
- The aircraft’s position is both:
◦ Within one mile of the departure end of the take‑off runway
◦ Consistent with the time of takeoff and the route of flight or assigned heading of the aircraft - The aircraft’s position over a fix or an OMNI and DME NAVAID is consistent with a position report received directly from the pilot, and the following apply:
◦ The aircraft’s track is consistent with the route of flight or reported heading of the aircraft.
◦ The position of the fix or the OMNI and DME NAVAID is accurately indicated on the situation display. - The aircraft’s position relative to a fix or an OMNI and DME NAVAID is consistent with a position report received directly from the pilot in the form of a DME or GPS report, and the following apply:
◦ The aircraft’s track is consistent with the route of flight or reported heading of the aircraft.
◦ The position of the fix or the OMNI and DME NAVAID is accurately indicated on the situation display. - The aircraft carries out a specified identifying turn of at least 30°, and the following apply:
◦ Except in the case of a lost aircraft, a position report received directly from the aircraft indicates that the aircraft is within ATS surveillance coverage of the area being displayed.
◦ Only one aircraft is observed to have carried out the specified turn.
◦ The track is observed to be consistent with the heading or track of the aircraft both before and after completion of the turn.
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance > Identification > Identification Doubtful or Lost
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If identification becomes doubtful or is lost, immediately do either of the following:
- Identify or re-identify the aircraft using the same technique more than once or use more than one of the techniques provided in Identification Methods.
- Terminate ATS surveillance service and apply procedural separation.
When identification is lost, inform the pilot.
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance > Identification > Identification
Doubtful or Lost
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Identification may be be doubtful due to:
- The position or movement of other aircraft
- The observation of more than 1 aircraft responding to an identification procedure
- Temporary loss of the PPS
- Coasting of PPS
- Merging of PPS
- Ambiguous PPS
- Display Clutter
- Other Circumstances
MATS ACC > ATS Surveillance > Identification > Handoffs > Transferring Controller
If an aircraft will enter another sector or unit’s airspace, initiate a handoff if any of the following apply:
- You are applying ATS surveillance separation between the concerned aircraft and another aircraft that was, is, or will be transferred.
- ATS Surveillance separation is normally applied in the receiving controller’s airspace.
- Handoffs are specified as a standard procedure in an agreement, arrangement, or unit directive.