Traffic Info & Coodination - S1 - C11

Question 1

Definition of Coordination

Answer 1

Co-ordination is the act of negotiation between two or more parties each vested with the authority to make executive decisions appropriate to the task being discharged.

Question 2

What are the two methods of coordination?

Answer 2

Tactical coordination
Standing coordination

Question 3

What is tactical coordination?

Answer 3

The co-ordination of individual aircraft to which the co-ordinating controllers are providing, or are about to provide, an ATS.
It is achieved either verbally (face-to-face or over a landline) or silently using an electronic data communications system.

Silent co-ordination procedures are to be detailed in the MATS Part 2 and Unit Military Procedures.

Question 4

What is standing coordination?

Answer 4

Co-ordination which is implemented automatically, on a permanent basis, without communication between the controllers involved.
It is effected in accordance with a written agreement between the units or sectors involved, and is only valid for the aircraft and circumstances specified in the MATS Part 2.