Non-radar CKT 1 Study Guide

List the equipment suffixes and what they mean.

**NO DME** /X No transponder /T Transponder with no Mode C /U Transponder with Mode C **DME** /D No transponder /B Transponder with no Mode C /A Transponder with Mode C /P Transponder with Mode C **AREA NAVIGATION (RNAV)** /Y LORAN, VOR/DME, or INS with no transponder /C LORAN, VOR/DME, or INS, transponder with no Mode C /I LORAN, VOR/DME, or INS, transponder with Mode C **TACAN ONLY** /M No transponder /N Transponder with no Mode C

En route controllers may omit the word heavy in communications, except:

1. In communications with a terminal facility about heavy jet operations. 2. In communications with or about heavy jet aircraft with regard to an airport where the en route center is providing approach control service. 3. In communications with or about heavy jet aircraft when the separation from a following aircraft may become less than 5 miles by approved procedure. 4. When issuing traffic advisories.

What should you do when there are similar sounding call signs on your frequency?

1. Notify each pilot concerned 2. Notify FLM

How do you write a block altitude?

100B150 (lowest always goes first)

Flight progress data must be forwarded at least ___ minutes before the aircraft is estimated to enter the receiving facilities area.

15

How many minutes before an aircraft is estimated to enter a receiving facilities area must flight progress data be forwarded?

15

What is the North American Route Program?

A set of rules and procedures that are designed to increase the flexibility of user flight planning within published guidelines

How do you show that you have cleared an aircraft for an approach?

APCH, VR, ILS, NDB, VA, GPS with time underneath

A clearance is not complete until?

Acknowledgement or read back

Transfer radio communications and control responsibility early enough to?

Allow the receiving facility to clear the aircraft beyond the clearance limit prior to the aircraft reaching it

Other than the time component what other item should be circled in red to indicate that a flight plan or estimate has been forwarded?

Altitude

What service must ZAE provide for GWO TWR?

Approach and departure control services

Inbound information must be forwarded to approach control when?

Before the Transfer of control point

Information describing an emergency is written in?

Black (E is in red)

Occasionally what can be relayed through other aircraft?

Clearances, flight plan cancellations, search and rescue information, emergency information, etc.

Clearance void times are used at airports where....?

Communications with aircraft are difficult until airborne and there is no control tower

You cannot use the remarks section of a flight progress strip in lieu of voice coordination to pass what kind of information?

Control information

What happens when a controller receives an UTM (unsuccessful transmission message) notification to an FDIO only facility

Controller must effect manual coordination for the flight plan data and must verify it with the receiving facility within three minutes of the TCP estimate

Who is data forwarded to as an aircraft progresses along its route?

Controller to Controller within the facility and then to the receiving facility

When forwarding data, make sure the information is_____?

Correct and up to date

What follows an appropriate clearance symbol?

Dash (-) and other information to show the status of aircraft

What does the equipment suffix tell a controller?

Determines the type of clearance/routing aircraft can accept

What are the exceptions to abbreviating call signs?

Do not abbreviate similar sounding call signs, military aircraft, air carriers, civil aircraft with FAA authorized call signs

What should be done to aid in distinguishing between similar sounding call signs?

Emphasize digits, letters, similar sounding words

Use words and phrases in radio and interphone communications contained in the___?

FAA Order JO7110.65 Pilot Controller Glossary

After advising ATC of the reason, a pilot may discontinue frequency monitoring. T F

False, must have clearance to

How do you write up a manual strip?

In the same format as a machine generated strip

What should be maintained on a flight progress strip?

Maintain only necessary current data

If a read back is incorrect or incomplete____?

Make appropriate corrections

What messages are air traffic controllers authorized to transmit?

Messages necessary for air traffic control and that contribute to air safety

Identify a control tower and approach controls by___?

Name of the facility followed by Tower or Approach

When in communication with Air Force One and Air Force Two___?

Omit the word heavy regardless of type

Terminate all interphone messages with?

Operating initials

Bay headers allow for more____?

Organized traffic search since there is only one strip per aircraft in each FPA

NRP must only be entered in the remarks section of a flight plan when?

Prior coordination is accomplished with ATCSCC or by international NRP flight operations procedures

How do you write a release time on a strip?

RLS 1 MIN <call sign

How do you write a report passing on a strip?

RP 25NE HEZ/(time reported)

Flight progress strips are used to____?

Record data on air traffic and clearances that is required for control and other air traffic services

What radio messages are Air Traffic Controller authorized to relay?

Relay official FAA messages as required, To Aircraft or aircraft operators as necessary including source (not on a regular basis), To military aircraft operating on or planning to operate in IFR military training routes (IR Routes)

GWO TWR must advise ZAE of what?

Runway in use, change of runway in use prior to change, facility status, and all significant weather changes

How to you denote released your discretion on a strip?

SYD/call sign

Report leaving and report reaching go in what block on the strip?

Space 20 with altitude restrictions

Preface a clearance or instruction with___?

The aircraft ID

When using the symbol F, the fix need not be included when?

The aircraft is cleared to the posting fix or holding instructions have been issued and recorded

Forward departure time or subsequent strip posting time unless:

The assumed departure time is within three minutes of actual departure time

When an international flight entering the US requests to participate in NRP what must happen?

The en route facility that received the request must enter NRP in the remarks section of the flight plan

Omit the word "over" if ___?

The message obviously requires a reply

Both automated and non-automated environments are required to use the approved aircraft type codes contained in Appendices A-C to indicate aircraft type. T F

True

How do you abbreviate a general aviation aircraft?

Use the identification prefix and the last three digits or letters after communications have been established

When must arrival information be forwarded to GWO TWR and what must be included?

When FDIO is non operational prior to clearance permitting flight into class D surface area, to include type of approach

When do you remove a strip from its bay?

When it is no longer needed for control purposes

Plain language markings may be used___?

When necessary for clarification

When would you write a frequency in the C on a strip?

When other than standard

When must data be forwarded to GWO TWR when FDIO is operational?

When the sequence of aircraft changes and/or the aircraft is issued an approach to a runway other than the tower specified runway in use

How do you interrupt a lower priority message?

When you have an emergency or control message to transmit, use the words EMERGENCY or CONTROL "BREAK FOR CONTROL"

Locally approved identifiers and abbreviations may be used__?

Within your facility

Is GWO TWR authorized to provide visual separation between IFR arrivals and departures?

Yes provided other separation is used before and after the application of visual separation

The computer will put information in what spaces?

• 1- verification symbol • 2- revision number • 6- sector number • 7- AID • 8- estimated ground speed • 9- strip request originator • 10- strip number • 27- mode 3/A beacon code

When does an En Route controller need to use the word heavy?

• 1. In communications with a terminal facility about heavy jet operations. • 2. In communications with or about heavy jet aircraft with regard to an airport where the en route center is providing approach control service. • 3. In communications with or about heavy jet aircraft when the separation from a following aircraft may become less than 5 miles by approved procedure. • 4. When issuing traffic advisories.

An en route strip should include?

• 11- previous fix • 12- estimated time over previous strip (usually a center estimate) • 14a- plus time • 15- center estimated time over fix • 19- posted fix • 20- altitude information • 14- actual departure time(first fix posting after departure) • 17- pilot estimated time over fix • 16- actual time over the fix • 24- requested altitude

A departure strip should include?

• 15- clearance information • 18- departure time assumed or actual • 20- altitude information • 22- pilots estimated time over next fix • 28- miscellaneous control data • 29-30- TCP data and coordination indicator if required

A proposal strip should include?

• 3- AID • 4- aircraft data (number of aircraft, heavy, type, equipment suffix) • 5- filed true airspeed • 16- departure arrow • 19- fix and proposed departure time • 21- next posted fix or coordination fix • 24- requested altitude • 25- point of origin, route, and destination, ETE • 26- pertinent remarks (use plain language or words/phrases/symbols contained in .65) • 27- beacon code

When automated transfer of flight data occurs, coordination requirements may be reduced by LOA to:

• 5 minutes • Specific mileage

When En Route Flight Data Processing is not in operation, forward flight plan information to the appropriate____? and include ____ on the strip.

• ATC facility • FSS • Military Base Operations • Record the time of filing and delivery on the flight progress strips

Initiate communications with an aircraft using what format?

• Aircraft ID • ATC Facility ID • Message (if any) • The word "over" if required

What items need to be forwarded?

• Aircraft ID • Number of aircraft/H/type/equipment suffix • Assigned altitude • ETA over last reporting point/fix in your sector, or assumed departure time • Altitude at which the aircraft will enter the receiving facilities area other than assigned (including climbing to descending) • TAS • Point of departure • Remaining route of flight • Destination airport and clearance limit if other than • ETA at destination (not required for military or scheduled air carriers • Requested altitude if other than assigned (within facility only) • Assigned beacon code(when forwarded manually and aircraft is on a computer assigned beacon code) • Longitudinal separation used between aircraft at the same altitude if less than 10 minutes separation exists at the boundary • Additional non-routine information pertinent to flight safety(minimum fuel or emergencies)

What is the format for inter/intra facility communications?

• Caller states identification (Hey you! It's me!) • Receiver states position ID • Caller states type of coordination when advantageous • Caller states message • Receiver states response to message followed by initials • Caller states initials

Use authorized symbols or abbreviations for recording what information?

• Clearances • Reports • Instructions

Ensure acknowledgement from the pilot for all____?.....using___?

• Clearances or instructions issued • WILCO, ROGER, AFFIRMATIVE

Monitor interphones and assigned frequencies____?

• Continuously • Maintain adequate volume to hear all calls

What should be done to prevent and report false, deceptive, or phantom controller communications to an aircraft or controller?

• Correct the false information • Broadcast an alert on all frequencies where deceptive/phantom transmissions have been received • Collect pertinent information regarding the incident • Notify supervisor and report all relevant information pertaining to the incident

Clearance abbreviations:

• D- cleared to depart from fix • A- cleared to destination airport • F- cleared to fix • H- cleared to hold and instructions given • V- cleared over fix • Z- Tower jurisdiction • PD- cleared to climb or descend pilots discretion

Time requirements may be increased or deceased depending upon___?

• Decreased by LOA or Facility directive • Increased due to manual data processing or non radar operations

In pilot controller communication, the pilot is stating what he/she plans to do in the clearance read back, therefore it is essential that the controller.....?

• Devote his/her full attention to the read back • Verify that all essential elements are read back correctly • Separate the unexpected or unusual information from the expected information

Holding instructions must include:

• Direction from the fix • Holding fix (if not the posted fix) o Upper portion of the H indicates distance from the station to the fix • Radial, course, azimuth, or route on which aircraft will hold • Leg length if other then standard (at and below 14,000 1 min, above 14,000 1.5 mins) o Bottom portion of the H • Direction of turn • Holding airspeed or EFC time is sometimes included

Controller information is?

• Dynamic (constantly changing) • Requires prioritization (there are so many items communicated that the controller must be able to identify those which are most critical to safety) • Data is transmitted amid distractions (both the speaker and listener must focus and communicate so that the message is clearly understood and remembered)

What are the interphone transmission priorities?

• Emergency messages (including essential information on aircraft accident or suspected accidents) *you may not violate separation rules to expedite an emergency • Clearances and control instructions • Movement and control messages (progress reports, departure or arrival reports, flight plans) • Movement messages on VFR aircraft

If altitude, heading, or other items are read back by the pilot____?

• Ensure read back is complete and correct • Incorrect read backs by the pilot that are not heard and corrected by the controller have the same effect as if the controller issued an incorrect clearance.

When a flight plan is filed directly with the center, record all items given by the pilot on a ____ ?

• Flight progress strip • Flight data entry (automated) • Voice recorder

What are controllers listening responsibilities?

• Focus and pay attention • Use active listening (a form of listening and responding that focuses on the speaker...the listener must attend to the speaker fully, and then repeat, in the listeners on words, what he or she thinks the speaker has said...the listener does not have to agree with the speaker but must simply state what they think the speaker said)

Pilot controller communications require __?

• Good speaking and listening skills • Professional attitude • Assertive communication • Communication that is appropriate for the type of pilot

What information should be forwarded to FSS from airborne military flights?

• IFR flight plans • Change from VFR to IFR • Change in IFR flight plan such as o Change in destination • Aircraft ID • Departure point • Original destination • Position and time • New destination • ETA • Remarks (fuel exhaustion) • Revised ETA o Change in fuel exhaustion (given in hours and minutes)

What information is circled in red?

• Information or revised information forwarded • Minutes and altitude when a flight plan or estimate is forwarded (inter & intra) it is acceptable to circle hour and minutes even though it is not required to circle the hour

What are pilots responsible for when monitoring communications?

• Monitor communications continuously unless otherwise authorized • Pilot must receive clearance to leave an assigned frequency • Pilot will request to abandon guard on assigned ATC frequency for a mutually agreeable time period

Transmit only those messages

• Necessary for air traffic control • That contribute to air safety

When and to who should you relay operational information?

• Relay official FAA messages as required • To Aircraft or aircraft operators as necessary including source (not on a regular basis) • To military aircraft operating on or planning to operate in IFR military training routes (IR Routes)

For subsequent radio communications from the same sector/position use____?

• Same format except the ATC Facility ID my be omitted

Enter ___ in block 26 of the initial flight progress strip for ___use.

• Sector position number • To identify where information may be found in the event of Search and Rescue

When should you forward arrival information to a non approach control tower?

• Soon enough to permit adjustment to traffic flow or before issuing a clearance that requires flight within a surface area of which the tower has responsibility unless covered in an LOA

Controllers are required to _____, ____, and ________ massive amounts of _______________________.

• Speak, hear, remember • Critical operational data

Transmit the message immediately after call up when___?

• The message is short • Receipt is generally assured

Use radio frequencies only for____?

• The specific purpose for which they are intended • Radios and interphones are recorded and are official government records and may be reviewed in conjunction with operational errors, deviations, court proceedings, freedom of Information Act, etc.

When must you forward a position report over the last reporting point in the transferring facilities area?

• Time differs by more than 3 minutes from the estimate given • Requested by the controller • Agreed upon between facilities • During FDP time will update automatically via computer

Do not erase or overwrite, instead..?

• Use an X to delete unwanted altitude information, climb descend and maintain arrows, at or above/below arrows, cruise symbol • Write new altitude information immediately adjacent to old information and within the same space • Draw a horizontal line through other items • Do not draw a line through an altitude until the aircraft reports or is observed leaving the altitude

What are controller speaking responsibilities?

• Use standard phraseology • Use concise format • Enunciate clearly • Use even tone, pitch, and rate • Be specific and explicit

If the message is long or requires writing __?

• Warn the pilot before giving the message "advise when ready to copy"

NRP must be retained in the remarks section of the flight plan if the aircraft is moved due to:

• Weather, traffic, or other tactical reasons (return aircraft to originally filed route as soon as condition warrant)

When must you coordinate with the receiving facility before an aircraft departs?

• When the departure point is less than 15 minutes flying time from the boundary

When would you remove NRP from the remarks section?

• When the pilot request a change in route

Use automation in preference to manual procedures when permitted by:

• Workload • Communications • Equipment capabilities