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Service Fundamentals - ATS Surveillance Service
Use of ATS surveillance control procedure in preference to a procedural control procedure unless you or the pilot gain an operational advantage.
ATS Surveillance > Position Information > Navigation Assistance
Unless specifically prohibited, use ATS surveillance to provide navigation assistance if a pilot requests it.
Navigation assistance may be in the form of position information, vectors, or track and ground speed checks.
When can you provide 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
♤The arrival controller is responsible fie ensuring separation until control is transferred to the tower.
•You are satisfied that the displayed ATS surveillance information is adequate.
Can you vector an aircraft into Class G Airspace?
You may vector an aircraft into Class G Airspace if you inform the pilot and obtain the pilot’s approval.
Equipment Operation and Status
Verify the operating status of unit equipment in accordance with unit procedures and the user manual for the equipment.
Do not tamper or interfere with the normal operating status of equipment.
Coordinate with the appropriate maintenance personnel the release of equipment for maintenance, taking into account the requirements of current and anticipated traffic during the period of interruption. If requested, make every effort to release equipment for routine maintenance.
ATS Surveillance Failure or Degradation
If you are not satisfied that the displayed ATS surveillance information is adequate:
•Inform the supervisor or delegated authority.
•Base subsequent control actions on direction provided in ATS directives supplemented by direction from your supervisor or delegated authority. If such direction is not available, base your actions on your assessment of the equipment.
What is the objective of Area, Terminal and Oceanic Control Service?
Issue clearances and instructions as necessary to maintain a safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of traffic under control of your unit.
Who do we provide Area, Terminal, and Oceanic Control Service to?
-IFR aircraft in controlled airspace.
-VFR aircraft in Class A and Class B airspace.
-If authorized by the Minister of Transport, CARs permits VFR operations in Class A airspace.
Give priority to providing control service. Provide other services to the fullest possible extent.
How do you apply separation basics?
Separate aircraft consistently accordingly to these fundamentals of safe, orderly, and expeditious control:
-Planning: determine the appropriate separation minimum required
-Executing: implement the selected standard.
-Monitoring: ensure that the planned and executed separation is maintained.
How far do apart do aircraft need to be separated?
To ensure an expeditious flow of traffic, operate as closely to the prescribed minimum as circumstances permit. If exceptional circumstances call for extra caution, apply greater separation than the specified minimum.
-Exceptional circumstances may include, but are not limited to, unlawful interference, adverse meteorological conditions or navigational difficulties.
SSRs and Aircraft Codes
Instruct pilots of transponder-equipped aircraft to reply to SSR interrogation by assigning the appropriate code. If required, you may assign special condition codes.
-Squawk ( four digit code).
-Squawk seven-five-zero-zero.
As pilot workload during departure and arrival is extremely high, avoid issuing code changes during these phases of flight.
SSRs and Aircraft Codes > Transponders
If the PPS or data tag for a particular aircraft is not displayed as expected:
-Instruct the pilot to reset the transponder, stating the currently assigned code.
-Reset Transponder, Squawk ( four digit code).
-If resetting the transponder does not resolve the problem, assign a different code.
If an aircraft’s transponder appears to be unserviceable or malfunctioning, inform the pilot and, if appropriate, the adjacent sector or unit. If an aircraft’s transponder is set to standby or turned off, inform the adjacent sector or unit.
-When this information has been passed electronically, verbal coordination is also required.
-Your transponder appears (unserivceable/to be malfunctioning) [reason, if apparent].
SSRs and Aircraft Codes > Code Assignment
Assign an aircraft a discrete code in preference to a non-discrete code.
-If a discrete code is not assigned by ATC:
-Gliders use the non-discrete code 1202.
-VFR aircraft use the following non-discrete codes:
-12500 ASL and below: 1200
-Above 12500 ASL: 1400
-IFR and CVFR aircraft use the following non-discrete codes:
-HLA: 2000
-LLA: 1000
You may assign non-discrete code to either of the following.
-An aircraft that has cancelled or closed its IFR flight plan and is not requesting further ATS surveillance service.
-A VFR aircraft for which ATS surveillance service is being terminated.
Due to system limitations regarding the number of codes, minimize discrete code assignment changes.
What items are required to display on our situation display?
Display and monitor:
-Unlinked targets
-CJSs
-VFR CJS display is optional at IFR positions
-Coast list in a full format showing all pertinent information (to enable prompt detection of newly de-linked aircraft)
-Coast list “header” does not meet the full-format criteria.
-Controllers remove flight plans from this list only if the system does not perform this function automatically.
-The VFR Coast list need only be displayed at sectors where VFR flight is permitted.
-Altitude readouts (mode C)
-Current weather data and history, as necessary, for the provision of severe weather information
-VMI
-Appropriate geographic map
-Other features of the system may be used at your discretion.
Unlinked targets are displayed to ensure that you will have a target if de-linkage occurs or to display aircraft for which no flight plan has been entered into Fusion.
What settings are applied when using a CSiT situation display?
-PPS brightness is at least one level higher than other elements on the display.
-Data tags include minima as indicated in the following table.
Alpha Tag:
-ACID
-Wake turbulence category
-SFI
-Altitude readout
-VMI
-Ground Speed
Bravo Tag:
-CJS
-Altitude
-VMI
VFR Tag:
-Altitude
-VMI
Unlinked Tag:
-Altitude
-VMI
When using inset windows, ensure they are:
-Placed outside sector boundaries or in areas where they do not obstruct jurisdictional traffic.
-Not used for ATS surveillance separation purposes.
