Section 2 - ATS General

Question 1

What is the ATC responsibility in regards to FIS?

Answer 1

Provide FIS to all aircraft which are:
a) provided with air traffic control service; or
b) otherwise known to the relevant air traffic services units

Question 2

What are the three Air Traffic Services?

Answer 2

Air Traffic Control service, Flight Information service, Alerting service

Question 3

What are the circumstances for ATC to provide Directed Traffic Information to pilots?

Answer 3

Pass traffic information to IFR aircraft when:
a) requested by pilots;
b) pilots notify intention to change level and/or track;
c) pilots notify either taxi or airborne or departure, whichever is first; or
d) you become aware of relevant traffic

Question 4

What are the three steps for handing over an aircraft to another sector?

Answer 4

As a flight moves through different volumes of airspace, responsibility must be transferred between controllers by means of:
–Prior coordination
Hand-off of jurisdiction
-Transfer the aircraft to the next controller’s frequency

Question 5

How is jurisdiction of an aircraft determined?

Answer 5

Airspace and frequency of aircraft

Question 6

How do assignable flight levels change based on QNH?

Answer 6

FL110 min >1013.2
FL115 min < 1013
FL120 min < 997
FL125 min < 980
FL130 min < 963

Question 7

Who needs clearance to fly in Class A, C, D, E, G?

Answer 7

See Airspace Class Sheet