7110 Review Flashcards
(43 cards)
Purpose of ATC systems
To prevent collision
Additional services
Not optional if ATC is busy
Priority
Exceptions MED, EVAC, SAR, emergency (not min fuel)
IMMEDIATE
Avoid imminent situation
EXPEDITE
Prompt compliance IF time permits, give reason
Safety alert
First DUTY priority
Terrain/obstruction and aircraft conflict alert
“Low Altitude ALERT, check your altitude immediately”
Soliciting PIREP if 5000 ft ceiling or lower, visibility 5 or less, moderate turbulence
“REQUEST flight conditions”
Calm wind
Less than 3 knots
Minimum fuel
Not emergency or proximity handling
Eliminate all potential conflicts before transferring aircraft
Vectoring in another controller’s airspace required coordination
Transfer radio communications
Prior to entering adjacent controller’s airspace
Traffic advisories
Traffic, clock, miles, direction, type, ALTITUDE
Aircraft Identification #1
Abbreviate call sign November or model last 3 digits
Aircraft Identification #2
Bonanza niner niner four three six - correct
Aircraft Identification #3
American one hundred - correct
ATIS
“Verify you have information ______”
Phraseology
“Radar service terminated”
Mode C invalid is differs by more than 300 feet - first observed phraseology
PHRASEOLOGY “LOCATION altimeter, 2992, verify altitude”
Beacon codes
Radio failure 7600
Using turns to radar
Identify minimum 30 degrees
Inform aircraft position
When radar contact is established via identifying turns or beacon method
Radar contact
Initial radar id and subsequent to loss (if reestablished) BOTH
HANDOFF
Radar identification and radio communication are both transferred
SEPERATION from other aircraft and from obstructions #1
3 miles within 40 miles of antenna