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What methods can be used to establish communication with an aircraft that has lost air/ ground communication?

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  1. Specialists (ATS Unit)
    a) other Fss
    b) Tower/ TCU/ ACC
  2. Airline
  3. Other aircraft
  4. Other agencies
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What other agencies can be contacted when trying to reach an aircraft that has lost direct communication?

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  1. Meteorological offices
  2. Police
  3. Telephone companies
  4. Department of National Defense
  5. Canadian Coast Guard
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What are some of the services provided by FIC? (10)

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  1. Pilot briefings
  2. Flight plan acceptance and processing
  3. Remote aerodrome advisories
  4. Inflight communications
  5. Relay of ATC clearances
  6. Assistance to aircraft in emergency situations
  7. Alerting and searches for VFR aircraft
  8. DF assistace
  9. NAVAID monitoring
  10. Issuance of NOTAM and weather observations
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What is the role of Tower control?

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The control of all aircraft landing and taking off and control of all VFR traffic within a control zone surrounding an airport

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What phraseology is used to identify tower control?

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“tower”

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What is the role of Ground control?

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Responsible for all movement of all air traffic and ground traffic (maneuvering area), at the airport, except landing and taking off.

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What phraseology is used to identify ground control?

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“ground”

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What is the role of Clearance Delivery?

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Main duty is to relay IFR clearances. With respect to VFR traffic, he/she performs the clerical task of preparing the flight progress strips that are given to the ground controller.

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What phraseology is used to identify clearance delivery?

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“Clearance Delivery”

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What is the role of Apron Advisory?

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Advisory on aprons through a separate apron management unit. Provides gate assignment, push-back instructions, and advisory on other aircraft and traffic on the apron.

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What phraseology is used to identify apron advisory?

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“apron”

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What services doe flight service stations provide? (9)

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  1. Aerodrome Advisories
  2. Vehicle control
  3. Flight plan acceptance and processing
  4. relay of ATC clearances
  5. Assistance of aircraft in emergency situations
  6. Alerting and searches for VFR aircraft
  7. DF assistance
  8. NAVAID monitoring
  9. Issuance of NOTAM and weather observations
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What is the role of Area Conrol Centres?

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The majority of an IFR flight will be handled by a series of controllers working in the Area Control Centre. As the flight progresses the flight will be handed from one controller to another.

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What is the role of the terminal control unit?

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A terminal control unit is established to provide air traffic control service to IFR flights and VFR flights operating within a terminal control area.

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What are the three main functions of a terminal control unit?

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  1. Arrival Control, “Arrival”
  2. Departure Control “Departure”
  3. Terminal Radar Services “Terminal”
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What two scales are used when responding to a radio check?

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  1. Readability

2. Strength

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What are the four advantages of using standard phraseology?

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  1. Uniformity
  2. Understanding
  3. Clarity
  4. Brevity
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What’s the phraseology for the number five

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What’s the phraseology for, “proceed with your message”?

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What’s the phraseology for “acknowledgement of message receipt”?

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What’s the phraseology for the radio telephony designated for a Canadian Airforce Aircraft?

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What’s the phraseology for an airspeed of 250 knots?

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speed two fife zero knots

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What’s the phraseology for the heading of 360 degrees magnetic?

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heading tree six zero

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What is the phraseology for referring to numbers, with the exception of whole thousands?

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each digit is stated separately

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What is the phraseology for issuing altimeter settings?
Issue altimeter setting as follows: A. in inches of mercury to the nearest hundredth of an inch; and B. by stating the word ALTIMETER followed by the 4 separate digits of the setting without enunciating the decimal point. Example: 30.01 ALTIMETER THREE ZERO ZERO ONE.
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What is the phraseology for transmitting whole thousands?
Transmit whole thousands by pronouncing each digit in the number of thousands followed by the word THOUSAND. Example: 5000 Five Thousand. 11000 One One Thousand.
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What is the phraseology for expressing flight level?
Express flight levels by stating the words FLIGHT LEVEL followed by 3 separate digits. Example: FL050 FLIGHT LEVEL ZERO FIVE ZERO. FL200 FLIGHT LEVEL TWO ZERO ZERO. FL250 FLIGHT LEVEL TWO FIVE ZERO.
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What is the phraseology for transmitting numbers containing a decimal?
Transmit numbers containing a decimal point with the word DECIMAL in the appropriate sequence, except as provided elsewhere in this section. Example: 122.2 ONE TWO TWO DECIMAL TWO.
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What is the phraseology for for expressing headings?
Express headings by stating the word HEADING followed by a 3-digit number to the nearest 5 degrees: A. in degrees magnetic within the Southern Domestic Airspace; and B. in degrees true within the Northern Domestic Airspace. Omit the word “magnetic” when expressing magnetic heading.
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What is the phraseology for stating a heading that is true?
State the word TRUE after the number when expressing true headings. State a north heading as HEADING 360.
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What is the phraseology for expressing distance?
Express distance in nautical miles and tenths followed by the word MILES or the abbreviation DME, as appropriate.
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What is the phraseology for expressing mach speed?
Express Mach speed by enunciating the word MACH followed by each digit of the Mach number. Example: Mach 1.3 MACH ONE DECIMAL THREE. Mach 0.82 MACH DECIMAL EIGHT TWO.
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What is the phraseology for expressing aircraft speed?
Express aircraft speed by enunciating the word SPEED, then pronouncing each digit separately followed by the word KNOTS. Example: 90 knots SPEED NINER ZERO KNOTS. 250 knots SPEED TWO FIVE ZERO KNOTS
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What is the phraseology for expressing visibility?
Express visibility in statute miles by enunciating the word VISIBILITY followed by separate digits. Example: 15 VISIBILITY ONE FIVE.
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How is the wind expressed when taking from met reports?
degrees true
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What steps must a specialist complete when taking wind from met reports
The specialist has to add or subtract the variation for the location to obtain a magnetic direction.
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What is the phraseology for expressing the names of NAVAIDS?
Airways are spoken by pronouncing each letter unless the airway starts with a J. Then the specialist must refer to the airway by using the word "JET" before the number of the airway.
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What would be the phraseology for low level airway 315?
Victor 315
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What is the phraseology for the wake turbulence categorization purposes, an aircraft certificated for a maximum takeoff weight of 300 000 lb or more.
Heavy
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What is the phraseology for ATS priority handling for a medical evacuation flight?
MEDEVAC
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How do you refer to Canadian Air Carriers with Designators?
Designator +Flight Number or Last 4 Characters of registration. (only can drop the word heavy) Example: Air Canada 231
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How do you refer to Foreign Air Carriers with Designators?
Designator +Flight Number or full registration. (Only abbreviate if using full registration or the word heavy) Example: Speedbird 54

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