RAC 2

Question 1

Provided safety is not jeopardized, how shall traffic priorities be applied?

Answer 1

• An aircraft known or believed to be in a state of emergency or impaired operation shall have priority over all other aircraft.
• An aircraft landing, or in the final stages to land, has priority over a departing aircraft.
• An aircraft landing or taking off has priority over taxiing aircraft.

Question 2

What exceptions apply to the normal traffic priorities?

Answer 2

Aircraft first able to use the manouevring area has priority except:

• where a more orderly flow or significant benefit for a number of other aircraft would result by deferring this priority
• where a significant economic penalty would result
• aircraft operating in the normal pattern are given priority over aircraft operating in conflicting patterns
• aircraft in the climb given preference for routing over arriving aircraft of simillar type
• aircraft wishing to operate in the conflicting pattern for operational reasons given normal priority
• for aircraft on training instrument approach, normal priority once the aircraft commences final approach
• where prior arrangement has been made for flight inspection checks and a priority has been predetermined
• an aircraft may be given priority for a cruising level within the oceanic FIR in accordance with ICAO Doc 7030 or an ATS LOA
• where other agreed priorities have been established within RNP airspace under part 71