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41 Cards in this Set
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What do you do to correct, update, or pre-plan information |
Use an X to delete a climb / descend and maintain Arrow, at or above so below symbol, a crew symbol, and unwanted altitude information. |
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When do you use a horizontal line to correct information such as call signs or barcodes? |
When you need to correct or update the pre plan info |
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Strip marking procedures What goes in Block 1 |
Aircraft identification, call sign not to exceed 7 alphanumeric characters |
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Strip marking procedures Block 3 |
Number of aircraft if more than one, heavy aircraft indicator. |
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Strip marking procedures Block 5 |
Secondary radar 4 digit Beacon code, numbers 1 through 7 |
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Strip marking procedures Block 9 |
Clearance limit, route, altitude, altitude restrictions and other information |
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What is the primary purpose of the ATC system |
Prevent collisions, provide a safe orderly and expeditious flow of traffic |
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Duty priority |
Get first priority to separating aircraft in issuing safety alerts |
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When do you issue a safety alert |
Issue a safety alert to an aircraft if you are aware the aircraft is in a position such as altitude which in your judgment places at an unsafe proximity. |
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Terrain and obstruction alert |
Controllers judgement places the aircraft in unsafe proximity to drain / instructions Phraseology "low altitude alert call sign check your altitude immediately" |
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When is additional Services required |
Required when the work situation permits |
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The ability to provide additional Services Limited by what factors |
Volume of traffic, frequency congestion, controller workload |
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When do you provide priority handling to civilian air ambulance flights? |
MEDEVAC call sign indicates that operational priority is requested |
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When requested by a pilot what do you provide |
Notifications to expedite ground handling a patient's, vital organs, urgently needed medical materials |
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Distress |
Condition of being threatened by serious and or imminent danger |
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Urgency |
Being concerned about safety and of requiring timely but not immediate assistance |
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Emergency Beacon code |
Sign code 7700 when the pilot declared an emergency in the aircraft does not radar identified. 7700 (7 7 not going to heaven) |
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Emergency frequencies |
121.5 and 243.0 |
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What is the minimum required information for in-flight emergencies |
Aircraft identification and type, nature of emergency, and Pilots desires |
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Primary crash alarm system (pcas) |
One Touch activation and instantly Rings all emergency response agencies simultaneously when activated in the tower. |
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Minimum fuel |
Aircast fuel supply has reached a state where upon reaching a destination they can accept a little to no delay |
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Lost communication |
Loss of the ability to communicate By Radio. (NORDO) |
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7600 |
Radio fix. Pilots adjust transponder decode 7600. |
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Re-establish Communications by |
Using emergency frequencies Also attempt to re-establish Communications by having the aircraft use its transponder or make turns to acknowledge clearances and answer questions |
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when manually preparing flight progress strips use standard hand-printed characters to |
Prevent misinterpretation |
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What is the correct strip marking procedure to delete unwanted altitude information |
Use an X to delete |
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Which block of the strip will you record flight check aircraft identification |
Block 1 |
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When my information be erased on the strip |
Never |
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What is your duty priority |
Separating aircraft and issuing safety alerts |
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How is operational priority applied |
First come first serve basis |
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Expect an aircraft experiencing engine failure to use the words |
Mayday x3 |
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If the words Mayday or pan pan or not using you are in doubt that a situation consists an emergency or potential emergency handle it as? |
As an emergency |
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When a pilot declares an emergency in the aircraft is not radar identified assign Beacon code |
7700 |
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Why are radio frequency and transponder code changes to single piloted helicopters and single piloted turbojet aircraft avoided |
The pilots full attention is required |
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Who is authorized by far 91 to determine a course of action when an emergency situation is being experienced |
The pilot |
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When a vehicle experiences radio failure, how will Tower Personnel convey a general warning to the driver |
Alternating red and green light signals from the tower |
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Aircraft experiencing in Flight equipment malfunctions receive what type of handling |
Special handling |
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What information must be relayed to other controllers or facilities that will subsequently handle an aircraft experiencing an in-flight equipment malfunction |
All 4/10 details concerning the aircraft and any special handling required or being provided |
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Where are svfr operations authorized |
Class B, C, D and E and Below 10000 MSL |
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What is the SVFR visibility requirement for fixed-wing aircraft |
At least 1SM flight/ground visibility |
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An aircraft is considered overdue when it has failed to arrive at its destination, compulsory reporting Point, clearance void time or clearance limit Within? |
30 minutes of ETA |