Mats Oral Board Rac 10

Front 1

Which aircraft are provided with a flight information service?

Back 1

Any new or amended flight information affecting attended aerodromes of departure, destination or known alternate or en-route flight shall be offered by ATS as soon as practicable after receipt to each aircraft:

• being provided with an ATC service; or
• being provided with an AFIS; or
• being operated as an IFR flight; or
• being operated VFR on an ICAO VFR flight plan.

Front 2

List examples of Met information that constitutes part of a Flight Information Service?

Back 2

Meteorological information

• SIGMET (including amended period of validity)
• SPECI
• TAF amendments
• significant information received from other flights
• appropriate altimeter setting (aerodrome QNH or zone area QNH)
• take-off and landing reports when not on ATIS.

Front 3

Other information

• traffic information in accordance with the instructions below;
• information concerning pre-eruption volcanic activity, volcanic eruptions and volcanic ash clouds;
• information concerning the release into the atmosphere of radioactive materials or toxic chemicals;
• information on the changes in the serviceability of navigation aids. In cases where failure of an aid is reported by a pilot and ground monitoring is not available, a following pilot shall be advised and requested to confirm the report. If failure is confirmed, subsequent pilots shall be advised of the fact until they are in receipt of NOTAM advice.
• information on changes in conditions of aerodromes and associated facilities, including information on the state of the aerodrome movement areas when they are affected by snow, ice or a significant depth of water;
• information on unmanned free balloons; following notification/advice from the balloon operator (e.g. NIWA) ATS personnel shall provide the following information to affected flights:

▪︎advice of the imminent release and expected tracking;

▪︎updated position and tracking information;

▪︎at least 10 minutes prior to descent and at descent, its expected tracking, and its expected position and time of impact;

• any other information likely to affect safety.

Back 3

Describe the information passed to a flight on first contact with ATS?

Front 4

1. What relevant Met Information shall towers display?
2. On first contact with ATS, IFR flights shall be informed of relevant MET and other information. What is the time frame that this pertains to?
3. New or amended flight information shall be offered to active flights within a sector/unit area of responsibility and to flights entering the area. What is the time frame that this pertains to?

Back 4

1. SIGMET shall be displayed by all towers, ATC sectors and flight information sectors. Units/Towers shall display SPECI and TAF AMD until the responsibilities of RAC 10 S1.1 ATS initiative, including the 60 minute requirement, have been discharged. In addition towers shall display SPECI and TAF AMD for their aerodrome until the information is amended or cancelled.
2. On first contact with ATS, IFR flights shall be informed of relevant MET and other information that has been issued during the preceding 60 minutes.
3. New or amended flight information shall be offered to active flights within a sector/unit's area of responsibility and to flights entering the area within 10 minutes of receipt.

Front 5

Who shall issue traffic information and what is the purpose?

Back 5

Traffic information is issued by an ATS unit to alert a pilot, IFR or VFR, to other known or observed air traffic which may be in such proximity to the position or intended route of flight as to be significant to one another, and to help the pilot avoid a collision.

Front 6

When passing Traffic information to IFR and/or VFR aircraft. List the information given to a pilot regarding the other aircraft , in the correct order?

Back 6

• the word "TRAFFIC"
• direction of flight, or nature of operation
• aircraft type
• level (if known)
• position information, including as appropriate:
• present position and/or track; or
• relative bearing and distance; or
• ETO at an appropriate reporting point; or
• ETP. Phraseology format: "TRAFFIC, (direction) -BOUND (aircraft type) (level) (position information)"

Front 7

When shall traffic information be passed to IFR aircraft in Class G airspace?

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Front 8

Describe Traffic Avoidance advice, and when is it provided?

Back 8

Traffic avoidance advice:

• is an enhancement of traffic information;
• is only provided in Class C and D airspace;
• presupposes awareness, either by a pilot or controller, of a high risk of collision;
• is intended to assist pilots but does not absolve them of the responsibility to avoid collision with other aircraft or to remain in appropriate meteorological flight conditions;
• is subject to ATC/FIS priorities Traffic avoidance advice is provided:
• when request by the pilot; or
• by a controller initiation when it is apparent that traffic information already provided will not prevent a collision. Traffic avoidance advice may specify manoeuvres to assist a pilot in avoiding a collision such as:
• Vectoring by a radar controller
• Re-routing
• Holding
• Altitude change.

Phraseology: "SUGGEST (suggested action)"

Front 9

Certain movement data in respect of non controlled flights, shall be exchanged promptly between Towers and Flight Information sectors (ACC/FIC). Give 3 examples of such data?

Back 9

Movement data in respect of non-controlled flights shall be exchanged promptly between ATS units and operating positions as follows. From Towers/Aerodrome Flight Information Service units to ACC/FIC sector(s):

• Position reports received from aircraft that specifically indicate departure on an international IFR or an international VFR flight plan or termination of such plans at unattended aerodromes outside controlled airspace. Position reports from other VFR flights are not required to be transmitted to FIC sectors
• All available information relating to overdue or unreported aircraft
• Any other significant information.

Front 10

When shall an ATIS broadcast be updated?

Back 10

Recorded ATIS messages shall be checked for accuracy and clarity, in particular the QNH value, and any discrepancies found shall be rectified by issue of a new broadcast identified by the next consecutive designator.

ATIS broadcasts shall be revised and updated immediately:

• the instrument approach is changed;
• the take-off or landing runway is changed;
• changes occur in the operational status of the aerodrome and its facilities;
• the meteorological conditions change through or by the criteria detailed in the MET section "Take-off and Landing Report Revision Criteria".

Front 11

Where ATIS is not available, what information is passed to arriving IFR aircraft?

Back 11

The following information shall be passed to arriving IFR aircraft by the applicable approach unit:

• EXPECT (type of instrument approach. The type of approach shall be identified in accordance with criteria specified in RAC 3)
• RUNWAY (designator); status of any arresting system constituting a potential hazard
• SURFACE CONDITIONS (if significant, and if appropriate, braking action - see RAC 4)
• (any other essential operational information)
• SURFACE WIND (degrees magnetic), including significant variations
• VISIBILITY and, when applicable, RVR
• PRESENT WEATHER
• LOW CLOUD (cloud below 5000 ft above aerodrome level, or below the highest 25NM minimum sector altitude, whichever is greater; cumulonimbus (Cb) or towering cumulus (TCu))
• TEMPERATURE (for turbine aircraft, or if requested by the pilot)
• DEW POINT (if requested by the pilot)
• QNH (hectopascals)
• (any available information on significant MET phenomena in the approach and climb-out areas including wind shear, and information on recent weather of operational significance)
• REPORTED/FORECAST 2000ft WIND (degrees magnetic)

Front 12

When TWR commences watch at the beginning of the day which ATIS 'letter' shall be used?

Back 12

Individual ATIS messages shall be identified by a designator in the form of a letter of the ICAO spelling alphabet. Designators assigned to consecutive ATIS messages shall be in alphabetical order, commencing with 'ALFA' at the first broadcast or broadcast update occurring after midnight of the local day.