Lesson 4

CAATS

4 flight plan states? FOCC

4 aircraft states?

1. Filed

   1. Pre-Taxi

2. Operative

   1. Taxi

   2. Airborne

3. Closed

   1. Arrived

4. Canceled

What are the 3 types of flight plans? EPP

• Expected

  • Primary profile used for jurisdiction, H/O, ED, strips

• Projected

  • Used only for MTCD

• Planned

  • Used only for Conflict Prediction

What is the difference between a flight plan and flight profile?

Flight plans enter CAATS, which builds a four-dimensional flight profile using data from the flight plan.

What are the 4 Ambiguous states?
which are common, what do they mean

1. Ambiguous Aircraft State (PRE) - uncommon

2. Ambiguous Spurious (SPR)
   Check the route

3. Ambiguous Route (LAT)
   Significant deviation from route, often in TS

4. Ambiguous Position (POS)
   Can not update position report.
   

What is MTCD?
Times and colours?

Medium Term Conflict Detection

Orange <20 mins
Red <5 mins

What does the green Mod mnemonic indicate? Action?

A change to a flight plan or profile that was made after the ED was sent.
Confirm via ED panel that changes have been sent verbally.

What does red TxP mean?

Action?

TxP is Acceptance Pending Overdue, or Manual Override

CPL transmitted ACC to ACC and was rejected.

Try direct to in route, if no resolution call ATOS

What does Err mean?

Action?

Estimate system is down. 

Cleared using manual Tx in ED panel.

High specific > Verbal coordination on Handoff

Where a functioning CAATS data link provides control estimates, coordinate the following data verbally

• Routes/fixes with square brackets

• Route or altitude assignments that are contrary to those defined in Inter-Unit agreement

MATS > Verbal Coordination

Where a functioning CAATS data link provides control estimates, coordinate the following data verbally:

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Where a functioning CAATS data link provides control estimates, coordinate the following data verbally:

• Loss of RVSM certification due to an equipment failure in flight

• Status of a non–RVSM aircraft authorized to operate in RVSM airspace

• Identification of an altitude as wrong way

• Identification of block altitudes

• Identification of altitude readouts that are invalid or not validated

• Identification of cruise climb altitudes

• Automatic altitude reporting turned off

• Aircraft transponder unserviceable, malfunctioning, set to standby, or turned off

• The separation minima being applied in procedural airspace if less than 10 minutes longitudinal

• Aircraft operating within an altitude reservation or engaged in an aerial survey mapping flight, or test flight

• Aircraft engaged in a formation flight

MATS > Coordination

If a clearance will become effective within another unit’s area of responsibility, coordinate with the unit before transmission to an aircraft.

If necessary, the receiving controller will inform the transferring controller of:

• .

• .

• Pertinent details to be included in the clearance

• The time period during which the clearance may be issued

15 minutes or more before an IFR or CVFR aircraft is estimated to enter an adjacent IFR unit’s area, forward the flight data and control information indicated in Flight Data and Control Information

Note: May be accomplished electronically
Note: Where units are connected by a functioning data transfer link, aircraft type, speed, SSR code assignment, point of departure, remaining portion of the flight route, and destination do not require confirmation by controllers passing and receiving estimates. If amendments to this data have been made and are not included in the original flight plan message, controller confirmation is required.