SAA Block 1 Task 7

State the word meanings for the following: “shall” or “must”, “should,” and “will.”:

·         Shall or Must: Means a procedure is mandatory.

·         Should: Means a procedure is recommended.

Will: Means futurity, not a requirement for the application of a procedure

Describe facilities to contact reference information concerning components of the NAS or flight conditions which may have an adverse effect on air safety

Report as soon as possible to the appropriate FSS, airport manager’s office, ARTCC, approach control facility, operations office, or military operations office any information concerning components of the NAS or any flight conditions which may have an adverse effect on air safety.

Describe the pilot’s expectation on obtaining an authorization through each surface area when in contact with a radar facility

Pilots expect the radar facility to get authorization prior to entering each area.

State the Interphone Transmission Priorities

       I.            First Priority: Emergency messages including essential information on aircraft accidents or suspected accidents. After an actual emergency has passed, give a lower priority to messages relating to that accident.

    II.            Second Priority: Clearances and control instructions.

 III.            Third Priority: Movement and control messages using the following order of preference when possible, Progress reports, Departure or arrival reports, Flight plans.

  IV.            Fourth Priority: Movement messages on VFR aircraft.

What are the words used to interrupt lower priority messages?

Emergency and Control

How do you terminate a interphone message

With your operating initials

Describe when to use the words “super” and “heavy”

Whenever the aircraft you are referring to is of the Heavy or Super weight class, will be said after the aircrafts callsign during a transmission.