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What is this?

Incomm bay

What is this?

All flights clearance history

What is this?

LAD

What is this?

FIDL

What is this?

Level selector

What is this?

Pending bay

What is this?

Route reclaim button

What is this?

Speed selector

What is this?

Clearance field

What is this?

Heading selector

What is this?

TDL highlight with reset

What is this?

Entry/exit coordination conditions

What does a grey radar border colour mean?

Normal ATC operations

What does a brown radar border colour mean?

Fallback in progress

What does a bright green radar border colour mean?

Fallback on adjacent sector

What does a purple radar border colour mean?

Maintenance in progress

What does an olive green radar border colour mean?

Replay in progress

What does recognition status denote?

Tracks whose trajectories are being compared by MTCD on a sector

What does foreground status denote?

Tracks for which an exit flight level is set, and you are the next sector in the sector sequence

What does a yellow not filled in diamond target symbol mean?

Not recognised, background track

When may a target symbol be not recognised and a background track?

OLDI activated track but not yet FDP paired

What does an orange filled in diamond target symbol mean?

Not recognised, background track

When may a target symbol be not recognised and a foreground track?

Identified as sector traffic but offer not yet received

What does an orange filled in square target symbol mean?

Recognised, foreground track- not accepted out

When may a target symbol be recognised and a foreground track?

Offered, sector traffic before accepted out or accepted out

What does an yellow filled in square target symbol mean?

Recognised, foreground track- accepted out

What does an yellow not filled in square target symbol mean?

Recognised, background track

When may a target symbol be recognised and a background track?

Manually recognised or rogue sector entry track

What are the considerations for the general set up for a radar?

Ensure SECTOR_SCALES is selected on radar background

Ensure danger areas are selected

What is mandatory/recommended for a tactical radar?

Mandatory- separation monitor, groundspeed, full flight plan

Recommended- mode S, vectors

What is mandatory/recommended for a planner radar?

Mandatory- offered bay, accepted bay, separation monitor, full flight plan

Recommended- mode S, vectors, flight messages

What are the components of the iFACTS core engine?

Trajectory prediction

Medium term conflict detection

Flight path monitoring

What does a red interaction on iFACTS mean?

Less than 5nm predicted between tracks

What does a orange interaction on iFACTS mean?

Less than 5nm predicted between tracks when uncertainty is taken into account but 5nm or greater is predicted when considering nominal positions

What does a yellow interaction on iFACTS mean?

5nm or greater predicted but not assured

What does a green interaction on iFACTS mean?

5nm or greater predicted between tracks is assured by setting headings or speeds

What does a white interaction on iFACTS mean?

Interaction based on a deviation trajectory

What does NAS stand for?

National airspace system

What does FFP stand for?

Full flight plan

What does SCC stand for?

Sector/Supplementary coordination conditions

What does TLPD stand for?

Traffic load prediction device

What does iFACTS stand for?

Interim future area control tools support

What does TDB stand for?

Track data block

What does FIDL stand for?

(iFACTS) flight information data line

What does NFL stand for?

Entry flight level

What does FDP stand for?

Flight data processing

What does RDP stand for?

Radar data paired/processing

What does SFS stand for?

System flight server

What does TDL stand for?

(iFACTS) tactical data line

What does CFL stand for?

Cleared flight level

What does BADA stand for?

Base of aircraft data

What does LAD stand for?

Level assessment display

What does FIDL stand for?

Flight information data line

What does TDL stand for?

Tactical data line

What does WFD stand for?

Workstation flight data

What does CCDS stand for?

Code callsign distribution system

What does HCS stand for?

Host computer system

What does MSO stand for?

My Sector Only

What does SCL stand for?

Supplementary Coordination Level

What does this mean?

Flight has forgotten to be outcommed and next sector is requesting it

What does this mean?

Imminent incomm (flight has been put outcomm by offering iFACTS sector)

What does this mean?

Aircraft has been outcommed and AFL does not equal XFL

What does this mean?

Foreground & recognised- Exit FL has been set and offer has been sent/auto-accepted

What does this mean?

Foreground & unrecognised- Exit FL has been sent but offer has not yet been sent

What does this mean?

Intruder- unpaired track

What does this mean?

Intruder- RDP paired

What does this mean?

Intruder- FDP paired

What does this mean?

Not recognised, background track e.g. OLDI activated track but not yet FDP paired

What does this mean?

Not recognised, foreground track e.g. Identified as sector traffic but offer not yet received

What does this mean?

Recognised, foreground track e.g. Offered sector traffic before accepted out

What does this mean?

Recognised, foreground track e.g. Sector traffic after accepted out

What does this mean?

Recognised, background track e.g. Manually recognised

What does a ROUTE TDB alert mean?

Aircraft deviates from route

What does a HDG TDB alert mean?

Aircraft deviates or does not achieve heading

What does a HOLD TDB alert mean?

Aircraft flies outside defined hold

What does a RATE TDB alert mean?

Aircraft flies outside BADA model

What does a NO TRAJ TDB alert mean?

System has no route or level information

What does a TYP TDB alert mean?

Aircraft type may be wrong

What does a S01 TDB alert mean?

S01 requesting aircraft on frequency

What does a CFL TDB alert mean?

Aircraft has deviated from or not achieved CFL

What does a NFL:XXX TDB alert mean?

Aircraft is outcommed and AFL does not equal XFL

What does a RSE TDB alert mean?

Aircraft enters sector without electronic coordination

What is the acronym for highlight precedence order?

Sneakily SELL Cecilia’s I Pad

What is the order of highlight precedence order from highest to lowest?

STCA Stage 2

STCA Stage 1

Emergency SSR code

Looksee/what if/traffic search

Late acceptance alert

Crosser/CFP

Interaction point out

Point out

What colour is associated with a STCA stage 2 point out?

Red/black

What colour is associated with a STCA stage 1 point out?

White/black

What colour is associated with an emergency SSR code point out?

Red/yellow

What colour is associated with a looksee/what if/traffic search point out?

Cyan

What colour is associated with a late acceptance alert point out?

Orange

What colour is associated with a crosser/CFP point out?

Pink

What colour is associated with a interaction point out?

Yellow

What colour is associated with a point out?

Blue

What does a yellow TDB colour mean?

Not yet InComm

What does a bright green TDB colour mean?

InComm

What does a dark green TDB colour mean?

OutComm

What does a white TDB colour mean?

Background

When will the XFL of a TDB be orange?

Not within 300ft of AFL and flight not yet left sector VOR

For a multi-sector entry aircraft in the climb, what coordination does the offering sector provide?

Highest level in the sector with an up arrow

What does a white highlight over the callsign of a TDB mean?

Imminent incomm

What does OUTCOMM in red on a TDB mean?

Forgotten to click outcomm so stolen by next sector