Block 1

MATS: Glossary - Functional Goal #1

In the provision of air traffic control and flight information service, all Air Traffic Service units must provide:

• Uniform application of approved standards and procedures

• Professional communications

• Full-time attentive flight monitoring and flight information services

(READ ONLY) Safety Charter - The strength of our Safety Management System rests with the people who provide and support Canada’s Air Navigation System (ANS). NAV CANADA’s Safety Charter embodies the safety commitment of those people: (5 points)

• Safety is a part of everyone’s job

• Safety applies to everything we do without exception

• We will meet or exceed our safety targets and our customer's expectations

• We will achieve excellence in safety through open communications

• We will make a safe system even safer

The Aeronautics Act is an act of ___ providing the basis for ___.

Parliament, the regulation of aeronautics

Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) are rules of conduct established by the Cabinet on the advice of the Minister of Transportation or by the Minister themselves.

CARs are divided into ___ parts. Generally, each part corresponds to one of the broad areas of aviation that Transport Canada Aviation (TCA) is mandated to regulate. The part most pertinent to FSS is ___.

nine, part vi: general operating and flight rules

MATS: Glossary - Air Traffic Services (with extra big list)

Includes services provided by Air Traffic Controllers and Flight Service Specialists at Area Control Centres (ACCs), Towers (TWR), Flight Service Stations (FSS) and Flight Information Centres (FICs).

• ACC provides:

  • Area Control Service

  • Terminal Control Service

  • Oceanic Control Service

  • Aircraft Movement Information Service (AMIS)

  • IFR Alerting and Flight Planning

  • Altitude Reservation Service

  • Flight Information

  • Emergency Response Procedures

• TWR provides:

  • Airport Control Service including Vehicle Control Service

  • Flight Information

  • Emergency Response Procedures

• FSS provides:

  • Aerodrome Advisory Service (AAS)

  • Remote Aerodrome Advisory Service (RAAS)

  • Vehicle Control Service (VCS)

  • Vehicle Advisory Service (VAS)

  • Flight Information

  • Emergency Response Procedures

• FIC provides:

  • Flight Information Service Enroute (FISE)

  • Pilot Briefing Service (PBS)

  • Flight Planning

  • Aviation Information Processing

  • VFR Alerting Service

  • RPAS Coordination

MATS: Glossary- Flight Service Station

An ATS unit that provides services pertinent to the arrival and departure phases of flight at uncontrolled aerodromes and for transit through mandatory frequency (MF) area

MATS: Glossary - Airport Advisory Service

The provision by an FSS of information pertinent to the arrival and departure phases of flight and for transit through an MF area.

MATS: Glossary - Mandatory frequency area

An area established at selected uncontrolled aerodromes within which aircraft are required to comply with mandatory frequency reporting procedures.

The Mandatory Frequency Area is the area (normally ___ and ___) that has been established around specific ___, within which aircraft are required to comply with specific reporting procedures. The purpose of an MF is to ensure that ___ when operating within the immediate vicinity of an uncontrolled aerodrome and ___.

5 miles, 3000 feet AAE, uncontrolled aerodromes, aircraft are operating on the same radio frequency, make specified mandatory position reports

MATS: Glossary - Vehicle Control Service

The provision by ATS units for issuing of commands and instructions to control the movements of ground traffic on manoeuvring areas at designated aerodromes.

True or False: Vehicle control service is available at sites served my Remote Airport Advisory Service (RAAS).

False, it is not available.

MATS: Glossary - Flight Information Centre (Canada & ICAO)

Canada: A centralized ATS unit that provides services pertinent to pre-flight and the enroute phase of flight
ICAO: A unit established to provide flight information service and alerting service

MATS: Glossary - Flight Information Service Enroute

The provision and receipt by a FIC of information pertinent to the enroute phase of flight

MATS: Airport Control Service

A control service provided by airport control towers to aircraft and vehicles on the manoeuvring area of an airport and to aircraft operating in the vicinity of an airport.

MATS: Area Control Centre

A facility established to provide ATC service to IFR aircraft within controlled airspace and principally during the enroute phase of flight. When equipment capabilities and controller workload permit, certain advisory/assistance services may be provided to VFR aircraft.

MATS: Glossary - Area Control Service

The control service provided by an ACC to IFR and CVFR aircraft operating within specified control areas.

MATS: Position Fundamentals - Provide flight services assigned to an operating position in accordance with…

Provide flight services assigned to an operating position in accordance with the ATS site manual for your unit.

MATS: Glossary - Operating Position

A position within a unit from which air traffic services are provided. They may be one or more operating positions within a unit.

MATS: Position Fundamentals - Before assuming responsibility for any operating position: (4 points)

• Familiarize yourself with your assigned duties

• Sign in as required in unit procedures

• Read and acknowledge all mandatory information, as determined by the unit manager

• Review appropriate operational information, for example, NOTAMs, aerodrome conditions, equipment status, and weather information

MATS: Position Fundamentals - Whether you are working alone or as an OJI with a trainee, assume responsibility for providing…

Whether you are working alone or as an OJI with a trainee, assume responsibility for providing all flight services assigned to an operating position for which you are accepting responsibility.

MATS: Position Fundamentals - True or False: A flight service specialist who assists another does not assume full responsibility for the position.

True, only an FSS who relieves a position assumes full responsibility

MATS: Position Fundamentals - Once you have accepted responsibilty for an operating position: (2 points)

• Maintain a continuous watch of ongoing operational activities

• To the extend possible, stay up to date with new operational information

MATS: Position Fundamentals - ___ is critical for flight safety.

Complete and up-to-date flight information

MATS: Relieving a Flight Service Specialist from an Operating Position - When relieving a flight service specialist from an operating position: (8 points)

1. Review the record of significant operational information prepared by the flight service specialist being relieved

2. Observe operational situations and equipment

3. Listen to communications

4. Observe current and pending traffic

5. Correlate information

6. Inform the flight service specialist being relieved that the position has been reviewed, and requested a verbal briefing

7. Ensure that you understand the verbal briefing by asking questions, as appropriate

8. Once you have understood the verbal briefing, advise the flight service specialist being relieved that the position responsibility has been transferred

MATS: Operation and Status - Verify the operating status of appropriate unit equipment as soon as possible after: (3 points)

• A transfer of operating position responsibility

• A transfer of operational unit responsibility

• The opening of a unit

MATS: Vacating an Operating Position - Do not vacate an assigned operating position unless both of the following occur: (2 points)

• You are relived by a position qualified to assume responsibility for that position

• You follow unit directives for the transfer of position responsibility.

MATS: OJI Responsibilities - When working as an OJI: (3 points)

• Monitor the operation and the trainee at all times

• Be prepared to override all frequencies and to take over operation of the position at any time without requiring the trainee to provide any details of the operation

• If safety may be jeopardized, restrict a trainee’s operational involvement

MATS: Words and Phrases - Relay the messages in ___ or ___ without ___.

standard phrases, plain language, altering the sense of the message in any way