ATC Unit 8h.

Provides proximity warnings and resolution advisories to assist the pilot in avoiding vertical resolutions.

Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)

TCAS I provides

visual and audible proximity warning

TCAS II provides

traffic advisories (TA) and resolution advisories (RA)

Provide recommended maneuvers in a __________ direction to avoid conflicting traffic.

vertical

What is the pilot’s responsibility concerning ATC clearance and response to a TCAS advisory?

Must notify ATC of that deviation as soon as practical and notify ATC when cleat of conflict and returning to their previously assigned clearance.

(T/F) When an aircraft under your control jurisdiction is responding to an TCAS, issue control instructions that are contrary to the TCAS resolution advisory as necessary.

False

Once the responding aircraft has begun maneuver in response to an RA, when does the controller resume responsibility for approved separation?

• The responding aircraft has returned to its assigned altitude

• The responding aircraft has executed an alternate clearance and you observe that approved separation has been reestablished

• A crew member informed you the TCAS maneuver is completed, and you observe that approved separation has been reestablished