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40 Cards in this Set
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Name the three ATO service areas.
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Eastern, Western, Central
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Each FAA primary office, except the ATO, is managed by a(n)
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Associate Administrator
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The FAA ATO is managed by a(n)
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Chief Operating Officer
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AFSSs provide radar traffic advisories to VFR aircraft
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False
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The AFSS position that initiates required search and rescue situations is the
__________ position |
Flight Data/NOTAM/Coordinator
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The AFSS position that provides airport advisories is the ___________
position |
Inflight
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Briefs pilots on weather,
NOTAMs, and restrictions along proposed route; applies VFR not recommended (VNR) procedures |
Preflight
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Broadcast
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Makes recordings of weather
and flight information, such as Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS) |
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Inflight
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Issues airport advisories, relays
ATC clearances, advisories, or requests to pilots, monitors and restores NAVAIDs, activates and closes flight plans, assists pilots of lost aircraft |
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Flight Data/ NOTAM/
Coordinator |
Disseminates IFR and VFR
flight plans, initiates search and rescue, disseminates NOTAMs, performs Customs notification |
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En Route Flight Advisory
Service |
Provides en route aircraft with
timely and pertinent weather data; uses radio call sign “Flight Watch” |
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Tower Coordinator
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Performs interfacility/intrafacility
coordination, advises the Tower Positions of actions required to accomplish objectives |
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Local Control
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Initiates control instructions,
has responsibility for control of active runways, ensures separation, one of the two “Tower Positions” |
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Ground Control
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Initiates control instructions,
has responsibility control of aircraft and vehicles on taxiways and runways that are not active, ensures separation, one of the two “Tower Positions” |
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Flight Data
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Compiles statistical data,
processes and forwards flight plan information, reports weather information |
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Clearance Delivery
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Issues clearances and ensures
accuracy of pilot readback |
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Tower Associate
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Assists the Tower Positions by
performing coordination and helps to ensure separation by maintaining awareness of tower traffic |
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The position that is in direct communication with aircraft is
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Radar Position
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The position responsible for compiling statistical data and forwarding
flight plan data is |
Radar Flight Data Position
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The position responsible for ensuring separation, initiating control
instructions, managing flight strip information, and assisting the Radar Position with coordination is the |
Radar Associate Position
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The Radar Coordinator position is responsible for
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interfacility/intrafacility coordination
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From what facility would you receive a landing clearance?
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ATCT
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Name the two types of facilities that are referred to as “Terminal”
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ATCTs and TRACONs
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The first level of supervision for any ARTCC ATC specialist is known as:
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Front Line Manager
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Generally, the first contact made to an ATCT by a departing IFR aircraft is
the _______position. |
Clearance Delivery
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The mission of the TMS is to balance air traffic (blank) with
system (blank) . |
demand, capacity
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The operation of the TMS is the responsibility of the
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ATC System Command Center
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Monitoring and balancing air traffic flows within their area of
responsibility is the primary function of the |
TMU
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Arrival Sequencing
Program (ASP) |
Assigns times for aircraft
inbound to the same airport to cross an arrival fix for that airport |
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Reroutes
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Routings other than the filed
flight plan; designed to keep aircraft clear of special use airspace, congested airspace, or weather areas |
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Ground Stop (GS)
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Overrides all other TMS
programs. Aircraft remain on the ground indefinitely |
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Departure Sequencing
Program (DSP) |
Assigns departure times to
achieve a constant flow of aircraft departing from several airports and flying over the same point |
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Ground Delay Program
(GDP) |
Aircraft are held on the ground
until a specified time |
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En Route Sequencing
Program (ESP) |
Assigns departure times that
will facilitate integration into the en route traffic stream |
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The primary (BLANK) of the ATC system is (BLANK) between
aircraft operating in the system, to (BLANK) and (BLANK) the flow of traffic, and to provide support for national security and homeland defense. |
purpose, to prevent collision, organize, expedite
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(BLANK) is given to (BLANK) and (BLANK) .
Second priority is to provide support to national security and homeland defense. For everything else, good judgment shall be used in prioritizing duties. Provide (BLANK) to the extent possible. |
First priority, separating traffic, issuing safety alerts, additional services
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ATC service to aircraft is provided on a
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“first come, first served” basis
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(BLANK) are used in preference to (BLANK) when
workload, communication and equipment capabilities permit. |
automation procedures, Non-automation procedures
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(BLANK) is used in preference to (BLANK) when
it will be to an operational advantage, and workload, communications, and equipment permit. |
Radar separation , non-radar separation
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(BLANK) is used in preference to (BLANK) when
an operational advantage will be gained. |
Non radar separation , radar separation
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