Air Traffic Services

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• Air Traffic Services
• Outside Controlled Airspace
• (ATSOCAS)

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ATSOCAS Review

• Initiated due to concerns raised by AAIB, UKAB,
  CAA and attendees at CAA Safety Evenings
• 5 Phases of work
• 1 Establish situation and devise work plan
• 2 Consult with airspace users and providers -
  2005
• 3 Devise and test new procedures draft new
  regulations - 2007
• 4 Consultation and policy document production
  2007/08
• 5 Review post implementation - 2009
• Single ATSOCAS policy document for all
  pilots/ATCO/FISO (civilian and military) CAP774
• All providers and users agreed on services to be
  provided, responsibilities and duty of care
  principles

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ATSOCAS Review

• Industry involvement throughout in addition to
  formal public consultation (Sep
  Dec 07)
• 12 March 2009 revised services to be introduced
• This is not just a renaming of the services, but
  a complete revision will come into effect
• Has resulted in a single set of agreed services
  for both pilots and controllers
• It is vital that all pilots have a detailed
  understanding of the revised procedures and how
  to use them

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Airspace Safety Initiative

• ATSOCAS under leadership of Airspace and Safety
  Initiative (ASI) post Phase 2
• ASI launched in 2005
• Joint CAA/NATS/MoD/AoA with input from multiple
  GA/CAT organisations
• Aim to identify key areas for action to address
  most pressing safety issues ATSOCAS /
  Infringements / Rates of Climb Descent etc
• Programme benchmarked risks and identified
  actions necessary to address issues
• Pulled together number of existing work streams
  in an effective manner. Working Group structure
  to do the detailed work
• Industry fully involved through Working Group
  membership

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ASI Structure
Oversight Group
ASI Communication Education Programme
Airspace Infringement
Commercial Air Transport
Airspace Strategy Steering Group
Co-ordination Group
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Actions Post Consultation

• Since Jan 2008 - ATSOCAS Procedures Working Group
  refined procedures
• Simplified, Clearer, Less duplication
• Addressed concerns and comments made in
  consultation responses as far as possible whilst
  meeting Statement of User Requirement
• Radiotelephony phraseology fully reviewed and
  agreed
• Interactive CD
• Further developed
• Mailed to all Commercial pilots during June/July

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Why Should I Be Concerned?

• Some of the airports outside CAS
• Blackpool, Newquay, Plymouth, Exeter,
  Farnborough, Gloucestershire, Humberside,
  Inverness, Southend, Manston, Norwich, Oxford,
  Plymouth
• Some of the airports partially linked to CAS
• Aberdeen, Bournemouth, Bristol Filton, Coventry,
  Doncaster, Durham, Newcastle
• Routings outside CAS
• Class F Advisory Routes
• Direct routings
• Dropping from an upper air route where no CAS
  exists below FL195
• Which routes do you fly that are outside CAS?

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Next Steps

• CAP774 was published June 2008
• FODCOM 25/2008 notified of the CAP publication
  and CD
• Follow up FODCOM being produced
• Air Traffic Service Providers are currently
  training their personnel
• Now is the time to ensure your pilots are
  adequately trained and can safely use the revised
  services on 12 March 2009

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The New Services and Procedures An Overview

• The suite of services consist of
• Basic Service
• Traffic Service
• Deconfliction Service
• Procedural Service
• Collectively form the UK Flight Information
  Services (UK FIS)
• 12 March 2009 - the only ATS provided in Class
  F/G airspace within the UK FIRs
• Change from separation to deconfliction
  advice
• Duty of care
• Service provision issues
• Aim is for standardised provision by all UK ATS
  providers

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Educational CD

• Created by cross industry ASI group
• Mailed to all pilots home address
• Available on ASI website
• Additional copies available free of charge on
  request from CAA

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Educational CD
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ATSOCAS

• A standardised set of ATSOCAS procedures for all
  pilots and controllers
• Defined responsibilities
• Agreed duty of care principles
• A basis for enhanced standardisation of ATS
  provision by all providers
• Success relies on all ATS providers and airspace
  users being appropriately trained and aware of
  the new services

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Any Questions?
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