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MTSU ATC TEST 2
ATB 2,8,9,30,and 14
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Aviation
Undergraduate 3
10/12/2009

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What is a Team
Definition
A group of people with a common purpose, who work together in an interdependant elaborative way in order to produce quality results.
Term

Forming

 

Definition
Looking for direction, procedures, tasking, or purpose. Getting to know each other.
Term
Storming
Definition
Competing ideas and oppinions
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Norming
Definition
leadership in roles form. roles and procedures are clairified.
Term
Preforming
Definition
Working relationships are refined. Work processes and products are improved.
Term
Task
Definition
functions help them accomplish thier work.
Term
Social
Definition
functions help them get along as a team
Term
Communication
Definition
is any verbal or non verbal  behavior that is precived by another person. Effective communication occurs when the individual on the receving end of the message interpets the message in the same way of the sender intended
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the purpose of a LOA
Definition
to supplement established operational procedual instructions when operational procedural needs require the cooperation and concurrent of other persons facilities or organzations
Term
LOAs r designed to?
Definition
minimize manual coordination and r for interfacility use
Term
some examples of facilities/ organizations in LOA
Definition
  • between air traffic control and air traffic facilities
  • air traffic facilities and airport manager
  • air traffic facility and adjacent land owner
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the review and approval authority for LOAs
Definition

regional service area but maybe delegated to

  1. air traffic representiive
  2. regional air deffense LIAISON officer
  3. air traffic manager

 

Term
6 major items on the LOA
Definition
  1. purpose
  2. cancellation
  3. scope
  4. responsibility
  5. procedures
  6. attachments
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LOAs may include but not limited to
Definition
  1. radar hand off procedure
  2.  tower en-route control service
  3. approach control service
Term
responsbility for approval of LOA rests with the
Definition
regional service area officer
Term
SOPs
Definition

provide the "how-to" on a local level

 

Term
SOPs are located?
Definition
in facility directives
Term
SOPs may contain?
Definition
  • position relief briefing
  • local strip markin procedures
  • equipment usage
Term
one purpose of Standard opperating Procedure is to 
Definition
specify jurisdictiolnal boundaries for each position/ sector
Term
Controlled Airspace
Definition
airspace of defined dimensions within which air traffic control service is provided to IFR and VFR flights in accordance with the airspace classification
Term
what is controlled airspace in the US?
Definition
class A, B, C, D, and E.
Term
class A airspace?
Definition
  • from 18,000ft to fight level 600(60,000ft)
  • all flights must operate under IFR
  • include Jet routes
  • 2 way communications required
  • 4096 transponder ( Mode C)
  • No VFR flight r allowed
Term
Class B?
Definition
  • from surface to 10,000 ft surronding the nations busiest airports
  • must have an ATC clearance
  • 2 way radio communication
  • mode C transponder
  • operable VOR or Tacan reciever
  • VFR r resticted to only stay clear of clouds and maintain 3 st miles visibility
Term
Class C?
Definition

from surface tp 4000ft and must have a mode c transponder and a two way communicaton

  • VFR aircrafts are required to stay 500ft below, 1000 ubove, 2000ft horizontally from clouds and maintain 3st mile visibility
Term
Class D?
Definition
  • from the surface to 2500ft
  • two way communication
  • and no seperaction services provided to VFR aircraft
  • VFR aircraft are required to stay 500ft below, 1000ft ubove, 2000ft horz
  • and maintain 3statute miles visibility
Term

Class E?

 

Definition
  • Controlled and is not Class A,B,C,D

 

Term
Class G?
Definition
  • Uncontrolled and normally extends from the surface upwardes to the base of the overlaying controlled airspace
Term
Special use airspace?
Definition
  • Airspace of defined dimintions identfied by an area of the surface of the earth where in activites must be confined bc of their nature and or wherein limitation maybe inpossed upon aircraft operation that are not a part of those activities
Term
What are the 7 types of special use airspace?
Definition
  • prohibited area
  • restricted area
  • warning area
  • alert area
  • controlled firing area
  • military operations area
  • national security area
Term
Prohibited Area?
Definition
  • Identfied by the letter P plus Number
  • designated airspace where the flight where aircraft is not promited without promition of using agence
Term
Restricted Area?
Definition
  • Identfied by letter Rand Number
  • designated airspace ubove US land areas or territorial waters within which flight of aircraft is not totally prhibited but is subjected to restrictions
Term
Warning Area?
Definition
  • Identified by letter W plus Number
  • airspace of defined dimintions established beyond 3 nautical miles from the coast of the United States
Term
Controlled firing Area?
Definition
  • airspace contains activity which, if not conducted and a controlled envirnment, could be hazardous to non participating aircraft
Term
MOA?
Definition
airspace of defined vertical and lateral limits established outside class A airspace for the purpose of seperating certian military training activities from IFR traffic
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