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42 Cards in this Set
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Eurocontrol |
Europe Air traffic management system Split up into several FIRs |
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NAT Eastbound |
PM (EST) US to Euro |
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NAT Westbound |
AM (EST) from Europe to US |
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3 phase planning process |
Strategic, pre-tactical, tactical |
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Slot time |
AKA Wheels up time, NLT than 3 hrs prior |
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Flight plan filling |
Must be on a route than can be cleared |
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NAT RVSM |
FL290 to FL410 Reduced Vertical Separations Min. 1000 ft between flights |
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NAT flight Procedure |
Euro to Coast out point, Clear to NAT, coast in point to US squack 2000 in the NAT |
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Coast In/Out Clearance time |
NLT 30 mins prior |
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NAT Region floor |
FL055 |
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FIR |
Flight Information Region |
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MNPS |
Min. Nav. Performance Specifications, Now called NAT HLA Only in NAT not in PAC |
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PBCS |
Performance-Based Communications and Surveillance |
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OTS |
Organized Track System |
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Full Tracks OTS |
60 nm lateral separation (1 lat) RNP 10 |
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Half Tacks OTS |
30 nm lateral separation (1/2 lat) RNP 4 |
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TMI |
Track Message Indicator West Bound from Europe in AM –1130-1900Z (Shanwick) East Bound from US in PM – 0100-0800Z (Gander) |
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PosRep |
Every Waypoint or Upon request Revise if +/-3mins or > off Position, Estimate, Next MET |
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3 Diff. Clearances |
Domestic Depart, Oceanic, Domestic Arrival |
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SLOP |
Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure Mitigates collisions & wake |
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Freezing Pt of Jet Fuel |
-40 C |
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Ground Speed Cont |
TAS + Winds |
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Ground Speed Return |
TAS - Winds |
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ETP Formula (Equal Time Point) |
(Dist x GSR) / (GSc + GSr) midpoint corrected for winds |
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RA Formula (Radius of Action) |
(GSc x GSr) x ETE / (GSc + GSr) Max distance & return with reserves intact |
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Whats is ETOPS |
Extended Operations |
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FAA Definition of Polar Area |
Above 78N or below 60S |
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Polar Pos Rep |
At least every hour |
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OTRs |
Oceanic Transition Route that get you out of Japan |
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CEP |
Central East Pacific, which is from US to Hawaii |
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FTRs |
Flexible Track Routes are used to navigate thru the PAC |
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PACOTS |
Pacific Organized Track System uncharted routes in Pacific? |
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NOPAC Lateral Sep |
50 NM |
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Does PAC have MNPS |
No |
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Does PAC have SLOP |
No |
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PosRep in PAC |
every 10 lat/lot, if longer than 1:20 than every 5 degrees |
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RTS |
Random Track System from western US to PAC, then established on OTS |
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NOPAC Plane-to-place Comms |
123.45 |
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TDM |
Track Definition Message in the PAC, issued together Numbers = East to US Letters = West to Asia |
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QNE |
Indicated alt. at runway thresh |
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QNH |
Actual ALT above mean sea level |
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QFE |
Alt corrected for temp. Will read height, not altitude |