ATS.OR.145 Operation of air traffic control service

PRESENTATION AND UPDATING OF FLIGHT PLAN AND CONTROL DATA AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICE PROVISION

(a)The air traffic services provider should ensure that sufficient information and data are presented in such a manner as to enable the air traffic controller to have a complete representation of the current air traffic situation within the air traffic controller’s area of responsibility and, when relevant, movements on the manoeuvring area of aerodromes.

(b)The presentation should be updated in accordance with the progress of aircraft in order to facilitate the timely detection and resolution of conflicts as well as to facilitate and provide a record of coordination with adjacent air traffic services units and control sectors.

(c)An appropriate representation of the airspace configuration, including significant points and information related to such points, should be provided.

(d)Data to be presented should include relevant information from flight plans and position reports as well as clearance and coordination data.

(e)The information display may be generated and updated automatically, or the data may be entered and updated by authorised personnel.

(f)Data generated automatically should be presented to the air traffic controller in a timely manner. The presentation of information and data for individual flights should continue until such time as the data is no longer required for the purpose of providing control, including conflict detection and the coordination of flights, or until terminated by the air traffic controller.

(g)All information and data as in point (a), including data related to individual aircraft, should be presented in a manner minimising the potential for misinterpretation or misunderstanding.

PRESENTATION AND UPDATING OF FLIGHT PLAN AND CONTROL DATA AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICE PROVISION Human factors principles should be considered when establishing the provisions and procedures stipulated in ATS.OR.145. The SESAR Joint Undertaking has developed a project titled ‘Human Performance in Automation Support’ (Project Nr. 16.05), which addressed the subject. The relevant final Project Report may be found at https://www.sesarju.eu/sites/default/files/DEL_16.05-D09-Final_Project_Report_.00.01.00.pdf.

PRESENTATION AND UPDATING OF FLIGHT PLAN AND CONTROL DATA AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICE PROVISION Other information required or desirable for the air traffic control service provision may be but is not limited to:

(a)relevant meteorological information;

(b)NOTAMs;

(c)airspace-related information;

(d)status of radio navigation services and visual aids;

(e)aerodrome conditions and the operational status of associated facilities, where appropriate;

(f)unmanned free balloons; and

(g)others.

PRESENTATION AND UPDATING OF FLIGHT PLAN AND CONTROL DATA AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICE PROVISION

(a)The required flight plan and control data may be presented through the use of paper flight progress strips or electronic flight progress strips, by other electronic presentation forms or by a combination of presentation methods.

(b)The air traffic services provider should specify the procedures for annotating data and provisions specifying the types of data to be entered on flight progress strips, including the use of symbols.