Meteorologia

CONTENTS

DOCUMENT CHARACTERISTICS............................................................................ 2

DOCUMENT APPROVAL .......................................................................................... 3

DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD .............................................................................. 4

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................ 9

PART 1 - STRUCTURE OF THE GUIDELINES....................................................... 11

1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................ 12

2. SCOPE............................................................................................................... 12

3. BENEFITS.......................................................................................................... 12

4. AIM OF THE DOCUMENT ................................................................................. 13

5. METHODOLOGY............................................................................................... 13

6. COMPETENCIES............................................................................................... 14

PART 2 – BASIC AIS TRAINING............................................................................. 15

1. INTRODUCTION TO AIS TRAINING................................................................. 15

1.1 Course management.............................................................................................................. 15

1.2 Course content and assessment process .............................................................................. 15

1.3 AIS Functions and career opportunities ................................................................................. 15

1.4 Conditions of Service.............................................................................................................. 15

1.5 National AIS organisation....................................................................................................... 16

1.6 Security.................................................................................................................................. 16

2. AVIATION LEGISLATION ................................................................................. 17

2.1 Overview of aviation legislation .............................................................................................. 17

2.2 International organisations ..................................................................................................... 17

2.3 National organisations ............................................................................................................ 17

2.4 Financing Air Navigation Services.......................................................................................... 18

2.5 Airspace................................................................................................................................. 18

2.6 Rules of the Air ....................................................................................................................... 18

3. THE AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICES ......................................... 19

3.1 Principles of AIS ..................................................................................................................... 19

3.2 Organisation of AIS ................................................................................................................ 19

3.3 Documentation ....................................................................................................................... 19

3.4 Responsibilities and functions of AIS ..................................................................................... 20

3.5 Integrated Aeronautical Information Package ........................................................................ 20

3.6 Aeronautical charts................................................................................................................. 22

4. ARO and AERODROME AIS UNITS................................................................. 24

4.1 ATS reporting office and Aerodrome AIS Unit........................................................................ 24

4.2 Flight plans ............................................................................................................................. 24

4.3 Flight crew information ........................................................................................................... 25

5. PRINCIPLES OF AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT.............................................. 26

5.1 Organisation of Air Traffic Management................................................................................. 26

5.2 Air-ground communications.................................................................................................... 26

5.3 Flight data processing ............................................................................................................ 27

5.4 ATC clearances and instructions............................................................................................ 27

5.5 Co-ordination between controllers.......................................................................................... 27

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