Abstract
This paper focuses on the provision of the Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS) in the Czech Republic. It examines the functioning and the requirements on the AFIS from the view of the national audit office. Specially, it examines current requirements for the training system of new AFIS officers. Based on these findings, and by comparing the AFIS with Air traffic control service (ATC), the author of the article attempts to assess whether the current training system and the requirements for the applicants are sufficient by comparing the AFIS with the Air traffic control service. The result of the analysis is the presentation of hypotheses concerning new proposals and recommendations that could be adopted to the training and regulatory framework in accordance to the fact, that AFIS belongs to Air traffic services ATS.
Highlights
Conditions for the provision of Aerodrome Flight Information Service (AFIS) in the Czech Republic has changed over the past eight years under the new European requirements
The article gives a brief explanation of the current state of provision of AFIS in the Czech Republic
It examines the extent to which the quality of the AFIS and the quality of the system of’ training correspond to the fact that AFIS falls into the ATS category
Summary
Conditions for the provision of AFIS in the Czech Republic has changed over the past eight years under the new European requirements. The main reason of the changes was the inclusion of AFIS into the category of ATS, which resulted in a large number of providers who were unable to comply with the new stringent requirements for AFIS that a large number of providers cannot meet [3]. The only documents, which could be used by the organizations providing the AFIS Officer training, are the Manual for AFIS [4], and the CAA - 211 Directive [5], Due to the fact that AFIS is the part of the ATS category, there is a need to further elaborate AFIS officers training and consider possible new requirements for candidates for AFIS officer
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