Abstract

Air Traffic Control (ATC) unit responsibilities during the traffic control start with the finalisation of the handover procedures and they finish by passing these responsibilities to following Air Traffic Services. So called Hand/Take over procedures. These activities could be assure by the Electronic handover/takeover device or manually. While inside the civilian ATC environment, there are precise working positions of planning controllers, who are responsible for the preparation of flight planning and all information for Executive Controller, inside the military ATC facilities, the Executive controller will prepare and provide all activities him/herself. Our research on this domain focuses on Workload analysis and a new approach to dynamic Workload SW products available for the military ATC Environment.

Highlights

  • The responsibility for the control of an aircraft shall be transferred from the Air Traffic Control (ATC) unit to the unit at the time of crossing the common control area boundary as determined by the unit having control of the aircraft or at other point or time as it has been agreed between the two units [1]

  • Handover/takeover points are published in the coordination agreement for the purpose of the electronic data exchange of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flights

  • Flight progress strip (FPS) is an electronic or paper strip containing the data from one specific flight plan, used in air traffic control for the display of flight data on a display screen or flight progress board [5]

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Summary

Introduction

The responsibility for the control of an aircraft shall be transferred from the ATC unit to the unit at the time of crossing the common control area boundary as determined by the unit having control of the aircraft or at other point or time as it has been agreed between the two units [1]. Electronic handover procedure is the basic prerequisite for adherence to safety rules in controlled airspace. It is an appropriate method for maintaining efficient air traffic flow and, last but not least, for managed coordination that does not significantly increase the workload. The requirements for efficient electronic exchange of coordination data are increasing on the contrary. According to the arrangement of the airspace, civilian Air Traffic Services (ATS) Brno is the main coordinating partner of military air traffic controllers in Náměšť. Handover/takeover points are published in the coordination agreement for the purpose of the electronic data exchange of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flights. The empirical method brings a very useful feedback about possible workload characteristics

Coordination and Data Exchange
Take Over Procedure
Hand Over Procedure
Usage of Flight Progress Strips
Paper Flight Progress Strip Management
Electronic Flight Progress Strip Management
Flight Progress Strip Performance Evaluation
Interactive Pen Flight Progress Strips
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