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The flight plan may be filed before the day of operation. The RPL (repetitive flight plan) system allows filing of scheduled operation in advance. It is common practice for large commercial operators to file a season’s scheduled operations in this manner. Any changes to the filed information must be advised to the relevant ATS units.
On the day, flight plans or associated messages are normally filed via the ATS Reporting Office (ARO), or directly with IFPS. Associated messages include operators’ CNL (Cancellation), CHG (Change) and DLA (Delay) messages. All such messages must be submitted using predefined formats. The flight plan must be acknowledged by IFPS before the flight may depart. ACK (Acknowledgment), or REJ (Rejection) messages are returned by IFPS.
When accepted as correct, the flight plan is passed to the Computer Assisted Slot Allocation System (CASA). The Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU) then issues a slot or Calculated Takeoff Time (CTOT) at which the aircraft may depart. This slot time is calculated to facilitate the earliest departure time on the filed route with minimum en route delay. Sometimes restrictions apply to the flow of traffic due to congestion or poor weather conditions en route, or at particular airports, which may necessarily cause departure delays, but the object is to minimize these delays and to hold the aircraft, in so far as possible, on the ground rather than in the air.
Messages are normally transmitted to IFPS using AFTN, SITA or ARINС.
Exercise 2.7.2 Answer the questions.
1. When does the operator have to pass the information about the intended flight to the ATS?
2. How is this done?
3. How many core items are included in the flight plan filled in manually? Count them.
4. What does the repetitive flight plan system allow?
5. What is common for large commercial operators?
6. How are normally the flight plans filed?
7. What do the associated messages include?
8. How must such messages be submitted?
9. Who must the flight plan be acknowledged by and when?
10. Where is the flight plan passed in case it is considered correct?
11. Who issues a slot or calculated takeoff time concerning the particular flight?
12. When are the restrictions applied to the flow of traffic?
13. What may such restrictions cause?
14. How are messages transmitted to IFPS?
Exercise 2.7.3 Are the sentences true (v) or false (x)? Correct the false ones.
1. Before a flight can operate, the operator must pass some general information about the intended flight to the ATS units concerned.
2. It is done in order to ensure safe and controlled operation within the ATC environment.
3. This is done by filling two versions of a flight plan – both a computer and a manual ones.
4. Only the following core items are included in the flight plan:
· Aircraft Registration or Tail number
· Aircraft Type
· Communications Equipment
· Departure airport
· Destination airport
· Alternate airport
· Airway routing
· Flight Level
5. The flight plan may only be filed on the day of operation.
6. The repetitive flight plan system allows filing of scheduled operation in advance.
7. It is common practice for large commercial operators to file a yearly scheduled operations plan in this manner.
8. Any changes to the filed information must be advised to the relevant ATS units.
9. Associated messages include operators’ Cancellation, Change and Delay messages.
10. The flight plan must be acknowledged by IFPS before the flight may depart.
11. Acknowledgment, or Rejection messages are returned by IFPS.
12. When rejected as incorrect, the flight plan is passed to the Computer Assisted Slot Allocation System.
13. The Central Flow Management Unit issues a slot or Calculated Takeoff Time at which the aircraft may depart.
14. This slot time is calculated to facilitate the latest departure time on the filed route with maximum en route delay.
152. Messages are normally transmitted to IFPS using AFTN, SITA or ARINС.
Exercise 2.7.4 Give the English equivalents for the following.
Применять; пункт сбора донесений службы воздушного движения; аэронавигационное радио; расчетное время взлета; аннулирование; скопление; компьютеризированная система распределения времени вылета; центральный отдел управления потоком; выпускать; непосредственно; удерживать; истекшее время (полета); заблаговременно; намереваться; пункт; сообщение; конкретный; цель; сводить к минимуму; вручную; принимать; подтверждать; наземная сеть авиационной фиксированной связи; непременно; ограничение; отказ; вместо; предопределённый; относящийся к делу; требуемый; по расписанию; место в расписании; вариант; представлять на рассмотрение; через; передавать; снабжать; турбулентность в спутном следе.
Exercise 2.7.5 Match the terms in column A with the definitions in column B.
| A | B |
| 1. Airway | a. crowding which may happen if too many aircraft are trying to use the same airport, airway or route at the same time |
| 2. Elapsed time | b. to make easier in performance or assist in action |
| 3. Destination | c. limitation, delay |
| 4. Congestion | d. the circumstances or conditions surrounding a person, object or event |
| 5. Facilitate | e. a system which generates operational flight plans based on computer technologies |
| 6. Computer flight plan | f. calculated Takeoff Time |
| 7. Restriction | g. the airport at which the flight is planned to end and at which a landing will be made |
| 8. Operator | h. to state that a message or instruction has been received and understood |
| 9. Repetitive flight plan | i. a communications network connecting all principal airports and air traffic control centers intended for the dissemination of flight plans, NOTAMS, etc. |
| 10. Environment | j. a control area or portion of it, established in the form of a corridor equipped with navigation aids |
| 11. Slot time | k. a flight plan detailing a series of frequently operated identical flights submitted by an airline for storage and use by ATC |
| 12. AFTN | l. wake vortices present behind all aircraft generated when higher pressure air under the wingspills around the wingtip to the lower pressure area above the wing, generating a circular flow of air which is capable of rapidly rolling or even damaging a smaller aircraft |
| 13. Acknowledge | m. triptime or total airborne time from takeoff to landing |
| 14. Wake turbulence | n. an organization or company engaged in operating flights |
Exercise 2.7.6 Complete the sentences with the words in column A in exercise 2.7.5.
1. This _____ time is calculated to _______ the earliest departure time on the filed route with minimum en route delay.
2. Before a flight can operate, the _______ must pass specific information about the intended flight to the ATS units concerned, in order to ensure safe and controlled operation within the ATC _______.
3. The __________ system allows filing of scheduled operation in advance.
4. Messages are normally transmitted to IFPS using ______, SITA or ARINС.
5. ________ category is included in the flight plan.
6. _______ routing is also included in the flight plan as one of the core items.
7. Sometimes ________ apply to the flow of traffic due to _________ or poor weather conditions en route, or at particular airports.
8. A __________ constructs the operating flight plan for a particular flight.
9. The ________ is an expression to denote time en route.
10. The flight plan must be ________ by IFPS before the flight may depart.
11. Inthe ICAO Flight Plan form filled in manually you can find an empty space for the terminal aerodrome which is marked as ________ airport.
Exercise 2.7.7 What do the following abbreviations stand for?
| ATS ATC ICAO RPL ARO IFPS CNL CHG DLA CTOT AFTN SITA ARINС CFMU ACK REJ CASA |
Section 2.8 Crew Pre-Flight
Exercise 2.8.1 Read and translate the text.
(Captain check in with Crew Control)
Captain: Good morning, Jackie, I’m reporting for Flight 521 to Cork and Paris.
Crew Control Officer: Good morning, Captain. Yes, it’s going on schedule. Just to let you know there’s a change to your roster. You were rostered for Flight 592 next Monday. Your duty has been changed to Flight 521 with the same reporting time.
Captain: Thanks a lot, Jackie. I’ll jot that down in my diary. Who is my co-pilot today?
Crew Control Officer: First Officer Brady is with you today. He’s sitting over there.
Captain: Fine, and the cabin crew members?
Crew Control Officer: Well, the Senior is Frances Grey, and she’ll introduce you to the other cabin crew once you’re on board.
Captain: Thanks.
(Captain makes his way from the Crew Control area to where his co-pilot is sitting preparing for the flight.)
Captain: Hello, Garret, we’re in a bit early, aren’t we?
Co-Pilot: Good morning, Tim. We certainly are.
Captain: Let’s go to AIS. Is there anything new in the NOTAMs?
Co-Pilot: Yes. Here in Dublin, taxiway B1 and part of the apron are closed due to work in progress and will be for the next week or so. There are one or two notes about Danger Areas in the Shannon FIR and about reduced reception range of GAR NDB.
(The Captain and Co-pilot make their way over to the Operations Officer)
Captain: Hi, there. We are on 521.
Co-Pilot: I see our aircraft is EI-CDF.
Operations Officer: Good morning, Captain. Yes! You are going to Cork and Paris. We expect you to be on time. We are not aware of any delays on that flight today. Here is the briefing folder with the documentation for your flight. I’ve shown Shannon as your first alternate. I’ve cancelled your RPL and re-filed you with IFPS on the direct route. We’ve already received the ACK message. I’ve included the latest company bulletins and FCIs along with the METARs and TAFs.
Captain: OK. Let’s check out what we have here. The latest weather information. We have AIS Office PIBs, NOTAMS for Cork, Shannon and Paris.
Captain: Company Bulletins and FCIs. The Operations Flight Plan is present and correct. The re-filed ICAO plan is OK. Have we an on-time slot for the onward leg out of Cork to Paris?
Operations Officer: CFMU have advised that there’s no restriction that affects us on any sector. No delay is expected.
Captain: Let’s look at the weather first. The departure actually doesn’t seem to be a problem. The wind here at Dublin is 270 at 8 kts; visibility 8 kilometers; broken at 3, 500 ft.; temperature 13o; dew point 9o; the QNH is 1022 hectopascals.
Co-Pilot: Looks good. There’s a bit of rain down in Shannon with the visibility generally good but occasionally down to 3000 meters. That is well above our minima for the VOR approach.
Captain: That’s right. Light rain, scattered at 2000, temperature 14o, dew point 10o and NOSIG.
Co-Pilot: Should be alright!
Co-Pilot: Well, they have Shannon filed as our first alternate and Dublin as our second. Both are suitable.
Captain: We’ve checked the en route weather. There isn’t anything of significance. That anticyclone is keeping most of the Atlantic frontal systems well away.
Co-Pilot: The re-filed flight plan to Cork is at flight level 240. No turbulence affecting that level is forecast.
Captain: The en-route winds for FL240 are light, just a slight headwind. No problems there.
Co-Pilot: Target fuel. They have 4.8 tonnes recommended on the computer flight plan.
Captain: That is more fuel than required. Are we tankering to give us enough for the onward leg?
Co-Pilot: No. We will have to uplift in Cork.
Captain: Yes, OK, we will take 4.8 tonnes of fuel. Now we’d better complete the performance data sheet, and work out our RTOW.
(The Pilots then set about computing aircraft performance figures on the data sheet.)
Co-Pilot: OK, what is the predicted fuel burn-off?
Captain: I’ll read it to you…it’s 1195 kilos.
Co-Pilot: Total fuel will be 4.8 tonnes.
Captain: And the taxi fuel is 132kgs.
Co-Pilot: Temperature here at the moment is?
Captain: 13o Celsius.
Co-Pilot: The active runway is runway 28.
Captain: I’ll just check the computer and see if there are any aircraft defects that will affect our planning.
(Co-Pilot reads figures aloud from the performance manual)
Co-Pilot: ICP of 4400kg. From my calculations the limiting weight is based on our landing weight in Cork.
Captain: Yes, it may be grooved but the runway is only 7, 000 feet long.
Co-Pilot: The operative RTOW is 51, 090 kilograms. That shouldn’t cause any planning problems.
Captain: And we don't have to worry about any atmospheric pressure or contaminated runway corrections. The pressure is high, and we don't require anti-ice on takeoff. The aircraft is serviceable and there are no carried forward defects that affect performance.
Co-Pilot: Would you like to consider using reduced thrust for takeoff?
Captain: Yes, that’s a very good idea. It will reduce wear on the engines.
Co-Pilot: We should be able to take an assumed temperature of 50° if the predicted ZFW does not change. That should give us a reduction of about 2% or 3% of No. l.
Captain: That seems satisfactory.
Exercise 2.8.2 Answer the questions.
1. Where is Flight 521 going to proceed?
2. What changes are there to the roster?
3. What is the captain going to jot down in his diary?
4. Where is the first officer at the time and what is he doing?
5. Who is going to be the senior of the cabin crew and what is she going to do for the captain?
6. Where does the captain go to talk to his First Officer?
7. What is there in the NOTAMs that may be considered as new?
8. Where is the documentation for this flight kept?
9. What is shown as the first alternate for Flight 521?
10. What document has been cancelled?
11. What sort of information has the Operations Officer included in the briefing folder?
12. What is the actual weather for Dublin?
13. What is the co-pilot’s comment concerning the chances for a VOR approach there?
14. What airports have been filed as alternates for Flight 521?
15. Why aren’t the crew afraid of the Atlantic frontal systems?
16. What is the amount of the target fuel on the computer?
17. What document are the crew going to complete now?
18. What is the predicted fuel burn-off?
19. How much fuel is it necessary to have for taxiing?
20. What is the limiting weight based on?
21. Why are the crew worried about the length of the runway at Cork?
22. Why don’t they require anti-ice on take-off?
23. What may reduce wear of the engines?
Exercise 2.8.3 Are the sentences true (v) or false (x)? Correct the false ones.
1. He is reporting for Flight 541 to London and Paris.
2. The crew control officer informs him that the flight is going on schedule.
3. The captain makes his way from the Crew Control area to where his co-pilot is sitting having a cup of coffee.
4. Luckily, there is nothing new in the NOTAMS.
5. The co-pilot informs the captain that in Dublin taxiway B3 and part of the apron are closed due to work in progress and will be for the next week or so.
6. The operations officer says that he expects them to be on time because they are not aware of any delays on that particular flight.
7. The operations officer has shown Shannon as their second alternate.
8. He has included the latest company bulletins and FCIs along with the SIGMETs and AIRMETs.
9. CFMU has advised that there is no restriction that affects Flight 521 on any sector and no delay is expected.
10. The operations officer has filed Shannon as their second alternate and Dublin as their first one.
11. The anticyclone is keeping most of the Atlantic frontal systems well away so there is nothing of significance as for the en-route weather.
12. Their cruising level is 340.
13. No turbulence affecting that level is forecast.
14. They are going to carry some extra fuel because they are tankering to have enough for the onward leg.
15. The predicted fuel burn-off is1295 kilos.
16. The total fuel will be 4.4 tonnes and the taxi fuel will be 142kgs.
17. The active runway is runway 18.
18. The limiting weight is based on their landing weight in Cork where the runway is only 7, 000 feet long.
Exercise 2.8.4 Give the English equivalents for the following.
Важность; место в расписании; незначительный; пригодный; прогноз погоды по аэродрому; перрон; топливо, необходимое для руления; расчетная загрузка топлива; загружать лишнеe топливо для последующего перелета; тяга двигателя; брать на борт; решать (задачу); износ двигателя; ведущиеся работы; масса воздушного судна без топлива; встречный ветер; район полетной информации; отрезок пути; прием; без существенных изменений; сводка фактической погоды; рабочий план полета; техническая характеристика; информационный сборник технических данных; предполетная информационная сводка; прогнозировать; радиус действия; уменьшение; удовлетворительный; план повторяющихся полетов; заново регистрировать; документы; расписание нарядов, дежурств; допускаемый; разорванная облачность; противо-обледенительная система; осведомленный; рабочая ВПП; антициклон; папка с информацией для полета; сводка; расчет; вырабатывать топливо; послужить причиной; часть экипажа, занятая обслуживанием пассажиров; загрязнённый; точка росы; центральный отдел управления потоком; дневник; служебные обязанности; цифровые данные; инструкции для летного экипажа.
Exercise 2.8.5 Match the terms in column A with the definitions in column B
| A | B |
| 1. Thrust | a. a runwaywhich is wet, snow covered, icy, has heavy rubber deposits with resulting less braking efficiency than normal |
| 2. Serviceable | b. published advice to pilotsof a temporary nature affecting their area of operations |
| 3. Bulletin | c. pre-computed fuel load calculated to facilitate the most economic operation of the flight |
| 4. Contaminated runway | d. carriage of fuel in excess of that actually required for the operation of the flight for use on subsequent flights |
| 5. Burn-off | e. fit for operation |
| 6. Target fuel | f. a line or plane along which two masses of air (warm and cold) meet, normally causing disturbed weather, with associated rain, snow, thunderstorms etc |
| 7. NOTAM | g. a system of windswhich rotates about an area of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the northern hemisphereand anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere which is usually associated with good weather |
| 8. Tankering | h. a case containing all information necessary for efficient and safe planning of the flight, provided to the pilots, by the company dispatcher prior to flight |
| 9. Cabin Crew | i. the force generated by an aircraft engine which moves the aircraft forward |
| 10. Frontal system | j. an electric or hot air aircraft system used to prevent ice accretion on critical parts of the aircraft, for example, the engines or wings |
| 11. Anti-ice | k. the condition when between 3 and 4 eighths of the sky is covered in cloud |
| 12. Anticyclone | l. the estimated or actual fuel consumed during the flight from takeoff to landing |
| 13. Scattered | m. members of the aircraft crew who are responsible for the safety of the cabin and passengers and whose duty it is to serve the passengers during flight |
| 14. Briefing folder | n. a brief notice issued by an authoritative source |
Exercise 2.8.6 Complete the sentences with the words in column A in exercise 2.8.5.
1. That _______ is keeping most of the Atlantic __________ well away.
2. The Senior is Frances Grey, and she’ll introduce you to the other _______ once you’re on board.
3. Here is the _____________ with the documentation for your flight.
4. The pressure is high, and we don't require _________ on takeoff.
5. The weather at Shannon: light rain, ________ at 2000, temperature 14o, dew point 10o and NOSIG.
6. The latest weather information. We have AIS Office PIBs, _______ for Cork, Shannon and Paris.
7. That is more fuel than required. Are we ______ to give us enough for the onward leg?
8. What is the predicted fuel _______ -off?
9. We don't have to worry about any atmospheric pressure or ________ corrections.
10. ________. They have 4.8 tonnes recommended on the computer flight plan.
11. Would you like to consider using reduced _______ for takeoff?
12. The aircraft is _______ and there are no earned forward defects that affect performance.
13. I’ve included the latest company ______ and FCIs along with the METARs and TAFs.
Exercise 2.8.7 What do the following abbreviations stand for?
| AIS CFMU FCI ICP METAR VOR ZFW NOSIG NOTAM PIB RPL RTOW TAF |
Section 2.9 Cabin Crew Briefing
Exercise 2.9.1 Read and translate the text.
Captain: Hi, Frances, what do we have today?
Cabin Manager: We have 4 cabin crew today. I'm the senior. Up front with me is RayMarnell as No. 2, and down the back are June Tierney and Patricia Johnston in the No. 3 and No. 4 positions. We have no wheelchairs today, but we do have 2 Assists, 1 UM and 3 YP’s.
Captain: OK Frances, the weather en route is reported good, and it is not too bad at Cork. It is cloudy and there is a possibility of some light rain or showers. The wind is light from the west and it is mild. The temperature is 150. We will have a fairly quick flight time of about 30 minutes. What load have we?
Cabin Manager: There are a total of 80 passengers booked: 12 executive and 68 economy passengers. 30 of them continuing on with us to Paris. We also have a VIP. He’s the MP for Cork.
Captain: Thank you very much Frances. The fuelling is almost completed and you can start boarding the passengers when it is finished. I’ll call you when it’s OK. Do you have any questions?
Cabin Manager: Will we have time to do the cabin service on this leg? It’s a very short time.
Captain: Yes, I’ll make sure to give you the go-ahead as soon as it is safe to start after takeoff.
Cabin Manager: Thanks very much Captain.
Captain: Is everything in the cabin serviceable?
Cabin Manager: The torch batteries in the forward cabin are unserviceable, but I’ve told the engineer and he’s fitting new batteries. The chute on the aft service door is indicating low pressure. The engineer is checking it now. The cabin security check is completed.
Captain: Thanks, Frances. I’ll keep you informed during the flight and I’ll speak to the passengers before takeoff.
Exercise 2.9.2 Answer the questions.
1. How many crew members are working today?
2. How many passengers requiring assistance during the embarkation and disembarkation are there on board?
3. How many children travelling alone are there on board?
4. What is the en-route weather like?
5. What is the wind direction?
6. How long is it going to take them to fly to Cork?
7. How many passengers are going to fly to Cork?
8. How many of them are going to continue their trip to Paris?
9. When can the passenger boarding process begin?
10. Who is fitting the new torch batteries in the forward cabin?
11. What is the problem with the chute on the aft service door?
12. What does the captain promise the cabin manager?
Exercise 2.9.3 Are the sentences true (v) or false (x)? Correct the false ones.
1. There are 5 cabin crew members today.
2. Patricia Johnston is the senior stewardess.
3. There are 2 wheelchairs today.
4. They also have 3 Assists, 1 UM and 2 YP’s.
5. The weather en route is reported bad but it is not too bad at Cork.
6. It is cloudy and there is a possibility of some heavy rain or showers.
7. The wind is light from the west and it is mild.
8. The temperature is 100.
9. They will have a very quick flight time of about 20 minutes.
10. There are a total of 80 passengers booked: 68 executive and 12 economy passengers.
11. 30 passengers are continuing on with them to Paris.
12. They also have a VIP.
13. He is a member of the British Royal family.
14. The fuelling is almost completed.
15. The cabin crew can start boarding the passengers when fuelling is finished.
16. The captain is interested whether everything in the cabin is serviceable.
17. The torch batteries in the rear cabin are unserviceable, but the engineer is fitting new ones just now.
18. The chute on the forward service door is indicating low pressure so the engineer is checking it now, too.
19. The cabin security check is completed.
20. The captain says he will keep the senior flight attendant informed during the flight and he will speak to the passengers immediately after takeoff.
Exercise 2.9.4 Give the English equivalents for the following.
Инвалидная коляска; должность; довольно; заказывать места; давление; бизнес-класс; заправка; посадка; фонарь; в нерабочем состоянии; вышестоящий; прилаживать; эконом-класс; тихий; желоб; в задней части воздушного судна; служебный выход; указывать; безопасность.
Exercise 2.9.5 Match the terms in column A with the definitions in column B.
| A | B |
| 1. Torch battery | a. passenger who has paid a premium fare for his/ her seat, to gain flexibility and additional comfort and service on the flight |
| 2. Fuelling | b. the process of entering an aircraft |
| 3. Boarding | c. automatically inflatable slides located on the aircraft doors for use in the event of an emergency evacuation |
| 4. Service door | d. passenger who needs special assistance when boarding and disembarking the aircraft |
| 5. Chute | e. checking the passenger cabin to ensure that no items that may affect the safety or security of the aircraft are left on board since the last flight |
| 6. Economy | f. the procedure of loading the required amount of fuel on board an aircraft |
| 7. Young person | g. teenager who is travelling alone and who may need some assistance from ground or cabin staff |
| 8. Leg | h. passenger who requires the assistance of a wheelchair to access and exit the aircraft |
| 9. Assist | i. senior cabin crew member on board, with responsibility for managing cabin safety and overseeing the service provided to passengers |
| 10. Unaccompanied minor | j. a power source for hand held lamps provided in the cabin in the event of lighting failures |
| 11. Executive | k. the section of a flight between two consecutive waypoints |
| 12. Security check | l. a child up to the age of twelve or so who is travelling without the company of an adult and who must be accompanied at all times |
| 13. Cabin manager | m. door near galleys used by catering staff for loading galley stores |
| 14. Wheelchair | n. passenger who wishes to travel at least cost |
Exercise 2.9.6 Complete the sentences with the words in column A in exercise 2.9.5.
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