Under what condition is an air traffic services unit required to establish a connection with an aircraft after accepting a data link initiation request?

If the air traffic services unit is able to correlate the request with a flight plan.

Who is responsible for establishing procedures to resolve data link initiation failures as soon as practicable?

Both the air traffic services provider and the aircraft operator are responsible for establishing such procedures.

SERA.15001 Data link initiation and data link initiation failure

Q: What must an air traffic services unit do upon receipt of a valid data link initiation request from an aircraft approaching or within the data link service area?

The air traffic services unit shall accept the request and, if able to correlate it with a flight plan, shall establish a connection with the aircraft.

Q: Where must the logon address associated with an air traffic services unit be published?

In the national aeronautical information publications (AIPs).

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SERA.15001 Data link initiation and data link initiation failure

Regulation (EU) 2023/1772

(a) The logon address associated with an air traffic services unit shall be published in the national aeronautical information publications (AIPs).

(b) Upon receipt of a valid data link initiation request from an aircraft approaching or within the data link service area, the air traffic services unit shall accept the request and, if able to correlate it with a flight plan, shall establish a connection with the aircraft.

(c) The air traffic services provider shall establish procedures to resolve, as soon as practicable, data link initiation failures.

(d) The aircraft operator shall establish procedures to resolve, as soon as practicable, data link initiation failures.

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Source-Title: SERA.15001 Data link initiation and data link initiation failure View latest amendments

Erulesid: ERULES-1963177438-22757 Compare versions

Domain: Air operations, Air traffic management/Air navigation services, Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA)

Activitytype: Air operations, Air traffic management (ATM)

Applicabilitydate: 5 October, 2023

Entryintoforcedate: 5 October, 2023

Regulatedentity: Aircraft operator, Competent authority, Flight crew, Air traffic services unit, Air traffic controller

Regulatorysource: Regulation (EU) 2023/1772 Navigate

Regulatorysubject: Annex-Section 15: Controller-pilot data link communication (CPDLC) procedures

Typeofcontent: IR (Implementing rule)

Origin: EASA

Category: EAR