AMC3 ATS.TR.210(c)(2) Operation of air traffic control service
ED Decision 2020/008/R
PROCEDURAL
SEPARATION — REDUCTION IN LATERAL AND LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION MINIMA
(a) Provided that prior consultation with airspace users is undertaken and that an appropriate safety assessment has shown that an acceptable level of safety is maintained, the lateral and longitudinal separation minima established in:
— AMC6 ATS.TR.210(c)(2)(i); and
may be reduced in the following circumstances:
(1) when special electronic or other aids enable the pilot-in-command of an aircraft to determine accurately the aircraft’s position and when adequate communication facilities exist for that position to be transmitted without delay to the appropriate air traffic control unit; or
(2) when, in association with rapid and reliable communication facilities, information of an aircraft’s position, derived from an ATS surveillance system, is available to the appropriate air traffic control unit; or
(3) when RNAV-equipped aircraft operate within the coverage of electronic aids that provide the necessary updates to maintain navigation accuracy.
(b) In addition to the circumstances mentioned in point (a), the lateral and longitudinal separation minima established in:
— AMC6 ATS.TR.210(c)(2)(i); and
may be reduced in the vicinity of aerodromes if:
(1) adequate separation can be provided by the aerodrome air traffic controller when each aircraft is continuously visible to this air traffic controller; or
(2) each aircraft is continuously visible to flight crews of the other aircraft concerned and the pilots thereof report that they can maintain their own separation; or
(3) in the case of one aircraft following another, the flight crew of the succeeding aircraft reports that the other aircraft is in sight and separation can be maintained.
Loading collections...