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Title: CARSAM Regional Guidance Material on Air Traffic Services Quality Assurance Programmes


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CAR/SAM Regional Guidance Material on Air Traffic
Services Quality Assurance Programmes
  • NAM/CAR/SAM Quality Assurance Workshop
  • Mark Ríos
  • Air Traffic Management Officer
  • ICAO NACC Regional Office

NAM/CAR/SAM Air Traffic Services Quality
Assurance Workshop (Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago, 26 to 30 November 2001
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INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION NORTH
AMERICAN, CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN
OFFICE CAR/SAM REGIONAL GUIDANCE MATERIAL
ON AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES QUALITY ASSURANCE
PROGRAMMES Chapters 5 8 Version
1.0 November 2001
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Contents
  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
    Investigations, and
    Investigation Teams
  • Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
    Programmes
  • Chapter 7. Air Traffic Services Evaluation
    Programme
  • Chapter 8. Quality of Services Improvement
    Programmes

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Introduction
  • Air traffic incidents
  • AIRPROX
  • Operational error
  • Operational deviation
  • Runway incursion
  • Pilot deviation
  • Casual factor
  • Procedural
  • Ground facilities (equipment)
  • Human

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • General reporting procedures
  • Reporting by pilots
  • Reporting by ATS
  • ATS incident report form for use by pilots and
    controllers
  • Investigation and documentation
  • Analysis of ATS incident
  • Release of information
  • In the interest of accident/incident prevention
  • Publish report as soon as possible

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Air traffic incident investigation process
  • Step-by-step process
  • Suspected ATS incident event
  • Identify and report ATS deficiencies
  • That problems could be corrected
  • Reporting of ATS incidents
  • Requirement within States
  • Responsibility of all ATS personnel
  • Immediately report suspected ATS incidents to ATS
    supervisor or appropriate ATS administration
    official
  • Without fear of reprisal

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Preliminary ATS incident investigation
  • Fact finding
  • Determine what occurred in the ATS system
  • Determine validity of the suspected ATS incident
  • Confirmation of ATS incident
  • Take appropriate action
  • Advise other ATS unit if involved
  • Relieve controller(s) may be involved
  • Gather pertinent information (e.g. flight
    progress strips, etc.)
  • Review voice recordings and prepare working copy

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Review computer and radar data
  • Conduct preliminary interviews
  • Notify ATS management
  • Complete preliminary ATS Incident Investigation
    Worksheet
  • Follow-up investigation
  • ATS unit chief should
  • Ensure ATS incident investigations are conducted
  • Coordinate with other ATS unit chief if involved
  • Designate ATS incident Investigator-In-Charge
    (ATS-IIIC)
  • Assemble ATS incident investigation team
  • Ensure complete, thorough, objective and timely
    investigation

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • ATS-IIIC
  • Conduct complete investigation
  • Forward findings and recommendations to ATS unit
    chief
  • Determine scope of other ATS unit investigation
    if involved and exchange information
  • Assign duties to team members
  • Conduct interviews in accordance with national
    and local requirements
  • ATS incident investigation team
  • Assist ATS-IIIC
  • Remain under guidance of ATS-IIIC during
    investigation process

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Investigation process
  • Fact finding
  • In-depth inquiry into all causal factors
  • Procedures
  • Training
  • Supervision
  • Equipment
  • Control room environment
  • External factors
  • Controller actions
  • Airspace configuration
  • Traffic flows
  • Pilot actions
  • Consequence of ACAS/TCAS event
  • Meteorological conditions
  • Control position configuration
  • Coordination procedures
  • Aerodrome environment
  • Human factors
  • Accuracy of automated radar systems
  • Radar data

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Investigation process (cont..)
  • Interviews
  • Conduct interviews with all possible personnel
    involved or who may have knowledgeable of the
    incident
  • Conduct interview in atmosphere of shared concern
  • Consider national and/or local interview
    procedures
  • Allow written comments and recommendations from
    interviewee
  • ATS-IIIC or investigation team should conduct
    interviews

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Investigation process (cont.)
  • Voice recordings
  • Review voice recording
  • Make certified copy of original recording
  • 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after last contact
  • Include track time if available
  • Written transcript of communications only when
    needed
  • Radar data
  • Radar data may be used to validate occurrence of
    ATS incident
  • Written procedures should be developed explaining
    process
  • Consider automation capabilities and accuracy of
    data

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Reclassification of ATS incident
  • What if during the investigation data indicates a
    reclassification is warranted?
  • The incident may be reclassified as
  • Pilot deviation
  • Other ATS unit deviation
  • From operational error to operational deviation
  • From operational deviation to operational error
  • No occurrence

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Return to operational duties
  • ATS chiefs should remain involved in the post ATS
    incident process to ensure complete and
    consistent handling
  • Reasons for suspension of controllers rating and
    assignment of proficiency training
  • Assist and enhance controllers performance
  • Best of his/her abilities
  • Meet minimum quality standards
  • Improve overall performance and quality of ATS

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Return to operational duties (cont.)
  • Consider the following when returning a
    controller to operational duties
  • Events leading up to and surrounding ATS incident
  • Controllers statement
  • Procedure or separation minimum involved
  • Voice recordings
  • Controllers training record
  • Controller proficiency checks
  • Proficiency training
  • Controller currency on the control position
  • Computer data
  • Involvement in previous ATS incidents
  • Results of interviews and recommendations made by
    ATS-IIIC and investigation team

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Return to operational duties (cont.)
  • Deficiencies in controllers performance
  • Determine whether to suspend controllers rating
  • Suspension of rating not based solely on
    involvement in ATS incident but based on
    performance
  • Determine appropriate actions and refresher
    training
  • Complete refresher training
  • Re-certify controller through controller
    proficiency check

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Final ATS incident reports
  • ATS unit chief
  • Analyze data submitted by ATS-IIIC and
    investigation team in Final ATS Incident
    Investigation Report to determine and/or endorse
    classification of incident and
  • Categorization of ATS incident (i.e, procedural,
    facility, human factor, etc.)
  • Causal factors
  • Recommendation and corrective actions
  • Complete Final ATS Incident Report within 30 days

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • ATS incident tracking process
  • Annual ATS incidents tracking process
  • Will assist CAAs with follow-up investigations
    and trend analysis
  • Sample
  • ATS Incident Report XXXX-A-00-001
  • ATS Incident Report XXXX-T-00-002
  • ATS Incident Report XXXX-F-00-003
  • Legend
  • XXXX ATS unit identification
  • A, T, or F Type of ATS unit (A Area (ACC)
    T Approach (APP) and
  • Aerodrome Control Tower F FIC, AFIS, etc.)
  • 00 Last two digits of the year
  • 001 ATS incident number in sequence by year
    for the unit

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Chapter 5. Air Traffic Incident Reporting,
Investigations, and Investigation Teams
  • Training and proficiency records
  • Document in training and proficiency records
  • ATS incident records retention
  • Determine retention period
  • 2 ½ years is recommended
  • National ATS authority responsibilities
  • Maintain central source of ATS incident data
  • Review final ATS incident investigation reports
  • Develop and distribute annual ATS incident
    analysis report
  • Determine effectiveness and efficiency of
    programme
  • Maintain liaison with ATS unit chiefs
  • Maintain oversight of ATS incident reports

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Introduction
  • Establish policies and programmes that result in
    quality incident free ATS
  • Requires commitment of all ATS personnel
  • Consistently perform duties and responsibilities
    in accordance with ICAO SARPs, CAA and ATS unit
    directives and procedures
  • Accept responsibility for maintaining the safest
    and highest levels of operational performance
  • Goals/objectives
  • ATS incident free environment
  • Safe, orderly, and expeditious ATS to users
  • Everyone is responsible for ATS incident
    prevention
  • Know, apply, and adhere to requirements in
    performance of operational duties and
    responsibilities

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • ATS incident prevention
  • Many initiatives can be pursued
  • Five primary areas
  • Communications
  • Phraseology
  • Supervision
  • Teamwork
  • ATC proficiency

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
Prevention objectives
  • Identify activities/efforts which enhance
    individual, ATS unit, and system performance
  • Recognize commendable activities/efforts
  • Identify deficiencies (individual, equipment,
    procedural)
  • Promptly correct deficiencies
  • Ensure actions taken corrected the deficiencies
    or problems
  • Initiatives to ensure effective controller
    performance, teamwork, communications
  • Communicate performance expectations
  • Maintain summary of ATS incidents and incorporate
    into training
  • Brief ATS personnel on ATS incidents
  • Monitor/evaluate voice recordings
  • Review local/national/regional ATS incidents
  • Annual QA review
  • ATS unit staff meetings
  • Improve communications among all ATS personnel to
    create atmosphere conducive to sharing
    information
  • Attendance to local, national, regional QA
    seminars, conferences, etc.

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
ATS supervisors
  • Communicate performance expectations with
    controllers
  • Take prompt action when performance does not meet
    expectations (on-the-spot corrections, etc.)
  • Address individual/team accountability
  • Efficient/consistent oversight of ATS unit
    operation
  • Ensure distractions and noise levels in ATS unit
    are kept at a minimum
  • Require personnel to maintain high degree of
    professionalism, teamwork, control position
    discipline, awareness
  • Promote open flow of communications
  • Conduct ATS unit team meetings
  • Place emphasis on hearback/readback
  • Keep ATS unit chief/support staff informed
    (operations concerns, etc.)

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
ATS quality assurance officers/specialist
  • Random voice recording reviews
  • Brief ATS unit on trends and causal factors
    related to ATS incidents, random recording
    reviews, evaluations, etc.
  • Maintain awareness of ATS operational environment
  • Provide staff expertise and support
  • Assist in ensuring QA goals and objectives are
    being met
  • Ensure scenarios involving hearback/readback
    errors are included in training
  • Prepare/distribute ATS incident summaries to all
    ATS personnel
  • Ensure ATS unit maintains summary of ATS units,
    causal factors, trends, etc.
  • Incorporate into classroom and annual proficiency
    training

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
ATC personnel
  • Keep ATS supervisors advised of traffic problems
    and equipment limitations
  • Suggest improvements to ATS unit and/or incident
    prevention
  • Maintain situational awareness
  • Assist busier control positions
  • Assist busier control positions
  • Review own operating techniques and ATS unit
    procedures to effect highest quality of
    performance
  • Promptly report ATS incidents
  • Utilize memory aids

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Voice recording evaluations
  • To ensure proper phraseology, good operating
    practices, adherence to ICAO standards,
    national/local directives and practices
  • Guidelines
  • Conduct semi-annually on all ATS operational
    personnel
  • Review of voice recording by ATS supervisor/ATS
    QA specialist
  • Document comments
  • Develop action plan to address performance
    deficiencies
  • ATS supervisor/QA specialist review and discuss
    voice recording with controller

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Review of ATC procedures and practices that may
    contribute to ATS incidents
  • Constant review of ATC procedures and practices
  • Identify, report, recommend, and implement
    amendments
  • Ensure safety of aviation and prevention of ATS
    incidents

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • ATS incident review groups
  • Implement ATS incident review groups
  • National/local levels
  • Purpose
  • Periodic reviews of prior ATS incidents
  • Identify other potential problem areas requiring
    attention
  • Effort to prevent ATS incidents
  • Composition
  • ATS unit chief
  • Controllers
  • Other ATS staff
  • ATS unit QA specialist
  • Pilots/airlines when appropriate

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Safety information sharing networks and
    international organizations
  • Several safety information networks available
  • Facilitate free exchange of information of actual
    and potential safety deficiencies
  • Expanding focus to include air traffic control
    services
  • Goals
  • Collect data
  • Share information
  • Assist with identification and prevention of
    incidents and accidents

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Safety information sharing networks and
    international organizations (cont.)
  • ADREP
  • ICAO Accident/Incident Reporting Manual, Doc 9156
  • Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP)
  • Endorsed by 32nd Session of the ICAO Assembly
  • Objectives
  • Safety initiatives that offer best safety
    dividend
  • Annual reviews of accident statistics
  • Decrease in worldwide accident rate
  • Enhance identification of short comings and
    deficiencies
  • Increase and improve ICAOs own capability to
    compile, assess and disseminate safety-related
    information
  • ICAO Website www.icao.int

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Global Aviation Information Network
  • To encourage the sharing of aviation safety data
    worldwide in an effort to further reduce
    accidents
  • Plans to expand programme to include air traffic
    control
  • Website www.gainweb.org
  • Aviation Safety Reporting Programme (ASRP)
  • Reporting programme designed to identify unsafe
    operating conditions
  • Deficiencies and discrepancies
  • Limited immunity
  • Voluntary and confidential

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • PAN American Aviation Safety Team (PAAST)
  • Multi-organizational team
  • Pool essential resources
  • Addresses priority safety areas
  • Deliver practical products to aviation community
    in Latin American and Caribbean Regions
  • Participation in international organization study
    groups to analyze and recommend solutions to ATS
    incidents is encouraged

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Runway incursion prevention plan
  • Increase in runway incursions
  • Aerodrome operations increasing throughout the
    world
  • Potential for runway incursions increase
  • Need for prevention plan which specifically
    addresses runway incursions
  • Strategies
  • Position relief briefings
  • Position relief checklist
  • Proficiency training Prevention of runway
    incursions
  • Feedback

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Runway incursion prevention plan (cont.)
  • Memory aids
  • Use of flight progress strips/boards
  • Runway in use sign
  • Review usage of memory aids on semi-annual basis
  • Procedures
  • Review aerodrome movement operating practices
  • Designate runway crossing point(s)
  • Place special emphasis on safe runway crossings
  • Use of proper procedures in runway crossings
    including interphone procedures, runway in use
    sign by ATS supervisors and controllers

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Procedures (cont.)
  • Avoid use of conditional clearances except as
    authorized by ICAO SARPs
  • Certain conditional clearances are permitted
    however, they should be kept to a minimum, the
    exception rather than the norm should be
    practiced, and under extreme caution
  • Include runway check procedures in letter of
    agreement
  • Define vehicular movement procedures/areas in
    letter of agreement
  • Vehicular movements should be restricted to
    perimeter roads, vehicle access roads and other
    non-movement areas
  • Describe closed runway procedures

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Quality Assurance Review (QAR)
  • Essential to the effectiveness of the ATS System
    and prevention of ATS Incidents that all
    incidents be investigated
  • QARs provide for identification, investigation
    and resolutions of these incidents through
    corrective training of controller performance
    deficiencies

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Quality Assurance Review (QAR) (contd)
  • Conduct QARs when
  • Aircraft accidents
  • Other incidents not categorized as ATS incidents
  • ACAS/TCAS event
  • Other miscellaneous incident reports that involve
    loss of separations
  • Aircraft go-arounds
  • Public inquiries regarding ATS

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Chapter 6. Air Traffic Incident Prevention
Programmes
  • Quality Assurance Review (QAR) (contd)
  • Process
  • Designate person to conduct QARs
  • Conduct QAR in depth so as to assess controller
    performance
  • Accomplish corrective training for all identified
    controller performance deficiencies
  • Communicate QAR conclusions
  • Record notification and conclusion of QAR in ATS
    unit daily operations log

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Chapter 7. ATS Evaluation
  • Introduction
  • Chapter deals with need for constant and
    continuous evaluation of individual ATS units and
    of the overall ATS system
  • Purpose and scope
  • Ensure that provision of service is maintained at
    the highest standard
  • Units/personnel apply polices, standards, rules,
    procedures and separation minimum in approved
    manner

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Chapter 7. ATS Evaluation
  • ATS evaluation activities include
  • Assessing service provided to users
  • Ensuring operating procedures conform with
    standards
  • Assessing operational requirements
  • Identifying potential unsafe procedures or
    operating practices
  • Detecting problem areas or deficiencies
  • Examining effectiveness of intra/inter-unit
    communications and coordination
  • Examining personnel utilization, position
    workload and establishments to ensure
    compatibility
  • Recommending corrective actions

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Chapter 7. ATS Evaluation
  • Conduct of evaluation
  • Designate team of experienced personnel to
    conduct ATS evaluations
  • At least once every two years
  • Notify ATS unit chief prior to conducting
    evaluation
  • Meeting at completion of evaluation with ATS unit
    chief to discuss significant findings and
    recommendations
  • Prepare written report ATS evaluation team
  • Prepare action plan ATS unit

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Chapter 7. ATS Evaluation
  • ATS evaluation procedures
  • This section provides standardized procedures for
    evaluating compliance with ICAO SARPs and
    specified directives and procedures at the
    national and local ATS unit level within a State
  • Evaluation process
  • Full unit ATS evaluation
  • Preparation and notification
  • Use ATS Unit Evaluation Checklist
  • Notify ATS unit chief 30 days prior to evaluation
  • Request data from ATS unit for pre-evaluation
    review
  • Solicit special interest items that ATS unit
    would like assessed

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Chapter 7. ATS Evaluation
  • Evaluation process (cont.)
  • In-briefing
  • Introduce team members
  • Evaluation schedule and activities
  • ATS unit chief staff
  • Conducting the evaluation
  • Direct observation
  • Control position and/or voice recording or data
    monitor
  • Attendance at staff meetings
  • Observation of training
  • Review of administrative records
  • Interviews/discussions
  • Review of in-flight/preflight evaluation reports

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Chapter 7. ATS Evaluation
  • Evaluation process (cont.)
  • Daily briefings
  • Progress of evaluation
  • Provided by lead ATS unit evaluator to ATS unit
    chief
  • Out-briefing
  • Briefing of ATS evaluator/teams findings
  • Attendance
  • ATS unit chief
  • ATS unit personnel encouraged
  • Present draft copy of ATS evaluation report
  • Evaluation critique
  • Critique form to be completed by ATS unit chief

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Chapter 7. ATS Evaluation
  • Follow-up evaluations
  • Preparation and notification
  • Unannounced or minimum notification
  • On-site evaluation
  • Desk audit
  • Combination of both
  • Conduct no earlier than 6 months after full unit
    ATS evaluation
  • May request data for pre-evaluation review
  • Basically follow same process as full unit ATS
    evaluation

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Chapter 7. ATS Evaluation
  • In-flight evaluations
  • Conduct at least 2 per year on each ATS unit
  • Conducted by ATS evaluators and other authorized
    ATS personnel
  • Use airlines or other operators in which an
    agreement to conduct such observations is in
    place
  • The following air traffic services may be
    assessed
  • Air traffic services reporting office
  • Automatic terminal information service
  • Aerodrome control service
  • Approach control service
  • Air traffic advisory service
  • Other services deemed appropriate

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Chapter 7. ATS Evaluation
  • Special evaluations
  • May be conducted when deemed necessary by the ATS
    authority or if requested by the ATS unit
  • Evaluation reports
  • Document results of all ATS evaluations
  • Complete and distribute final ATS evaluation
    reports within 30 days of the out-briefing
  • Contents of final ATS evaluation reports
  • Results of evaluation pertaining to areas
    assessed
  • Describe reportable items
  • Assign tracking control numbers to all items
    identified

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Chapter 7. ATS Evaluation
  • Responses to ATS unit evaluations
  • Required on all items rated less than
    satisfactory
  • Three-step closure process
  • Action plan
  • Develop and forward action plans to appropriate
    ATS authority within 30 days of receiving final
    ATS unit evaluation report
  • First response
  • Completed and distributed to ATS authority with
    60 days of ATS unit out-briefing
  • Second response
  • Completed and distributed with 180 days after
    date of the ATS unit evaluation out-briefing and
    every 180 days thereafter until all items are
    closed

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Three-step Closure process
  • Three-step closure process. The three-step
    closure process is the method by which less than
    satisfactory items of an evaluation are to be
    closed. The required responses should be
    available after 60 days and 180 calendar days and
    should describe the three steps as follows
  • a) Corrective action. The initial action taken
    by the ATS unit to correct the discrepancy
  • b) Follow-up action. The action taken over a
    period of time to validate that the initial
    action corrected the discrepancy. Include the
    date(s) when this was accomplished and the
    results and
  • c) Management control. The action taken by the
    ATS Authority or ATS Unit that will remain in
    place to ensure the problem does not reoccur.
    The action should include identifying those posts
    within the ATS unit that have responsibility to
    periodically review the corrected discrepancy and
    when the review will be accomplished.

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Chapter 8. Quality of Services Improvement
Programmes
  • Introduction
  • Initiatives that can improve the overall quality
    of air traffic services being provided
  • Random voice recording reviews
  • ATS unit quality assurance officers/specialists
    should complete several random voice recording
    reviews on a monthly basis
  • Ensure overall quality of ATS is maintained

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Chapter 8. Quality of Services Improvement
Programmes
  • ICAO phraseology improvement programme
  • Implement ATS unit phraseology improvement
    programme
  • Benefit to pilots and controllers
  • Results can improve quality of service and
    prevention of ATS incidents
  • Method
  • Random voice recording reviews
  • Voice recording monitor evaluations
  • Direct observations
  • Recognition of ATS personnel who demonstrate
    outstanding phraseology or significant improvement

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Chapter 8. Quality of Services Improvement
Programmes
  • ATS customer service/feedback
  • Important to establish good communications
    between ATS authorities/units and users
  • Users can offer valuable feedback
  • Feedback from others organizations/departments/int
    ernally
  • Obtain feedback through surveys
  • ATS quality assurance survey
  • Conduct annually
  • External
  • Internal
  • Analyzed and validate data collected
  • Share results with ATS personnel
  • Issues affecting quality of service should be
    addressed

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Chapter 8. Quality of Services Improvement
Programmes
  • Pilot/controller user forums
  • Conduct annually
  • Can produce good relations and enhance
    communications between ATS authorities, pilots
    and controllers
  • Main objective
  • Bring together people in the ATS system that work
    together on a daily basis
  • Pilot on the flight deck
  • Controller in the control room/tower
  • Better understanding of each others
    responsibilities and duties
  • Avoid conducting in a meeting type format
  • Can also be used to present and explain
    information on the local or national ATS system
    and procedures

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Chapter 8. Quality of Services Improvement
Programmes
  • Participation in pilot safety seminars
  • Participation of ATS authorities in pilot safety
    seminars
  • Present information regarding the ATS system,
    safety and quality assurance
  • Pilot visits to ATS units
  • Encourage pilot visits to ATS units
  • ATS system familiarization
  • ATS system familiarization/education for pilots
  • Consider developing an ATS system education
    programme for pilots
  • Education pilots in how to best utilize the ATS
    system
  • Functions
  • Responsibilities
  • Benefits
  • Services

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Chapter 8. Quality of Services Improvement
Programmes
  • Familiarization training flights for ATS
    personnel
  • Establish programmes with airlines
  • ATS supervisors and controllers should be
    encourage to participate
  • Allows ATS unit personnel to experience first
    hand the activities on the flight deck
  • View programme as proficiency training

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Chapter 8. Quality of Services Improvement
Programmes
  • Recognition of quality performance
  • Recognition of positive quality performance is as
    important as identifying deficiencies
  • Recognition as individuals or as a team
  • Providing a high standard of performance and
    quality of service

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Chapter 8. Quality of Services Improvement
Programmes
  • ATS performance measurements
  • Important that ATS providers find ways to
    continually improve the safety and efficiency of
    ATS services
  • Factors when measuring performance and quality of
    ATS services
  • Safety
  • Delay
  • Predictability
  • Flexibility
  • Efficiency
  • Availability
  • Access
  • Cost of Service
  • Runway Capacity

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