(a) Definitions
Accepting
unit: Air
traffic control unit next to takes control of an aircraft.
Accuracy: A degree of conformance
between the estimated or measured value and the true value.
Note:
For measured positional data the accuracy is normally expressed in terms of a
distance from a stated position within which there is a defined confidence of
the true position falling.
Aerodrome
traffic: All
traffic on the maneuvering area of an aerodrome and all aircraft flying in the
vicinity of an aerodrome.
Note:
An aircraft is in the vicinity of an aerodrome when it is in, entering or
leaving an aerodrome traffic circuit.
Air-ground
communication. Two-way communication between aircraft and stations or locations on the
surface of the earth.
Air
traffic control unit. A generic term meaning variously, area control center, and approach
control unit or aerodrome control tower.
Air
traffic flow management (ATFM). A service established with the objective of
contributing to a safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic by ensuring
that ATC capacity is utilized to the maximum extent possible and that the
traffic volume is compatible with the capacities declared by the appropriate
ATS authority.
ALERFA.
The code
word used to designate an alert phase.
Applicant: A responsible manager
acting on behalf of a company, capable of providing ATS under this ECAR, for
the purposes of obtaining a certificate for a designated ATC unit.
Area
navigation route. An ATS route established for the use of aircraft capable of employing
area navigation.
Area
of responsibility: The airspace, and in the case of an aerodrome, the maneuvering area,
within which a particular operating position is responsible for the provision
of an air traffic service.
ATS
Letter of Agreement: A document formalizing matters of operational significance between ATS
units.
ATS
messages:
Emergency messages, movement and control messages, and AIS messages as
described in Part IX of Document 4444.
Base
turn. A
turn executed by the aircraft during the initial approach between the end of
the outbound track and the beginning of the intermediate or final approach
track. The tracks are not reciprocal.
Note.
— Base turns may be designated as being made either in level flight or while
descending, according to the circumstances of each individual procedure.
Changeover
point. The
point at which an aircraft navigating on an ATS route segment defined by
reference to very high frequency Omni-directional radio ranges is expected to
transfer its primary navigational reference from the facility behind the
aircraft to the next facility ahead of the aircraft.
Note: Change-over points are established to provide the optimum balance
in respect of signal strength and quality between facilities at all levels to
be used and to ensure a common source of azimuth guidance for all aircraft
operating along the same portion of a route segment.
Clearance
limit. The
point to which an aircraft is granted air traffic control clearance.
Conference
communications. Communication facilities whereby direct speech conversation may be
conducted between three or more locations simultaneously.
Data
link-automatic terminal information service (D-ATIS).
The
provision of ATIS via data link.
Declared
capacity. A
measure of the ability of the ATC system or any of its subsystems or operating
positions to provide service to aircraft during normal activities. It is
expressed as the number of aircraft entering a specified portion of airspace in
a given period of time, taking due account of weather, ATC unit configuration,
staff and equipment available, and any other factors that may affect the
workload of the controller responsible for the airspace.
DETRESFA.
The code
word used to designate a distress phase.
Downstream
clearance.
A clearance issued to an aircraft by an air traffic control unit that is not
the current controlling authority of that aircraft.
Essential
traffic: Any
controlled or non-controlled traffic that is not separated by the prescribed
minima in relation, and which may constitute a hazard to other controlled
flights where separation is required.
Filed
flight plan:
The flight plan as filed with an ATS unit by the pilot or a designated
representative, without any subsequent changes.
Flight
information center. A unit established to provide flight information service and alerting
service.
Flow
control:
Measures designed to adjust the flow of traffic into a given airspace, along a
given route, or bound for a given aerodrome, to ensure the most effective
utilization of the airspace.
Fly-by
way points.
A way point which requires turn anticipation to allow tangential interception
of the next segment of a route or procedure, or Fly over way point. A waypoint
at which a turn is initiated in order to join the next segment of a route or
procedure.
INCERFA.
The code
word used to designate an uncertainty phase.
Printed
communications. Communications, which automatically provide a permanent, printed record
at each terminal of a circuit of all messages, which pass over such circuit.
Rated
air traffic controller: An air traffic controller holding a current license, and a rating, or
ratings, validated for the particular location, issued by ECAA.
Reporting
point. A
specified geographical location in relation to which the position of an
aircraft can be reported.
SARTIME: The time nominated by the
pilot, for the initiation of alerting action if a report has not been received
by that time.
SIGMET
information. Information
issued by a meteorological watch office concerning the occurrence or expected
occurrence of specified en-route weather phenomena, which may affect the safety
of aircraft operations.
Strayed
aircraft:
An aircraft that has deviated significantly from its intended track or reports
that it is lost.
Taxiing.
Movement of
an aircraft on the surface of an aerodrome under its own power, excluding
take-off and landing.
Terminal
control area. A
control area normally established at the confluence of ATS routes in the
vicinity of one or more major aerodromes.
Track.
The
projection on the earth’s surface of the path of an aircraft, the direction of
which path at any point is usually expressed in degrees from North (true,
magnetic or grid).
Traffic
avoidance advice. Advice provided by an air traffic services unit specifying maneuvers to
assist a pilot to avoid a collision.
Traffic
information. Information
issued by an air traffic services unit to alert a pilot to other known or
observed air traffic, which may be in proximity to the position or intended
route of flight, and to help the pilot avoid a collision.
Transfer
of control point. A defined point located along the flight path of an aircraft, at which
the responsibility for providing air traffic control service to the aircraft is
transferred from one control unit or control position to the next.
Transferring
unit. Air
traffic control unit in the process of transferring the responsibility for
providing air traffic control service to an aircraft to the next air traffic
control unit along the route of flight.
.
(b) Abbreviations
VFR. The
symbol used to designate the visual flight rules.
VFR flight. A flight conducted in accordance with the visual flight rules.
Visual meteorological conditions (VMC). Meteorological conditions
expressed in terms of visibility, distance from cloud, and ceiling, equal to or
better than specified minima.
VMC. The
symbol used to designate visual meteorological conditions.
Voice-automatic terminal information service (Voice-ATIS).
The provision of ATIS by means of continuous and repetitive voice
broadcasts
Way point. A specified geographical location used to define an area navigation
route or the flight path of an aircraft employing area navigation. Way points
are identified as either:
ACC:
ACAS: Airborne collision
avoidance system.
AGATSC:
Applicant
for the Grant of ATS Certificate
AIC:
Aeronautical
Information Circular
AIP: Aeronautical Information
Publication
AIS: Aeronautical Information
Service
ATC:
Air Traffic
Control
ATCL: Air Traffic Controller
License
ATS: Air Traffic Services.
CPDLC: Controller- pilot data link
communications.
DOD: Department Of Defense
ECAA: Egyptian Civil Aviation
Authority
ECAR:
Egyptian
Civil Aviation Regulations
FIC:
FIR: Flight Information Region
IFR: Instrument Flight Rules
QNH: An altimeter sub-scale
setting to obtain elevation when on the ground
RCC:
SOC: Statement
of Compliance
SSR:
Secondary Surveillance Radar
STO: Standard
and Training Officer
TCAS: Traffic
Alert and Collision Avoidance System
UTC:
Coordinated Universal Time
VFR:
Visual Flight Rules
Annex 2
Annex 11
Document 4444
Document 7030
Document 9432
(a)
No ATS activity shall commence without a ministerial
authorization is granted; and
(b)
A national registered organization shall provide an
air traffic service for the Egyptian FIR including landing areas except under
the authority of, and in accordance with the provisions of, an air traffic
services certificate issued under this Part.
172.9 Application for certificate
Each applicant for the grant of an air traffic
service certificate shall complete and submit
appropriate application form to the ECAA with:
(a)
The exposition required by 172.33; and
(b)
A payment of the appropriate application official
fees associated with the documents required..
172.11 Issuance of
certificate
An
applicant is entitled to an air traffic service certificate
if the ECAA is satisfied that: satisfied that:
(a)
The applicant meets the requirements of this Part;
(b)
The applicant, and the applicant’s senior person or
persons required by
172.49 (a)1,2 are fit and properly qualified persons; and
(c)
The granting of the certificates not contrary to the
interests of aviation safety.
172.13 Privileges of certificate
The certificate
holder is authorized to provide aeronautical information services under the
terms of authorization granted.
172.15 Duration of certificate
(a) An air traffic service
certificate may be granted or renewed for a period of up to 4‑years.
(b) An air traffic service
certificate remains in force until it expires or is withdrawn, suspended,
or revoked.
(c) The holder of an air traffic
service certificate that expires‑or is revoked shall promptly surrender
the certificate to the ECAA.
(d) The holder of an air
traffic service certificate that is suspended shall promptly produce the
certificate to the ECAA for appropriate endorsement.
(a)
An application for the renewal of an air traffic service certificate
shall be made using the appropriate application form.
(b)
The application shall be submitted to the ECAA 60‑days before the
certificate expires.
(c)
The certificate holder shall comply with any additional conditions
specified by the ECAA to renew the certificate.
172.19 Change in level of service
(a) Each holder of an air
traffic service certificate who intends to reduce or increase the hours of
operation of an ATS shall provide to the ECAA at least 90‑days in advance
a notice stating the reason for the proposed increasing or reducing.,
(b) A new schedule of the
proposed hours of services for the next 12‑months of operation; and
(c) A prior written approval
from the ECAA must be received before the certificate holder starts his new
schedule.
(a) Each holder of an ATS
certificate who wishes to permanently withdraw an ATS shall give the ECAA at
least 90‑days notice of the proposal and included in that notice a
summary of factors considered in arriving at this decision; and
(b) This outgoing provider of
an ATS certificate shall not hinder the preparations and execution of
transitional arrangements.
(a)
Penalties
(1) ECAA may impose a penalty (according to the
Civil Aaviation
Law N.28 item No. 157), or reduce
some privileges to the certificate
holder if:
(i)
It finds that the certificate holder does not comply with the
requirements of this Part and such holder failed to remedy such non‑compliance
within 60‑days after receiving notice in writing from ECAA to do so;
(ii) Such action is necessary in
the interest of safety;
(iii) Its inspector is prevented
by the provider from carrying out a safety inspection when his report
recommends such action; and
(iv) The certificate holder
failed to provide the service in the required standard level, which is
confirmed to ECAA by receiving reports from the users of the service and proved
by a legal investigation.
(2) When proposing a penalty,
ECAA will state the reasons for such action and will furnish them to the
certificate holder.
(b) Suspension of certificate
this is a subsequent procedure to impose a penalty:
(1)
ECAA may suspend for a defined period, an ATS unit certificate issued under this Part if:
(i)
Subject to item 172.23 Paragraph 1 (a), ECAA is satisfied that the
certificate holder still unable to remedy any of these non‑compliant
areas with the specified time frame of 60‑days;
(ii) The investigation, in case
of an accident, proves that it was caused due to the faulty procedures and/or
the malfunction or failure of ATC equipment or system;
(iii) The certificate holder
failed to perform the action plan stated in the certificate in the exact period
of time if so stated; and
(iv) Such actions still
necessary in the interest of aviation safety.
(2) When proposing a
suspension, the ECAA will state the reasons for such action and furnish them to
the certificate holder;
(3) The certificate holder may
appeal against such notice within 30‑days or receipt;
(4) The appellant shall furnish
to ECAA any documents, records, or other pertinent information supporting the
appeal; and
(5) ECAA may confirm, modify or
set aside the proposed suspension based on the appeal.
(b) Revocation
of certificate this is a subsequent procedure to suspension.
(1) ECAA may permanently revoke
an ATS unit certificates issue under this Part if:
(i)
It is verified that the certificate holder will not be able termed non‑compliant
areas; or
(ii) The certificate holder
stops providing the service concerned without a convincing argument.
(2)
ECAA has decided for the interest of safety to terminate services
provided at this aerodrome;
(3) The Ministerial Order
issued for the certificate holder is revoked; and
(4) The revoked certificate cannot be renewed, it has to be reissued not
less than one year after the revocation date.
(c) Provisional approval
(1) ECAA may, if it is
considered in the interest of safety, grant an existing certificate holder a
provisional approval to act as a substitute air traffic service provider in
respect to a certificate that has been withdrawn suspended or revoked.
(2) The substituting provider
shall follow the specified conditions and responsibilities stated in the
certificate.
172.25 Trial operational testing
(a) The ECAA may, upon
application in writing form the holder of an air traffic service certificate,
approve subject to such conditions on that certificate as the ECAA considers
necessary in the interests of aviation safety, the conduct of trials regarding:
(1) Separation minima;
(2) Standard phraseology; and
(3) Radar procedures.
(b)
A trial may be approved by the ECAA for a single period of no longer
than 3‑months, and upon further application in writing by the certificate
holder, be extended by the ECAA for a single period of no longer than 3
months; and
(c)
The ECAA may terminate a trial approved under this Part at any time.
Each applicant for the grant of an air traffic
service certificate intending to assume responsibility for providing any air
traffic service from an existing certificate holder, shall include with the
application, full details of transitional arrangements endorsed by the air
traffic managers of both organizations.
Each air traffic service unit certificate holder
shall display the certificate in a prominent place. Generally, accessible to
the public at the holder's principal place of business, if a copy of the
approval is not displayed, then they shall produce the original approval to an
ECAA inspector if so requested by such inspector.
Each holder of an air traffic service certificate
shall:
(a) Hold at least one complete
and current copy of its exposition at each ATS unit listed in its exposition,
except those manuals relating solely to a particular location, need only be
held at principal locations, and the unit concerned;
(b) Comply with all procedures
and standards detailed in its exposition;
(c) Make each applicable part
of its exposition available to personnel who require those parts to carry out
their duties;
(d) Continue to meet the
standards and comply with the requirements prescribed for certification under
this Part; and
(e) Promptly notify the ECAA of
any change of address for service, telephone number, e-mail or facsimile
number.