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Communication and ABC

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    The construction of an airport, institutions governing aviation in Poland, aircraft, radiotelephony
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  • Apart from linguistic give 3 more examples of factors increasing the possibility of communication breakdown.
    technical, procedural, human
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  • What is a readback?
    procedure involving repeating information so that to confirm that it was well understood (both pilots and ATCs)
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  • What does it mean to hold short of something?
    to stop and not enter something (when waiting for further instruction) or to stay away from something
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  • Give 5 recommendations to reduce the number of miscommunications
    short instructions, listening to readbacks, speaking slowly, breaking up the message, asking for repetition, including full call signs
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  • explain the word outbound
    all traffic leaving an airport
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  • What does it mean that a pilot advises an ATC?
    advises means informs in aviation phraseology
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  • What is runway incursion and why does it happen? (name 3 factors)
    unauthorized entry on the active runway; reasons: miscommunication, bad signage, lack of knowledge of procedures, no fencing
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  • What are airport hotspots and what can be done to reduce their number?
    complicated intersections; reduced by: better signage/ markings, different traffic organisation, building additional taxiways
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  • What does it mean to roll for take off?
    to gain speed to take off
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  • What is the name of this element of an airport and what is its function?
    blast deflector/ blast fence, to protect the traffic behind the threshold against the blast from the engines
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  • What is the name of this element of an airport and what is its function?
    windsock, to indicate the strength and the direction of the wind
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  • Haw do we call those markings and what information do pilots get from them?
    Landing designators; the heading of operations, number of runways
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  • What services does PANSA offer within ASM?
    ASM = airspace management; they design and implement different types of areas: CTR, MCTR, TMA, TSA...
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  • If you want to fly to a new airport in Poland, where can you find all necessary information about this aerodrome?
    AIP – Polska (Aeronautical information publication – Polska)
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  • What is a NOTAM?
    Notice to Air Missions - a notice containing information essential for safe flight operations but not known soon enough to be published by other means
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  • What are 3 levels (types) in controlled airspace?
    aera (enroute) control – covers the whole Poland, approach (terminal) control – covers the area surrounding big airports, tower (airport) control
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