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The Technical and Professional Manual (TPM) contains the permanent record of the Federation’s policies and activity, on both technical and professional levels. This online version of the TPM is meant to facilitate research and navigation through its content.​

  1. Considerations for the Global Deployment of FF-ICE
  2. Definitions
  3. Abbreviations

AAS 22

  1. AAS 1.22 RPAS ASSUMPTIONS
  2. AAS 1.21 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (UTM)
  3. AAS 1.20 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING IN ATC
  4. AAS 1.19 OPERATIONAL USE OF DOWN-LINK AIRCRAFT PARAMETERS (DAPS)
  5. AAS 1.18 MULTIPLE DELAY ABSORPTION PROGRAMS
  6. AAS 1.17 SPACE WEATHER
  7. AAS 1.16 FUTURE WEATHER DISTRIBUTION
  8. AAS 1.15 CONCEPT OF GNSS-BASED ALTITUDE
  9. AAS 1.14 SPACE-BASED AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE – BROADCAST
  10. AAS 1.13 DETERMINING OPERATIONS READINESS OF NEW ATM SYSTEMS
  11. AAS 1.12 AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
  12. AAS 1.11 “FLY-BY” AND “FLY-OVER” WAYPOINTS
  13. AAS 1.10 OPERATIONAL USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT (UA)
  14. AAS 1.9 REMOVAL OF GROUND BASED AIDS
  15. AAS 1.8 4D TRAJECTORY CONCEPTS/MANAGEMENT
  16. AAS 1.7 DISPLAY OF GNSS STATUS TO ATC
  17. AAS 1.6 DATALINK APPLICATIONS – THE USE OF LOGICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (LACK)
  18. AAS 1.5 AIR-GROUND DATALINK
  19. AAS 1.4 REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE (RNP) and AREA NAVIGATION (RNAV)
  20. AAS 1.3 MODE S DEVELOPMENT
  21. AAS 1.2 AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE (ADS)
  22. AAS 1.1 AIRBORNE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS (ACAS)

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ADME 16

  1. ADME 2.16 USE OF AERODROME CONTROL FREQUENCY FOR COMMUNICATIONS OF VEHICLE DRIVERS
  2. ADME 2.15 CONDITIONAL CLEARANCES TO RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING VEHICLES
  3. ADME 2.14 REMOTE AND VIRTUAL TOWER
  4. ADME 2.13 AUTONOMOUS RUNWAY INCURSION WARNING SYSTEM (ARIWS)
  5. ADME 2.12 RED STOP BAR CROSSING PROCEDURES
  6. ADME 2.11 THE APPLICATION OF COCKPIT DISPLAY OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION (CDTI) IN ADVANCED SURFACE MOVEMENT GUIDANCE SYSTEM (A-SMGCS) OPERATIONS
  7. ADME 2.10 NEW TECHNOLOGY APPROACH & LANDING AIDS
  8. ADME 2.9 REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE (RNP) FOR APPROACH AND LANDING
  9. ADME 2.8 ADVANCED APPROACH PROCEDURES
  10. ADME 2.7 THE INTERFACE BETWEEN ATC AND AFIS
  11. ADME 2.6 RESPONSIBILITY AND FUNCTIONS OF AERODROME CONTROLLERS WITH REGARD TO SURFACE MOVEMENT
  12. ADME 2.5 PROVISION OF ATS AT AERODROMES
  13. ADME 2.4 SURFACE MOVEMENT GUIDANCE & CONTROL SYSTEMS
  14. ADME 2.3 VISUAL OBSERVATION & NEW AERODROME CONTROL TOWER CONCEPTS
  15. ADME 2.2 LAND AND HOLD SHORT OPERATIONS (LAHSO)
  16. ADME 2.1 CONVERGING RUNWAY OPERATIONS (CROPS)

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ATS 46

  1. ATS 3.46 SECTORLESS ATM
  2. ATS 3.45 ADS-B: SINGLE EMERGENCY CODE MANAGEMENT
  3. ATS 3.44 HELICOPTER RTF PHRASEOLOGY
  4. ATS 3.43 HELICOPTERS: DISCRETE IDENTIFICATION IN FLIGHT PLANS
  5. ATS 3.42 HELICOPTER OPERATIONS
  6. ATS 3.41 STATE AIRCRAFT AND DUE REGARD OPERATIONS
  7. ATS 3.40 MOVING TO A NEW FACILITY
  8. ATS 3.39 CRISIS MANAGEMENT
  9. ATS 3.38 FLIGHT PLANNING ACCURACY AND IMPACTS ON THE ATM SYSTEM
  10. ATS 3.37 SERVICE PRIORITY
  11. ATS 3.36 EMERGENCY DESCENT PROCEDURES
  12. ATS 3.35 TERRAIN AND OBSTACLE CHARTING
  13. ATS 3.34 TERRAIN AND OBSTACLE CLEARANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
  14. ATS 3.33 RELAY OF FLIGHT INFORMATION FROM AIR TRAFFIC SERVICE TO AIRCRAFT
  15. ATS 3.32 RECATEGORIZATION OF AIRCRAFT FOR WAKE TURBULENCE
  16. ATS 3.31 DYNAMIC SLOT TRADING PROCESS
  17. ATS 3.30 TRANSPONDER MANDATORY ZONES
  18. ATS 3.29 MERGING AND SEQUENCING CONCEPTS
  19. ATS 3.28 CONTROLLED TIME OF ARRIVAL CONCEPT
  20. ATS 3.27 SID AND STAR NAMING
  21. ATS 3.26 AIR TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT – IMPLEMENTATION
  22. ATS 3.25 CONTINUOUS DESCENT OPERATIONS (CDO) AND CONTINOUS CLIMB OPERATIONS (CCO)
  23. ATS 3.24 EN-ROUTE RESTRICTIONS
  24. ATS 3.23 INSTRUMENT DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS
  25. ATS 3.22 MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURES FOR VISUAL APPROACHES
  26. ATS 3.21 SURVEILLANCE: IN-TRAIL PROCEDURES ITP
  27. ATS 3.20 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN ATM
  28. ATS 3.19 MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING SYSTEMS
  29. ATS 3.18 SHORT TERM CONFLICT ALERT
  30. ATS 3.17 CONFLICT DETECTION TOOLS
  31. ATS 3.16 THE USE OF SAFETY NETS IN ATM
  32. ATS 3.15 (ADVANCED) STRATEGIC LATERAL OFFSET PROCEDURES
  33. ATS 3.14 SYSTEM DEFENCES DURING PLANNED SYSTEM DEGRADATION
  34. ATS 3.13 VIRTUAL CENTERS AND FUNCTIONAL AIRSPACE BLOCKS
  35. ATS 3.12 MIXED MODE OPERATIONS
  36. ATS 3.11 AVIATION RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM PROTECTION
  37. ATS 3.10 UNITS OF MEASUREMENT IN CIVIL AVIATION
  38. ATS 3.9 GLOBAL COMPATIBLE FLIGHT LEVEL SYSTEMS
  39. ATS 3.8 RADAR MONITORING
  40. ATS 3.7 ATC WITHIN ICAO ASSIGNED INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE- THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY
  41. ATS 3.6 AIR TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT – ADHERENCE
  42. ATS 3.5 PROVISION OF OPERATIONAL AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION
  43. ATS 3.4 STANDARDISATION OF REGIONAL TRANSITION ALTITUDES
  44. ATS 3.3 HARMONISATION OF THE AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATION
  45. ATS 3.2 CLEARANCES
  46. ATS 3.1 REPLACEMENT FLIGHT PLANS

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COM 12

  1. COM 4.12 AUTOLAND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PILOTS AND CONTROLLERS
  2. COM 4.11 RADIO MANDATORY ZONES / TRANSPONDER MANDATORY ZONES
  3. COM 4.10 PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS FIVE LETTER NAMING CODES (5LNC)
  4. COM 4.9 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ATS UNITS
  5. COM 4.8 RTF PHRASEOLOGY IN CIVIL/MILITARY INTEGRATION
  6. COM 4.7 CPDLC – DATALINK COMMUNICATIONS
  7. COM 4.6 DIRECT CONTROLLER – PILOT COMMUNICATIONS
  8. COM 4.5 FREQUENCY BLOCKING
  9. COM 4.4 RTF FREQUENCY USAGE
  10. COM 4.3 COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE
  11. COM 4.2 8.33 kHz SPACING
  12. COM 4.1 ALPHA – NUMERIC CALLSIGNS

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SEP 5

  1. SEP 5.5 DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION OF U-SPACE AIRSPACE
  2. SEP 5.4 CONTROLLER INTERVENTION BUFFER
  3. SEP 5.3 AIRBORNE SEPARATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS (ASAS) AND COCKPIT DISPLAY OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION (CDTI)
  4. SEP 5.2 LATERAL AND LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION
  5. SEP 5.1 USE OF 1000FT VERTICAL SEPARATION ABOVE FL290

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WC 41

  1. WC 10.7.8 USE OF MULTIPLE ATCO RATINGS
  2. WC 10.7.7 SEPARATION BETWEEN UNITS WITHOUT PROCEDURAL AGREEMENT
  3. WC 10.7.6 COGNITIVE PROCESSES IN ATC
  4. WC 10.7.5 RESILIENCE AND LINEAR VS SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO SAFETY
  5. WC 10.7.4 INTRINSIC AND TACTICAL SAFETY
  6. WC 10.7.3 SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
  7. WC 10.7.2 NORMAL OPERATIONS SAFETY SURVEY
  8. WC 10.7.1 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IN ATM
  9. WC 10.6.1 LOSS OF LICENCE
  10. WC 10.5.3 EXTENDED DUTY
  11. WC 10.5.2 EARLY RETIREMENT
  12. WC 10.5.1 RETIREMENT
  13. WC 10.4.2 REMUNERATION PRINCIPLE
  14. WC 10.4.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
  15. WC 10.3.7 AGEING ATCOS
  16. WC 10.3.6 STAFFING
  17. WC 10.3.5 EXTRA DUTY
  18. WC 10.3.4 RECENCY AND COMPETENCY
  19. WC 10.3.3 VACATION SCHEME
  20. WC 10.3.2 WORK AND REST SCHEME
  21. WC 10.3.1 DUTY ROSTERS
  22. WC 10.2.11 ATM SAFETY MONITORING TOOL
  23. WC 10.2.10 SHORT TERM CONFLICT ALERT (STCA): HUMAN FACTORS / LEGAL ASPECTS
  24. WC 10.2.9 CO-OPERATIVE SEPARATION
  25. WC 10.2.8 REGULATORY APPROVAL OF ATM SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT
  26. WC 10.2.7 WORKING WITH UNSERVICEABLE OR INADEQUATE EQUIPMENT
  27. WC 10.2.6 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
  28. WC 10.2.5 AUTOMATION / HUMAN FACTORS
  29. WC 10.2.4 ATC SYSTEMS
  30. WC 10.2.3 WORKING ENVIRONMENTS
  31. WC 10.2.2.1 MONITORING PRIVATISATION / COMMERCIALISATION IN ATC
  32. WC 10.2.2 MANAGEMENT OF ATS PROVIDERS
  33. WC 10.2.1 METHODS OF DETERMINING CONDITIONS OF OPERATION AND SERVICE
  34. WC 10.1.8 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
  35. WC 10.1.7 FOUR EYES PRINCIPLE (4EP)
  36. WC 10.1.6 SINGLE / LONE PERSON OPERATIONS (SPO)
  37. WC 10.1.5 MINIMUM SERVICE
  38. WC 10.1.4 CIVIL MOBILISATION OR REQUISITION MEASURES
  39. WC 10.1.3 DISPUTES
  40. WC 10.1.2 ORGANISATIONS
  41. WC 10.1.1 IFATCA’s ROLE IN THE AREA OF PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL ISSUES

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LM 16

  1. LM 7.5 UNSAFE AIRSPACE/AERODROME
  2. LM 7.4 UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE WITH INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION FACILITIES
  3. LM 7.3.2 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY LEGISLATION
  4. LM 7.3.1 LEGAL ASSISTANCE FROM IFATCA
  5. LM 7.2.7 USE OF ATS SURVEILLANCE DATA IN THE PROVISION OF NON-SURVEILLANCE SERVICES
  6. LM 7.2.6 USE OF RECORDED DATA
  7. LM 7.2.5 REFERENCE CARD
  8. LM 7.2.4 PROTECTION OF IDENTITY
  9. LM 7.2.3 RIGHT OF REPRESENTATION
  10. LM 7.2.2 EXEMPTION FROM DUTY
  11. LM 7.2.1 JUST CULTURE, TRUST AND MUTUAL RESPECT
  12. LM 7.1.5 PROVISION OF ATS OVER FOREIGN TERRITORY
  13. LM 7.1.4 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONTROLLER-IN-CHARGE (CIC) IN REGARD TO LIABILITY AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
  14. LM 7.1.3 TRANSFER OF CONTROL FUNCTIONS – LEGAL ASPECTS
  15. LM 7.1.2 THIRD PARTY RISK
  16. LM 7.1.1 FOUNDATIONAL AND GENERAL POLICY ON THE LEGAL LIABILITY OF THE CONTROLLER

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MED 10

  1. MED 8.2.9 VIGILANCE DURING OPS SHIFTS
  2. MED 8.2.8 ATCOS WITH DISABILITIES
  3. MED 8.2.7 HIV AND AIDS IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
  4. MED 8.2.6 SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
  5. MED 8.2.5 WORK AS ATCO WHEN PREGNANT
  6. MED 8.2.4 FATIGUE IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
  7. MED 8.2.3 CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT
  8. MED 8.2.2 OCULAR PROBLEMS
  9. MED 8.2.1 EFFECTS OF MEDICINE, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
  10. MED 8.1.1 GENERAL

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TRNG 25

  1. TRNG 9.6.1 RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING FOR MILITARY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
  2. TRNG 9.5.4 FLIGHT EXPERIENCE FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
  3. TRNG 9.5.3 SUPERVISORY AND MANAGEMENT COURSES
  4. TRNG 9.5.2.1 WRITTEN ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
  5. TRNG 9.5.2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING
  6. TRNG 9.5.1 REFRESHER COURSES
  7. TRNG 9.4.6 TRAINING AND LICENSING FOR DEDICATED FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE
  8. TRNG 9.4.5 AUTOMATIC DEPENDANT SURVEILLANCE (ADS) CONTROL RATING
  9. TRNG 9.4.4 COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT
  10. TRNG 9.4.3 AIR TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT (ATFM)
  11. TRNG 9.4.2 USE OF UNQUALIFIED PERSONNEL
  12. TRNG 9.4.1 A SYSTEM COMBINING ASSESSMENTS WITH EXAMINATIONS
  13. TRNG 9.3.1 ON-THE-JOB-TRAINING (OJT)
  14. TRNG 9.2.9 E-LEARNING
  15. TRNG 9.2.8 EMERGENCY TRAINING
  16. TRNG 9.2.7 BASIC DOCUMENTATION FOR USE BY TRAINING OFFICERS / INSTRUCTORS
  17. TRNG 9.2.6 AIRBORNE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM (ACAS) TRAINING
  18. TRNG 9.2.5 AUTOMATION CONTROLLER TRAINING
  19. TRNG 9.2.4 REASONS FOR FAILURE IN ATC TRAINING
  20. TRNG 9.2.3 LINK BETWEEN ATC SCHOOL & OPERATIONAL UNITS
  21. TRNG 9.2.2 GRADUATION
  22. TRNG 9.2.1 GENERAL SCHEDULE FOR A 3 TO 5 YEAR TRAINING
  23. TRNG 9.1.3 TEAM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  24. TRNG 9.1.2 SELECTION
  25. TRNG 9.1.1 AGE

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INFO 4

  1. INFO 6.1.4 METHOD OF UPDATING
  2. INFO 6.1.3 CONTENTS AND DISTRIBUTION
  3. INFO 6.1.2 PURPOSE OF THE IHB
  4. INFO 6.1.1 INTRODUCTION

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