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  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 5. Surveillance Systems › 4-6-8. Pilot/Controller Phraseology

    lateral offset. Strategic lateral offsets flown in oceanic airspace do not apply. 4-6-8. Pilot/Controller Phraseology TBL 4-6-1 shows standard phraseology that pilots and controllers will use to communicate in DRVSM operations. Pilot/Controller Phraseology For a controller ... approval status of an aircraft: Pilot indication that flight is RVSM approved Pilot report of lack of RVSM approval (non-RVSM status). Pilot will report non-RVSM status, as follows: Negative RVSM, (supplementary information, e.g., “Certification flight…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 5. Surveillance Systems › 4-6-10. Procedures for Accommodation of Non-RVSM Aircraft

    Procedures for Accommodation of Non-RVSM Aircraft a. General Policies for Accommodation of Non-RVSM Aircraft 1. The RVSM mandate calls for only RVSM authorized aircraft/operators to fly in designated RVSM airspace with limited exceptions. The policies detailed below ... operator is not authorized or the aircraft is not RVSM-compliant, the aircraft will be referred to as a “non-RVSM” aircraft. 14 CFR section 91.180 and part 91, Appendix G, enable the FAA to authorize a deviation to operate…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 5. Surveillance Systems › 4-6-5. Pilot RVSM Operating Practices and Procedures

    Non-RVSM Aircraft Requesting Climb to and Descent from Flight Levels Above RVSM Airspace Without Intermediate Level Off, for policy on limited operation of unapproved aircraft in RVSM airspace). 3. To determine if the aircraft has “Advanced RNAV” capabilities ... cleared to fly procedures for which that capability is required. g. Improperly changing an aircraft equipment suffix and/or adding “NON-RVSM” in the NOTES or REMARKS section (Field 18) while not removing the “W” from Field 10, will not provide…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 5. Surveillance Systems › 4-6-11. Non-RVSM Aircraft Requesting Climb to and Descent from Flight Levels Above RVSM…

    Non-RVSM Aircraft Requesting Climb to and Descent from Flight Levels Above RVSM Airspace Without Intermediate Level Off a. File-and-Fly. Operators of Non-RVSM aircraft climbing to and descending from RVSM flight levels should just file a flight ... plan. b. Non-RVSM aircraft climbing to and descending from flight levels above RVSM airspace will be handled on a workload permitting basis. The vertical separation standard applied in RVSM airspace between non-RVSM aircraft and all other aircraft must…

  • Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual

    brought on by exceeding the critical angle of attack. A stall can occur at any pitch attitude or airspeed. Standard atmosphere. At sea level, the standard atmosphere consists of a barometric pressure of 29.92 inches of mercury ... millibars, and a temperature of 15 °C (59 °F). Pressure and temperature normally decrease as altitude increases. The standard lapse rate in the lower atmosphere for each 1,000 feet of altitude is approximately…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 2. Departure Procedures › 5-2-9. Instrument Departure Procedures (DP) - Obstacle Departure Procedures (ODP), Stan…

    obstacles and the MSL elevation and height above DER for the controlling obstacle for the published higher than standard takeoff minimums. (6) A DER crossing height using standard ceiling/visibility is provided as a new takeoff minimums option for pilots ... addition to the current options (higher than standard ceiling/visibility or standard ceiling/visibility with a higher than standard climb gradient, or a reduced takeoff runway length with a standard climb gradient and standard ceiling/visibility). EXAMPLE-Legacy takeoff minimums and obstacle notes…