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  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-6. Flight Plan - IFR Flights

    route high altitude charts. (c) Operation off established airways below 18,000 feet MSL - Use aids not more than 80 NM apart. These aids are depicted on en route low altitude charts. (d) Operation off established airways between ... resulted in pilot requests for direct routes which exceed NAVAID service volume limits. 5. At times, ATC will initiate a direct route in a surveillance environment which exceeds NAVAID service volume limits. Pilots must adhere to the altitude specified…

  • Chapter 10. Helicopter Operations › Section 2. Special Operations › 10-2-4. Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Multiple Helicopter Operations

    Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Multiple Helicopter Operations a. Background. EMS helicopter operators often overlap other EMS operator areas. Standardized procedures can enhance the safety of operating multiple helicopters to landing zones (LZs) and to hospital heliports. Communication ... successful operations and in maintaining organization between helicopters, ground units and communication centers. EMS helicopter operators which operate in the same areas should establish joint operating procedures and provide them to related agencies. b. Recommended Procedures. 1. Landing Zone Operations…

  • Chapter 10. Helicopter Operations › Section 2. Special Operations › 10-2-1. Offshore Helicopter Operations

    hazard, time and duration of occurrence, and other pertinent information. ANY POTENTIAL HAZARD should be communicated to helicopter operators or company aviation departments as early as possible to allow the NOTAM to be activated. (c) To supplement the existing NOTAM ... Recommended Practice(s) have been developed to reinforce the NOTAM procedures and standardize visual signals. f. Drilling Rig Perforating Operations: Warning(s)/Procedure(s) Helideck/Heliport Operational Hazard 1. Background. A critical step in the oil well completion process is perforation…

  • Chapter 2: En Route Operations › Direct Route Flights

    route high altitude charts. 3. Operation off established airways below 18,000 feet MSL—use NAVAIDs not more than 80 NM apart. These aids are depicted on en route low altitude charts. 4. Operation off established airways between ... system has resulted in pilot requests for direct routes that exceed NAVAID service volume limits. These direct route requests are approved only in a radar environment with approval based on pilot responsibility for navigation on the authorized direct route. Radar…

  • Chapter 3: Arrivals › Navigation in the Arrival Environment

    When STARs are reviewed subsequently in this chapter, it is demonstrated how…