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  • 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…

  • 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 › 4-6-8. 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 › 4-6-5. 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 1: Introduction To Flying › The Role of the FAA › Field Offices

    Field Offices Flight Standards Service Within the FAA, the Flight Standards Service promotes safe air transportation by setting the standards for certification and oversight of airmen, air operators, air agencies, and designees. It also promotes safety of flight of civil ... aircraft and air commerce by: • Accomplishing certification, inspection, surveillance, investigation, and enforcement. • Setting regulations and standards. • Managing the system for registration of civil aircraft and all airmen records. The focus of interaction between Flight Standards Service and the aviation community/general…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 5. Surveillance Systems › 4-7-2. Accommodating Non-RNP 10 Aircraft

    Accommodating Non-RNP 10 Aircraft a. Operators not authorized for RNP 10 or RNP 4 may still file for any route and altitude within the Gulf of America CTAs. However, clearance on the operator’s preferred route and/or altitude will ... provided as traffic allows for 90 or 100 NM lateral separation between the non-RNP 10 aircraft and any others. Priority will be given to RNP 10 or RNP 4 aircraft. b. Operators of aircraft not authorized…