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  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 6. National Security and Interception Procedures › 5-6-13. Interception Procedures

    safety of flight for all concerned throughout the intercept procedure. The interceptor pilot(s) will use caution to avoid startling the intercepted crew or passengers and understand that maneuvers considered normal for interceptor aircraft may be considered hazardous to other ... subjected to a military intercept, it is incumbent on civilian aviators to understand their responsibilities and to comply with ICAO standard signals relayed from the intercepting aircraft. Specifically, aviators are expected to contact air traffic control without delay (if able…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-11. Pilot Responsibilities When Conducting Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO)

    similar statement. Controllers may then issue a takeoff clearance if other traffic permits, since the pilot has accepted the responsibility for wake turbulence separation. g. The 3-minute interval is not required when the intersection is 500 feet or less ... mandatory behind a heavy aircraft in all cases, and for small aircraft behind a B757. 4-3-11. Pilot Responsibilities When Conducting Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO) a. LAHSO is an acronym for “Land and Hold Short Operations.” These…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 5. Pilot/Controller Roles and Responsibilities › 5-5-1. General

    other reasons. PHRASEOLOGYBREAK AT (specified point). REPORT BREAK. FIG 5-4-34 Overhead Maneuver Section 5. Pilot/Controller Roles and Responsibilities 5-5-1. General a. The roles and responsibilities of the pilot and controller for effective participation ... system are contained in several documents. Pilot responsibilities are in the CFRs and the air traffic controllers’ are in the FAA Order JO 7110.65, Air Traffic Control, and supplemental FAA directives. Additional and supplemental information for pilots can be found…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 5. Pilot/Controller Roles and Responsibilities › 5-5-12. Visual Separation

    will maneuver the aircraft as necessary to avoid the other aircraft or to maintain in-trail separation. Pilots are responsible to maintain visual separation until flight paths (altitudes and/or courses) diverge. 2. If instructed by ATC to follow another aircraft ... lose sight of that aircraft, are unable to maintain continued visual contact with it, or cannot accept the responsibility for your own separation for any reason. 3. The pilot also accepts responsibility for wake turbulence separation under these conditions…

  • Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 4. Wake Turbulence › 7-4-8. Pilot Responsibility

    Pilot Responsibility a. Research and testing have been conducted, in addition to ongoing wake initiatives, in an attempt to mitigate the effects of wake turbulence. Pilots must exercise vigilance in situations where they are responsible for avoiding wake turbulence ... following situations is an acknowledgment that the pilot will ensure safe takeoff and landing intervals and accepts the responsibility for providing wake turbulence separation. 1. Traffic information. 2. Instructions to follow an aircraft; and 3. The acceptance of a visual…

  • Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Upset Prevention and Recovery › Surprise and Startle Response

    Aerospace Medicine Reference Collection, which provides spatial disorientation videos. The videos are available online at: www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/cami/library/online_libraries/aerospace_medicine/sd/videos/. Surprise and Startle Response Surprise is an unexpected event that violates a pilot’s expectations and can affect the mental processes used ... even ignored during flight training. The reality is that untrained pilots often experience a state of surprise or a startle response to an airplane upset event. Startle may or may not lead to surprise. Pilots can protect themselves against…