Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assure separation
- Conflicts are recognised and resolved
- Separation is provided
- Jurisdiction for maintaining aircraft separation is agreed and assigned
- Alternative separation is provided as required
- Separation is adjusted when systems are degraded or airways facilities are reduced
- Most appropriate separation is applied taking into account safety, expedition, control method and surveillance
- Compromised separation is recognised and addressed
- Manage terminal airspaces
- Service priorities are applied in accordance with that which is most safety critical
- Hazards are identified, risks are assessed, and risk controls are implemented
- Control practices and procedures are adjusted in accordance with changing airspace environment factors
- Systematic scan technique of terminal airspace and air routes is maintained
- Standard routing is facilitated
- Documented instructions and agreements applicable to the area of jurisdiction are applied
- Non-compliance with control instructions and procedures is recognised and addressed
- Terrain and obstacle clearance is provided
- Pilot preferred altitudes or flight levels are facilitated
- Aircraft are authorised to use terminal airspaces
- Control services are provided in accordance with airspace classification and status
- Airspaces are administered in accordance with user activity
- Flight deviations and diversions are facilitated
- Suitable runway mode is negotiated with aerodrome control
- Aircraft release for departure is authorised in accordance with runway mode and airspace configuration
- Aircraft approach to land is authorised in accordance with runway mode and airspace configuration
- Separation is provided
- Jurisdiction for maintaining aircraft separation is agreed and assigned
- Alternative separation is provided as required
- Separation is adjusted when systems are degraded or airways facilities are reduced
- Most appropriate separation is applied taking into account safety, expedition, control method and surveillance
- Compromised separation is recognised and addressed