Overview
Effectively training for the correct response to an impending loss of separation is difficult. Due to their infrequency, controllers seldom encounter such events, leaving them without a foundational experience to rely on. The element of surprise and unpredictability of these events makes them hard to replicate using traditional simulation. VV CompSep™ addresses both challenges by offering controllers endless unexpected scenarios. This allows for more efficient and cost-effective practice compared to conventional methods.
Learning Outcomes
Through the provision of a organised training structure and with the practice resources provided by the VV Simulator, candidates competing this course will be able to provide an effective response to a compromised separation event.
Competency Training
This course is an example of the use of Visual Vectoring technology to deliver competency training outcomes. Any ATC scenario requiring a specific phrase, control action, or interface interaction may be simulated on any airspace configuration with outcomes recorded and reported.Examples include radar identification of nil transponder aircraft, response to an emergency call and the correct label data processing on issuing a level change. Contact us for a bespoke solution to your competency training needs.
Course Structure
The course is divided into three modules, covering the range of responses typically required during a Compromised Separation event.
Teaches the issuance of essential traffic information to aircraft in conflict. The considerations that inform the phrasing and content of the traffic statement based on the field of vision, atmospheric conditions, time of day and relative movement are fully discussed.
Covers the formulation of an effective response based on a typical lead time that might be given by a predictive conflict alerting system, typically one minute before possible collision.
Discusses scenarios in which the precursors to the conflict are such the the controller becomes aware of the situation less than one minute before possible collision. The considerations of a possible response to TCAS, the selection of a response using vectors, the formulation of an appropriate traffic statement are covered in depth. Practice on up to 30 unique scenarios is available.
This optional module covers the situation where a collision is imminent and for which the selection of an appropriate response is most critical.
Skills & Techniques
This course breaks down the decision-making process so that candidates are able to formulate a response to a compromised separation event, requiring skills in:
- Assessment of the validity of a conflict.
- Determination of the required urgency of the response.
- Assessment of the appropriateness of a level change based on the TCAS horizon.
- Subject to the urgency of the conflict and the disposition of the aircraft, the issuance of vectors to the most suitable aircraft.
- If applicable, the issuance of vectors to the other aircraft.
- Provision of accurate and timely traffic information.
Sample Content
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