Module #38B ADS-B

Module #38B ADS-B:

ADS-B module consists of all academics required to gain the ADS-B authorization to operate ADS-B in a foreign airspace wherein that airspace requires an aircraft be approved for ADS-B operations prior to commencement of operations.

A partial list of subjects contained within the ADS-B course are:

Why ADS-B, Description, Authorization Needs, Avionics elements, Traffic and Broadcast Services, TIS-B, FIS-B, ADS-B In, In Trail Procedures, Procedural Criteria, Distance Criteria, Pilot Maneuver Evaluations, Concept Assisted Visual Separation, Equipment and Operating requirements in the U.S. Airspace, Flight Planning Requirements, Mode-A considerations with ADS-B, Surveillance Phraseology, Emergency Procedures, ADS-B outside U.S. Domestic airspace, ADS-B in Gander Oceanic Control Area

Module #38 ICAO Structure Verses FAA Rules

Module #38 ICAO Structure Verses FAA Rules:

  • Background and objectives of ICAO
  • Uncovering the ICAO rules
  • Review of ICAO Doc 7300/9 for important issues concerning the Articles of Organization
  • Defining the SARPS Standards and Recommended Practices
  • Discovering PANS documents
  • Description of Regional Supplemental Procedures ICAO Doc 7030
  • Crossing the U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations to the ICAO rules
  • Understanding country differences and where to uncover them
  • Review of appropriate sections of 14 CFR 91 & 135

Module #34 ICAO MET Weather Formats TAF METAR

Module #34 ICAO MET Weather Formats TAF METAR:

  • International weather products and formats
  • Traps to be avoided when reviewing weather
  • Tropopause prog charts and its importance in planning
  • Prognostic weather charts
  • Routine weather reports (METAR)
  • Significant weather charts
  • Terminal aerodrome forecasts (TAF)
  • Online resources

Module #31E RNP1 & RNP2

Module #31E RNP1 & RNP2: 

  • Operator responsibilities
  • PBN concepts and components
  • NAV specifications
  • Procedures, reporting for compliance and avoidance of errors
  • Path Definition Errors (PDE), Flight Technical Errors (FTE), Navigation System Errors (NSE), Total System Errors (TSE)
  • Path terminators
  • System performance alerts & monitoring
  • RNP1 system capabilities, operations, in-flight considerations
  • RNP2 domestic, offshore, oceanic and remote continental operations & alerts, in-flight considerations
  • RNP2 system capabilities and operations in relation to RAIM, CPDLC, MEL, NOTAMS, DME, flight plans
  • Malfunction considerations
  • NAV displays
  • Databases
  • SIDs/STARs
  • Flight planning considerations
  1. Module #30A Oceanic Airspace Design and Separations
  2. Module #26B Differences from ICAO Standards/Procedures
  3. Module #24G ICAO PANS Ops Instrument Procedures & Differences from TERPS
  4. Module #24B Basic International Altimetry