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- Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:02 pm
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: Canadian Looking for Insights About Career Possibilities Related to ATS.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4353
Re: Canadian Looking for Insights About Career Possibilities Related to ATS.
What floatyghosthat said. You don't need any background in aviation, nor post secondary education to be able to do the job. In my experience, having prior aviation experience only really gives you a leg up in roughly the first month of training. Some of the most skilled specialists I know hadn't eve...
- Sat Mar 25, 2017 10:33 am
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: "AU" Weather Services; where is this offered? Not ok for visibility?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3889
Re: "AU" Weather Services; where is this offered? Not ok for visibility?
We used to have one of those for a bit at my site. It's similar to an AWOS in that it's automatic and broadcasts on a VGM, but the main difference is an AWOS gives a complete weather report updated at regular intervals, an AU only puts out the wind and altimeter setting.
- Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:42 pm
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: Contacting an MF/FSS
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8705
Re: Contacting an MF/FSS
Okay, so I guess my real question is WHY? Every FSS knows you're inbound. They have a strip on you. They even give you as traffic to other aircraft, even BEFORE you inform them of your presence. So why is this "warning, I'm inbound, hide the women and children" call even a requirement? I suspect th...
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:50 am
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: FSS 'Pre-Taxi IFR Clearance'
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7520
Re: FSS 'Pre-Taxi IFR Clearance'
From what I understand, it's not just radar requirements, there's a number of other factors involved in having pre-taxi clearances. You need SIDs, STARs, agreements with the ACC, and other stuff as well. I don't forsee getting that in YTS any time in the near future. In the mean time, when we(FSS) d...
- Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:06 pm
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: Levels of Medevac?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8463
Re: Levels of Medevac?
In my experience, the only time we'll ask if a medevac flight's a priority is if we're dealing with more than one. Since we don't know the urgency of the flights, we ask in order to sort out who goes first.
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:11 pm
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: FSS pay scales
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5008
Re: FSS pay scales
Timmins actually just got bumped up to an E
- Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:03 pm
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: [FSS] How many hours in a single work shift?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5210
Re: [FSS] How many hours in a single work shift?
I asked this same question to my local FSS team a little while back. I may be wrong in some ways, but I know the night shift for the local radio is 2030 local to 0630 local. They do a change at 1230 and 1330 local also. They rotate on 3 radio positions and maybe one person checking the weather too....
- Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:05 pm
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: Edmonton FIR FSS remote locations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5206
Re: Edmonton FIR FSS remote locations
Don't know too much about the other two, but Rankin isn't so bad to work at anymore. Instead of living up there full time, the staff there are based in Winnipeg(I think) and do two weeks in, two weeks out.
- Wed Jul 01, 2015 4:48 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: NavCanada Second Interview Help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1583
Re: NavCanada Second Interview Help
FSS isn't a bad gig at all. There is possibility to cross train later on, but isn't the easiest to get.
- Wed Jul 01, 2015 4:41 pm
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: [FSS] How many hours in a single work shift?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5210
Re: [FSS] How many hours in a single work shift?
Varies from station to station. Some stations have 8 hour days, some have 12, ours is 10.7.
- Sat Jun 13, 2015 1:08 am
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: YUL FSS - summer 2015
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2338
Re: YUL FSS - summer 2015
There is possibility to cross train later on. Just keep in mind, it's not as simple as it sounds; You will have to jump through many hoops, and there's no guarantee that you will actually get it.
- Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:22 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Looking for an aircraft...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1361
Looking for an aircraft...
FAJW, miss that bird. Anyone know who has it now?
- Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:53 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Starting approach at intermediate fix?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4635
Re: Starting approach at intermediate fix?
Just out of curiosity, how'd you aquire a copy of MANOPS? Normally only NavCanada employees have access to those documents.
- Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:56 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Explain like I'm 5 - Mandatory Frequency
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9240
Re: Explain like I'm 5 - Mandatory Frequency
As one of the friendly neighbourhood FSS you'll be speaking to in Muskoka, it's not that different than at an airport without a ground frequency. Instead of broadcasting to traffic, direct your calls to Timmins Radio. As we do have to do a lot of multitasking, we apreciate a heads up call with your ...
- Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:47 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Circuit Courtesy
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3616
Re: Circuit Courtesy
If you say "have the numbers and traffic," they can skip giving you the runway, wind, altimeter and weather information, but FSS are still required to pass you traffic even if you say you have it.
- Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:00 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Circuit Courtesy
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3616
Re: Circuit Courtesy
Could you point me to the CARS reference for this?
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:04 am
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: Claiming EI While on Training
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2937
Re: Claiming EI While on Training
I don't know how it would work for parental leave, but I was able to collect regular EI while I was on course. I had been laid off in January and my course started the beginning of April, so I was already collecting prior to my course. I can't remeber the exact details, and it may have changed in th...
- Sat Jun 14, 2014 2:46 am
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: FSS clearance
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1737
Re: FSS clearance
It's not up to the FSS. They shall give to you exactly what the controller gave to them, how they gave it to them . If the controller says FPR, they say FPR. If the controller reads out the entire route, they read out the entire route. And no, the FSS does not necessarily have your flight plan in fr...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:23 pm
- Forum: ATS Question Forum
- Topic: FSS Medical requirements
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2248
Re: FSS Medical requirements
I ran into this problem too. From what I was finally able to gather after hitting a lot of dead ends of "Oh, you're FSS? Then you're not my problem," is that it is up to your CAME and primary physician what you can take and safely work. I'm on SSIs for anxiety and depression, since my medication can...
- Tue Oct 08, 2013 7:49 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: "Down and Clear" for IFR Aircraft
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2456
Re: "Down and Clear" for IFR Aircraft
The reg in question doesn't mention whether there is an on-site service or not, but I'll assume that, since it's an MF, there is. I don't know if it is mandatory to call 'clear' or just on the ground, but looking at it from a legal standpoint, that call is a declaration on air(and tape) that the air...