VIDEO SCENARIOS COMMENTARY
Scenario 1 - CALL-SIGN CONFUSION
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Scenario 1 – Call Sign Confusion
SCENARIO 1 – CALL-SIGN CONFUSION
• 2 aircraft are approaching the same airport.
• Both have similar call-signs.
“B Jet 3158” and “B Jet 3518”
• ATCO gives clearance “stop climb at 5000ft” to A Jet 1582, a
conflicting departure.
• ATCO gives clearance “stop descend at 6000ft” to B Jet
3158,
• The clearance is read back by B Jet 3518.
Q: What could the controller do when two aircraft with similar
call-signs are on the same frequency?
A: He could inform all aircraft on frequency.
Any potential call-sign conflict should be notified by the person
who first notices it.
Q: What may have contributed to the ATCO not detecting the
wrong aircraft reading back the clearance?
A: He was busy discussing with the Tower controller an airspace
infringement by a VFR flight.
Emphasise the importance of the
read-back/hear-back loop, and especially, the need for
effective LISTENING otherwise errors will not be detected.
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Q: What may have contributed to the infringement?
A: The pilot did not use a map.
Q: When the ATCO detected B Jet 3158 probably not levelling
out at 6000ft, he asked “confirm maintaining 6000ft”. What
may have been a better instruction?
A: B Jet 3158 stop descent 6000ft and/or an avoiding turn,
depending on the situation preceded by “avoiding action”.
If it is serious, sound serious!
Q: B Jet 3158 receives TCAS warning “adjust vertical speed
adjust”. What should the pilots do?
A: Decrease climb/descend rate.
Q: What is your opinion on the ATCO using the working method
“wait and see”?
Q: What are your comments on the working situation on the B
Jet 3158 flight deck?
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