Airborne Collision Avoidence System
Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) / Terrain Avoidance Collision System (TCAS)
LEARING OBJECTIVE
TARGET GROUP
CONTENT
- ICAO – Definition of an Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS)
- Background and Objectives
- EUROCONTROL:
- Responsibility and Authority of Pilot-in-Command ▪ Avoidance of collisions
- Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS)
- Reporting to ATC ICAO
- Operations on the ground
- System Limitations
- U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA):
- Differences between FAA and EURO-CONTROL
- FAA TCAS and Safety Reporting System (SRS)
- Recommendations
DURATION
- Initial: 4 hours class room
- Recurrent: 1.5 hours for refresher course (with updates/MOC reports)
LANGUAGE
English
HANDOUTS
- EURO-Control ACAS II Guide – Airborne Collision Avoidance System II (version 7.1)
- FAA Introduction to TCAS ll Manual
- FAA Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO) for TCAS ll
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
- Chapters 019, 020 and 043 of the Flight Crew Reference Guide (FCRG)
- EU-OPS TGL 11
- EU-CAT.OP.MPA.295 Use of airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS)
- EU-GM1 CAT.OP.MPA.295 Use of airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS)
- EU-CAT.IDE.A.155 Airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS)
- EU-AMC3 ORO.MLR.100 Operations manual – general
- ICAO Doc. 8168 (PANS-OPS)
- ICAO Doc. 4444 (PANS-ATM)
- ICAO Doc 9863, Annex 6 and 10
- ICAO Doc 7030 EURO-Control
- FAA Advisory Circular 120-55C
- FAA 12010 -(TCAS II) Version 7.1
- FAA TCAS incident reporting to ASRS