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Chief, Air Traffic Control Operations and Procedures Branch. MSgt Gregg Mowrer AFFSA/XAOP DSN 857-2167. ATC Procedures. AF Flight Standards Agency. What’s the “BIG” Picture? What AFFSA looks like Air Traffic Control Division What we do How we do it. NCA. President.
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Chief, Air Traffic Control Operations and Procedures Branch MSgt Gregg Mowrer AFFSA/XAOP DSN 857-2167
AF Flight Standards Agency • What’s the “BIG” Picture? • What AFFSA looks like • Air Traffic Control Division • What we do • How we do it
NCA President Secretary of Defense Secretary of the Air Force Chief of Staff Reports to…. USAF/XO Chain of Command
USAF/XO USAF/XOO HQ USAF Chain of Command CHIEF OF STAFF HQ AFFSA/CC
AFFSA Organization New AFFSA Website
XA XAO ATC Operations XAOP - ATC Procedures XAOT - ATC Training XAO Organization
AFFSA ACC AETC AMC AFMC AFRC AFSOC AFSPC PACAF USAFE ANG UNITS MAJCOMs AF/XO AF/XOO
XAO - ATC Operations PROCEDURES TRAINING FAA Interface Waivers GENOTs, DCPs SIB Command Endorsements Facility Mgt Seminar OJT Formal Schools Computer Based Training Front-Load Training STARS MACS Tower Simulator
ATC Operations Air Traffic Procedures & Training Training Procedures AFI 13-203 ATC Training Series QTPs OJT etc FARs FAAO 7110.65 FAAO 7210.4 AFI 13-203 etc Procedures and Training for ATC Career Field
Overview AF/XO FAA AF/XOO • AFFSA MAJCOM UNIT • How does it all work? • Your Reality AFI OI Unit Text AMC LOA FAA ACC Base
Vocabulary • Operations: The headquarters or center from which a military action, flights into and out of an airfield, or other activities are controlled. • Policy: A course of action, guiding principle, or procedure considered expedient, prudent, or advantageous. • Procedure: A manner of proceeding; a way of performing or effecting something.
Your Reality • Implement Policy and Procedures • Develop Guidance • Base Airfield Operations Instruction • Facility Operating Instructions • Operations Letters • Letters of Agreement (LOA) • New Locally Unique Procedures • At times, Request Waivers to Established Procedures
Implementation • FAAO 7110.65. • (ATC Operations Source). • AFI 13-203. • (Defines rules of engagement for USAF Facilities). • MAJCOM Supplements to AFI 13-203. • (Address unique requirements/operations). • Wing Requirements (OPLans). • (Address even more-defined requirements/operations).
Develop Guidance • Base Airfield Operations Instructions • Facility Operating Instructions • Operations Letters • Letters of Agreements
Develop Guidance • Base Airfield Operations Instructions • Single source document • Procedures flow across different agencies • Wing/Base specific procedures • Procedures specified by AFI • Must be reviewed/approved by MAJCOM
Develop Guidance • Facility Operating Instruction • Procedures required by AFI • Consolidating positions • Radar/Tower coordination • Back-up power • Radar operations • Tower operations • Administrative OI’s don’t require MAJCOM approval!
Develop Guidance • Operations Letter • Between ATC facilities or between an ATC facility and another Air Force base agency • ATCALS Restoral Priorities • Generator Operation • Airfield Lighting • Requires MAJCOM approval!
Develop Guidance • Letter of Agreement (LOA) • Policy/procedures • AF and non-AF units on base • AF and agencies from another location • Requires MAJCOM approval!
Develop Guidance • New Locally Unique Procedures • Evaluate Based on Current Guidelines • FARs, FAAO 7110.65, 7210.3, AFI’s • Evaluate Based on Feasibility • Sanity Check, ORM, Loss/Gain • Review Operational History LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP!!
Change Requests • For AFI 13-203 and FAAO 7110.65 • Initiate on AF Form 847 • Forward To MAJCOM OPR/ATC • HQ AFFSA/XA
Waiver Requests • Initiate Via AF Form 4058 • Justification/Supporting Documentation • Equivalent Level of Safety • Local Concurrence (OG level) • Forward to MAJCOM OPR for ATC • MAJCOM forwards to AFFSA/XA
Summary • MACRO Look at Policy and Procedures • How It All Works • Your Role
AFFSA Contacts • Maj Christopher DeckerDeputy Chief, Airfield Operations and Training DivisionXAO 857-2172 • SMSgt Phillip RussChief, ATC Procedures BranchXAOP 857-3717 • MSgt Gregg ‘GM’ MowrerChief, FAA/USAF Procedures Analyst & FMS CommandantXAOP 857-2167