The Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2009

Prospective

Air Traffic Controllers Licences, ratings, endorsements and maintenance of licence privileges U.K.

4.  For Schedule 11 substitute—

Articles 108D and 109

“SCHEDULE 11 U.K. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS – LICENCES, RATINGS, ENDORSEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE OF LICENCE PRIVILEGES

Part A U.K. Air Traffic Controller Licences

Air Traffic Controller’s Licence

1.   The privileges of an air traffic controller’s licence are to—

(a) act as an air traffic controller for any sector or operational position for which a valid rating and endorsement and current unit endorsement are included in the licence; and

(b) exercise the privileges of a student air traffic controller’s licence.

Student Air Traffic Controller’s Licence

2.   The privileges of a student air traffic controller’s licence are to act as an air traffic controller under the supervision of another person who is present at the time and who—

(a) is the holder of an air traffic controller’s licence entitling him to provide unsupervised the type of air traffic control service which is being provided by the student air traffic controller; and

(b) is an on-the-job training instructor.

Part B U.K. Ratings, Rating Endorsements and Licence Endorsements

Inclusion of ratings, rating endorsements and licence endorsements

1.— (1) A licence granted under article 108A may contain the ratings, rating endorsements and licence endorsements of the classes contained in paragraphs 3 and 4.

(2) The inclusion of a rating, rating endorsement or licence endorsement shall have the consequences specified in relation to it.

Exercise of more than one function

2.— (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the holder of a licence which includes ratings of two or more of the classes specified in paragraph 3 shall not at any one time perform the functions specified in respect of more than one of those ratings.

(2) The functions of the following ratings may be exercised at the same time—

(a) an Aerodrome Control Instrument Rating and an Approach Control Procedural Rating; and

(b) an Aerodrome Control Instrument Rating and an Approach Control Surveillance Rating, provided that the holder shall not exercise the functions of any rating endorsement described in paragraph 2(a) to (c) of article 7 of the air traffic controllers’ directive included in the Approach Control Surveillance Rating.

(3) When a surveillance radar approach terminating at a point less than 2 nautical miles from the point of intersection of the glide path with the runway is being provided under an approach control surveillance rating, no other function under the approach control surveillance rating may be exercised at the same time.

Ratings and Rating Endorsements

3.— (1) There are the following classes of aerodrome control ratings and endorsements—

(a) the Aerodrome Control Visual Rating (ADV) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(b) the Aerodrome Control Instrument Rating (ADI) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(c) the Aerodrome Control Instrument rating must be accompanied by at least one of the rating endorsements described in paragraph 1 of article 7 of the air traffic controllers’ directive.

(2) There are the following classes of approach control ratings and endorsements—

(a) the Approach Control Procedural Rating (APP) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(b) the Approach Control Surveillance Rating (APS) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(c) the Approach Control Surveillance Rating must be accompanied by at least one of the following—

(i) a rating endorsement described in paragraph 2 of article 7 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(ii) the Multilateration Endorsement (MLT), which indicates that the holder is competent to provide an approach control service with the use of multilateration;

(iii) the Offshore Rating Endorsement entitles the holder of a Radar Endorsement to provide an offshore service;

(iv) the Special Tasks Rating Endorsement which entitles the holder of a Radar, Automatic Dependent Surveillance or Multilateration Endorsement to provide a special tasks service.

(3) There are the following classes of area control ratings and endorsements—

(a) the Area Control Procedural Rating (ACP) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(b) the Area Control Procedural Rating may be accompanied by an Oceanic Control Rating Endorsement which entitles the holder to provide an area control service in the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area;

(c) the Area Control Surveillance Rating (ACS) as described in article 6 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(d) the Area Control Surveillance Rating must be accompanied by at least one of the following—

(i) a rating endorsement described in paragraph 3 of article 7 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(ii) the Multilateration Endorsement (MLT) which indicates that the holder is competent to provide an area control service with the use of multilateration;

(iii) an Offshore Rating Endorsement which entitles the holder of a Radar Endorsement to provide an offshore service;

(iv) a Special Tasks Rating Endorsement which entitles the holder of a Radar Automatic Dependent Surveillance or Multilateration Endorsement to provide a special tasks service.

Licence Endorsements

4.   There are the following classes of licence endorsement—

(a) an Examiner Licence Endorsement (which shall be valid for a period of three years) entitles the holder to sign a unit endorsement in respect of—

(i) the air traffic control services that his air traffic controller licence entitles him to provide; or

(ii) such other air traffic control services as the CAA may authorise for that holder;

(b) an On-the-job Training Instructor Endorsement (which shall be valid for a period of three years) as described in article 9 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(c) a Unit Endorsement as described in article 10 of the air traffic controllers’ directive;

(d) a Language Endorsement.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 4 in force at 1.9.2009, see art. 1(1)