Title:
Spend an Hour or Two with an ATC Controller
Topic:
Learn how Tower ATC can assist pilots.
Speaker(s):
Jeannette Elkins & Erin Hartman, ATC Controllers
Brief Description:
This seminar will aid your understanding of why a controller may request you to use a specific taxiway or runway. The ATC controllers will discuss procedures that will assist pilots on how to safely maneuver on a busy airport.
Location of Seminar:
Regal Air / Paine Field
10217 31st Ave W
Hangar C-51
Everett, WA 98204
Directions to Venue:
From I-5, take the 128th St (exit #186), go west on 128th St for approx 2 miles to Hwy 99, 128th St SW becomes Airport Rd, stay on Airport Rd to the Paine Field entrance, turn Left onto 100th St SW and go to the first stop sign, turn left and the street dead ends into our parking lot.
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Seating:
65
seats at the facility,
29
remaining for online registration.
Registration Information:
Seminar has passed.
Sponsoring Division:
Air Traffic Organization & the FAA Safety Team
Additional Event Information & Acknowledgement of Industry Sponsor(s):
The FAA Safety Team expresses our sincere thanks to Regal Air for their continuous support of the FAA Safety Programs and for providing the venue for this event.
For a better understanding of ATC tower clearances, the controllers will discuss the following topics:
- Things that can prevent runway incursions
- How the transition to Approach Control is progressing
- Traffic movement and operational changes at Paine Field
- Do we have any Land and Hold Short operations at PAE?
- How the tower updates the ATIS and does the tower provide human input into the ATIS information?
- Does the rotating beacon on in the day time all ways indicate that the field is IFR?
- Can pilots or student pilots visit the tower?
- Runway exiting
- Read back requirements for Hold Short instructions
- Taxi and ground procedures
- Line Up and Wait
- Ramp areas not visible from the tower
- Airspace around Paine
- Misc.
Equal Access Information:
The FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) is committed to providing equal access to this meeting/event for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, please communicate your request as soon as possible with the person in the “Contact Information” area of the meeting/event notice. Note that two weeks is usually required to arrange services.
Credit Applicability:
1 Credit for Basic Knowledge Topic 3
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