Aeronautical Fixed Services Operator (AFS)
Introduction
Objectives
At the end of the theoretical part, the participants should be able to:
- Meaning of AFS definitions
- Meaning of AMS definitions
- Decode the Q CODE abbreviations
- Uses of communication abbreviations
- Aeronautical Fixed Service Procedures
- Aeronautical Mobile Service Procedures
- Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network (AFTN)
- Common ICAO Data Interchange Network (CIDIN)
- ATS Message Handling System (AMHS)
- Categories of ICAO AFTN messages
- Acceptance, transmission and delivery of messages
- Cancellation of messages
- Division of telecommunication service
- Hours of communication service
- Supervision process
- Routing of AFS messages
- Short term retention of AFTN traffic
- Long term retention of AFTN traffic
- AFTN message format
- Stages of repetition of messages process
- Stages of tracing of messages process
- Stages of analyzing of AFTN messages
- What is AMHS
- The advantages of AMHS
- Correction of errors
- Record of communication
- Aeronautical Telecommunication Service documents
- Coordination reports
- AFS Standing orders
At the end of the practical part, the participants will recognize the following:
- How to send an AFTN message
- How to receive an AFTN message
- How to repeat an AFTN message
- How to retrieve an AFTN message
- How to route a message
- How to check on messages
Who Sould Attend
- Aeronautical Communications Operators
Course Content
- Module 01: AFS Operator Theoretical Part
- Module 02: AFS Operator Practical Part
Prerequisite
- Aeronautical fixed service operator
- Aeronautical mobile service operator
- Flight information service operator
- Quality assurance unit chief
- All aeronautical units which are dealing with (AFTN/CIDIN/AMHS) telecommunication network.