# Presentation: 224093

## Results of the ICAO CAR/SAM/3 RAN Meeting

- (Houston, Texas, 21 - 23 March 2000)
**Results of the ICAO CAR/SAM/3 RAN Meeting**
- Mark Ríos
- Regional Officer, Air Traffic Management
- ICAO North American, Central American and Caribbean Regional Office- Mexico City

**Notes:**
It is pleasure to provide this presentation that will show the hard work that has been accomplished so far in the Caribbean Region in reference to Y2K Contingency Planning.

This presentation reflects the efforts made by the CAR Y2K Task Force in the development of CAR Y2K Contingency Plan.

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Recommendation 5/2 - Amendment to the Mexican FIR boundaries
- Mazatlan, Monterrey, Merida, Mexico and Mazatlan Oceanic, be consolidated into two FIRs
- Mexico FIR
- Mazatlan Oceanic FIR

**Notes:**
The CAR Y2K Task Force is composed by: Netherlands Antilles, Cuba, United States, Jamaica, Haiti, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, COCESNA, IATA,IFALPA, IFATCA and ICAO.  And so far has held two meetings with the next meeting scheduled from the 28 - 30 of June 1999.

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Recommendation 5/6 - Civil/military coordination
- recommendations in order to achieve optimum civil/military coordination and joint use of airspace
- Recommend 5/7 - Review of special use airspace by States
- conduct a review to validate actual use with the goal to release airspace for civil use or obtain joint-use airspace agreements

**Notes:**
In order to facilitate the movement of the work the CAR Y2K TF created an Y2K Core Group consisting of Cuba, United States, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, COCESNA, IATA,IFALPA and ICAO

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Recommendation 5/7 (Cont.)
- ensure that prohibited, restricted, and danger areas are in compliance with Annexes 2 &15
- Conclusion 5/8 - Civil/military coordination workshops to promote joint-use airspace in the CAR/SAM Regions
- Recommendation 5/13 - Plane of division between the lower and upper airspace
- Use FL 245, if unable select a level already used by adjacent States

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Conclusion 5/15 - Network of RNAV routes
- That GREPECAS study the possibility of establishing a network of RNAV routes and develop an implementation strategy
- Recommendation 5/16 - Near-term areas of application of area navigation (RNAV)
- That States, identify areas within their FIRs where RNAV can be applied
- take into account city-pairs noted in the report and major cities

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Coordination of the CAR/SAM SSR code allocation plan with the NAM States
- Meeting will be held with USA and CAR States that share airspace boundaries with the USA to harmonize the SSR codes
- Recommendation 5/22 - Consistent application of 10-minute and 80 NM RNAV distance-based longitudinal separation minima

**Notes:**
Mexico, COCESNA, Barbados,France etc.

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Conclusion 5/23 - Application of 50 NM lateral separation minimum based on RNAV and RNP 10, and future airspace requirements in the CAR/SAM Regions
- That GREPECAS:
- identify areas suitable for implementation of RNP, RNAV and reduced lateral separation minmum
- establish airspace safety management arrangements to ensure the safe operation of airspace where reduced lateral separation minimum are to be introduced

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Conclusion 5/23 (Cont.)
- complete appropriate safety assessments prior to any implementation
- determine implementation timescales
- establish a monitoring agency to ensure the operating environment can meet the safety requirements for the introduction and ongoing operation of 50 NM lateral separation minimum based on RNAV and RNP 10
- develop regional guidance material

**Notes:**
APPENDIX 10
CAR Y2K CIC PROCEDURES

.The functions of the CAR Y2K CIC shall be as follows:
)gather information on the status of Y2K failures affecting NCICs in the Caribbean region and adjoining regions and disseminate this information to NCICs and other concerned parties;
)assist with the transfer of specific responsibilities for air traffic services from one ACC to another ACC in the event that a particular ACC is unable to provide normal ATS;
)coordinate traffic flow to reduce traffic congestion;
)assist in coordination between NCICs when contingency measures along a traffic flow are no longer required and aircraft can return to normal operations;

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Recommendation 5/24 - Implementation of 10 minute longitudinal separation minimum with Mach number technique
- That a 10-minimum longitudinal separation minimum with Mach number technique be implemented in areas lacking appropriate communications, navigation and surveillance facilities to support other separation minimum

**Notes:**
The organizational staff required within the CAR Y2K CIC depicted at the end of this document should be as follows:
)ICAO Regional Expert(s) to provide regional guidance support and coordinate with other ICAO regional CICs and Global ICAO Management Center.
)IATA representative(s) to facilitate coordination with the users.
)A Center Supervisor per shift to lead the team.
)5 ATS Specialists per 8 hour shift, with significant and broad experience in their area of their CAR Region, to undertake the functions of the CAR Y2K CIC.
.The CAR Y2K CIC will implement the following procedures during its routine operations:
)The CAR Y2K CIC Supervisor should disseminate FIR status information to all NCICs by use of bulletins at least every 4 hours.  In case  of degraded services the information shall be disseminated as soon as possible.
)ATS specialist within the CAR Y2K CIC shall confirm in detail the exact status of the services and facilities available in a FIR, hourly

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Recommendation 5/29 - Target level of safety for the introduction of RVSM
- Before implementing RVSM, verification of the target level of safety would remain equal to or better than a TLS of 5 x 10-9
- Recommendation 5/31 - Implementation of reduced vertical separation minimum in the CAR Region
- To facilitate early implementation of RVSM in the CAR Region, Doc 7030 be amended

**Notes:**
NCIC in : Mexico, COCESNA, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Netherlands Antilles

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Recommendation 5/35 - Implementation of English language programmes
- States in the CAR/SAM Regions implement language programmes to improve English language proficiency among operational personnel

**Notes:**
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
)Where required, additional resources should be made available at ATS facilities to manually process information, to account for the potential degradation of services.
)Operators that anticipate having flights operating during Y2K time periods shall adhere to the flight planning guidelines stated in Appendix 9.
)The CAR Regional Y2K Coordination Information Center as well as the National Y2K Coordination Information Centers should be manned and activated from the beginning of this plan.
)A regional contingency route structure has been developed for use within each FIR for the major international traffic flows.  International flights should file their flight plans using these routes, so as to minimize disruption to the operations, in the event that services become affected.  A chart depicting international routes is included in Appendix 2.

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Recommendation 5/36 - Development of ICAO guidance material on ATS quality assurance programmes
- ICAO develop guidance material for worldwide use
- Conclusion 5/37 - ATS quality assurance seminars and associated workshops
- ICAO NACC & SAM Regional Offices pursue seminars and workshops starting in the year 2000

**Notes:**
PHASE II: This will take effect during  the Y2K time period as defined in the section Description of Y2K Critical Dates of the Overview Section, III, b) of this plan and the following measures are required to be adopted:
)Scheduled landing and take off operations should be discouraged from 15 min prior to 30 min past midnight UTC and local time.
)All aircraft will be required to be flying on contingency routes by this time.
)A separation criteria will be applied to each Y2K contingency ATS route governed by the FIR which requires the most separation as specified on the Air Traffic Management section.
)Pilots shall make contact with the appropriate ATC facility at least 10 minutes prior to entering any FIR.
)Pilots should monitor the appropriate TIBA frequency.

## CAR/SAM/3 RANAir Traffic Management

- Recommendation 5/38 - Implementation of an ATS quality assurance programme** **
- States/ATS service providers implement an ATS QA programme
- each ATS unit should establish such a programme
- Review the complete report of the CAR/SAM/3 RAN Meeting and the CAR/SAM Regional ANP (Volume l) and the FASID (Volume ll)

**Notes:**
CONTINGENCY SITUATION
This contingency situation takes effect upon a declaration of the NY2KCIC or CAR Y2K CIC that a given FIR is unavailable to provide adequate Air Traffic Services. However when an aircraft finds itself not having made contact with an ATS and has expired all attempts to reestablish communications, it should fall back to these procedures.
Apply the loss of communication procedures established in ICAO Doc. 4444 and reprinted in Appendix 8
Apply TIBA procedures.
Aircraft will be routed around FIRs that are in this contingency situation using the shortest route to incorporate them to otherY2K contingency routes.
Different separation standards may be coordinated by the CAR Y2K CIC in order to segregate traffic from the affected FIR(s).
In suitably equipped aircraft, pilots should fly 1 NM offset to the right of the airway centerline.

## Other items

**CAR Region Y2K Contingency Plan**
- Development and implementation of the plan was a success
- Thank you for your commitment to this project
- Y2K contingency plan efforts will not be lost
- ICAO NACC Office goal is to convert the Y2K Contingency Plan into a Caribbean-wide regional contingency plan that will address all contingency situations

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