NAS users are requested to file IFR flight plans 4 hours before departure. The users have been requested to ensure that only one flight plan per flight is entered in the system. Air traffic facilities will normally enter amendments to flight plans for air traffic proposed to depart within 45 minutes of a coordinated reroute. This enables more aircraft to transit a specific locale without increasing complexity and congestion at the higher altitudes. MOU's between the specific air route traffic control centers and airline participants must be concluded identifying training requirements and procedures to be implemented.
Participants greatly benefit from having common situational awareness.
Pilots have been briefed not to request higher altitudes when utilizing this procedure. The user hotline is a communication tool designed to provide operational information to the NAS community in a timely manner. Either the user or the FAA may request to activate the hotline. The hotline is terminated when the TCA and users decide the conference is no longer beneficial. CCFP was developed to provide a single convective forecast for NAS users.