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Introduction

Document's Purpose​

The following document was created to establish guidelines and standardize operational procedures for Polish VACC virtual air traffic controllers as part of virtual air traffic control on the VATSIM network. The document was created solely for the needs of VATSIM network and cannot be used outside of it, in particular it should not be used operationally within real air traffic control services.

Document's Contents​

You should learn from and understand this document as follows:

  • general information relating to specific types of control (Aerodrome Control Service, Approach Control Service, Area Control Service and related procedural and surveillancebased control procedures),
  • detailed information relating to individual Aerodromes and TMAs. The included information is structured as follows:
    • information about airports,
    • information about the TMA airspace,
    • attachments, which mainly contain collected information in the form of Quick Reference Cards (QRCs), which are used to quickly view the most important information while exercising control.

This document was created on the basis of the following legal bases, used and formatted for the needs of VATSIM network:

Content Liability​

This document is edited and updated by the Polish VACC Board. The main responsible for the document is the Member of the PL-VACC Board responsible for operational changes in vFIR Warszawa or — in the absence thereof — the Director of Polish VACC.

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ATC Responsibilities​

Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 12 of Polish VACC Policy, especially point 2a of this article, person providing control at vFIR Warszawa is obliged to follow the procedures set by the relevant members of the Polish vACC Board, therefore knowledge of this document and its application in practice within the scope of their position is mandatory.