This is not going to be a short story.<\/p>\n
But here’s the summary. In June 2016, ICAO\u00a0updated\u00a0Doc 4444 (the Air Traffic Control bible) with Amendment 7<\/strong>.<\/p>\n One of the main things this new bit does, is\u00a0to\u00a0change what the controller will say to the pilot<\/strong>, on a Standard Instrument Departure (SID), and on a Standard Instrument Arrival (STAR).<\/p>\n The new phraseology headline is “CLIMB VIA” and “DESCEND VIA”, but there are many more new parts to it.<\/p>\n So, here’s the problem. Doc 4444 is the master document, but each country has to implement the changes. And many are not – because they haven’t had time to train the controllers, or because they haven’t done a safety case (ie. figured out if anything in the new phraseologies might be dangerous), or … other reasons.<\/p>\n Some states have even published AIC’s to say that they won’t<\/strong> be implementing the changes (Australia<\/a>, Switzerland). Others have already published the changes (Iceland<\/a>, for example).<\/p>\n Confusing? You bet. For now, do two things:<\/strong><\/p>\n The new rules are here:<\/p>\n We’ll keep this page updated as we hear more …<\/p>\n Will be implementing the change\n
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\n<\/strong>Iceland
\nLatvia
\nSweden (if we read AIP Supp 89<\/a> correctly)<\/p>\n