{"id":21121,"date":"2023-01-27T05:37:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T10:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=21121"},"modified":"2023-01-27T05:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T10:37:11","slug":"nat-doc-006-008-changes-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/nat-doc-006-008-changes-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"NAT Doc 006\/008 Changes 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Read all about it! ICAO are changing up the NAT docs!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here, for you, is our summary of the <em>*exciting<\/em> amendments to our <em>*favourite<\/em> documents.<\/p>\n<p><em>*They aren&#8217;t that exciting. Also aren&#8217;t our favourites, clearly that is <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/nat-doc-007-changes-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">007<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>First up, Doc 008<\/h4>\n<p>NAT Doc 008 <em>\u2018Application of Separation Minima North Atlantic Region\u2019<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em>contains exactly what the title suggests: info on the application of separation minima. The standards that it doth contain apply to aircraft in the NAT Region who are <strong>communicating via a radio station or via CPDLC and also when in \u2018Direct Controller Pilot VHF voice Communication\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Excellent. We saw an amendment notification and we headed over to see what the change was. With baited breath we clickethed upon the link. Fingers tapping as it slowly downloaded itself and opened. We scrolled with frantic enthusiasm to the \u2018amendments\u2019 table.<em> What would the change be? Is it big? Is it exciting?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icao.int\/EURNAT\/EUR%20and%20NAT%20Documents\/NAT%20Documents\/NAT%20Documents\/NAT%20Doc%20008%20-%20NAT%20ASM\/NAT%20Doc%20008%20%20(EN)%20-%20Edition%2001,%20Amd%2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It is not.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>They have just amended paragraph 3.4.2.D\u00a0<\/strong>to say that longitudinal separation is &#8216;<em>10 minutes between aircraft on same\/intersecting tracks, whether in level, climbing or descending flight, provided the aircraft have ADS-C periodic contracts with a maximum reporting interval of 20 minutes or are being tracked by an ATS surveillance system.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;or are being tracked by an ATS surveillance system&#8217;<\/em> appears to be the only change, at least that we can see anyway.<\/p>\n<h4>Doc 006<\/h4>\n<p>This one looks more interesting.\u00a0First up, a review of what Doc 006 is.<\/p>\n<p>In case you aren\u2019t familiar with this one, it used to be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part I &#8211; Contingency Situations Affecting ATC Facilities<\/li>\n<li>Part II &#8211; Contingency Situations Affecting Multiple FIRs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now it has Part III<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Contingency Situations Caused By Space Weather Events, which &#8216;<i>considers events which are likely to affect one or more than one facility within the NAT region, specifically the contingency processes applied to minimize operational impacts of space weather\u00a0<\/i><i>events.&#8217;<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can find the updated Doc 006 parts<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icao.int\/eurnat\/eur%20and%20nat%20documents\/forms\/allitems.aspx?RootFolder=%2FEURNAT%2FEUR%20and%20NAT%20Documents%2FNAT%20Documents%2FNAT%20Documents%2FNAT%20Doc%20006%20%2D%20NAT%20Contingency%20Plan&amp;FolderCTID=0x012000DAF95319EADD9946B510C5D7B595637D00AA5EB47B299B9A4BAD1968B24E18655C&amp;View=%7BE414A939-5FB4-4CB9-9139-466754ED0FA9%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Part I of Doc 006 &#8211; Air Traffic Management Operation Contingency Plan.<\/h4>\n<p>The only change in this bit is the insertion of some text onto Page 1 about Part III &#8211; The Space Weather Contingencies.<\/p>\n<p>There is also this <strong>newly amended table<\/strong> which, while grey and joyless, is actually very handy indeed. This covers general loss of ATC which could be space weather related, but could also not be space weather related.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21156\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21156\" class=\"wp-image-21156 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-24-at-14.20.07-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-24-at-14.20.07-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-24-at-14.20.07-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-24-at-14.20.07-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-24-at-14.20.07.png 1308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simple but mighty.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Doc 006 Part III<\/h4>\n<p>I&#8217;ve given it a section of its own. This is the Space Weather bit, but, there is <strong>an actual document &#8211; Doc 10100 &#8211; which talks about space weather.<\/strong> 10100 can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icao.int\/airnavigation\/METP\/Panel%20Documents\/Doc.10100.Space%20Weather%20Manual%20FINAL%20DRAFT%20Version.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0and this is where you should go for *all your space weather knowledge needs.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Not all, but a good start.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Doc 006 Part II is all (only) about the contingencies in the event of issues with ATC, navigation, systems etc because of space weather.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A little bit of space weather\u00a0<\/strong><b>info before we dive all the way in:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Space weather can play havoc on our GNSS systems, satellite stuff, HF, RF, power grids, even our microwaves (<em>microwave links whatever they be<\/em>). It can also have effects beyond just one FIR, or even the whole NAT region. So it&#8217;s a great thing that we now have a document to help.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21196\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21196\" class=\"wp-image-21196 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest-140x140.png 140w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest-1000x1000.png 1000w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/latest.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#8217;t fly too close to the sun<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Space Weather<\/strong> <strong>peaks around every 11 years<\/strong>, but we&#8217;ve seen a load of pretty decent (but not severe) space weather stuff of late. Things like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Disruptions and even total unexpected loss<\/strong> of HF, SATVOICE, CPDLC etc<\/li>\n<li>Issues with GNSS (that impacts out<strong> ADS-B and C<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Weird and <strong>random reboots<\/strong> of electronic stuff onboard<\/li>\n<li>Passengers and crew growing <strong>extra limbs\/glowing green<\/strong> etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>The Contingency Phases<\/h4>\n<p>They&#8217;ve broken the actions down into a few phases.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Initial Action (Reactive Phase):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What is happening during this phase is some space weather is whizzing its way over and an ANSP has become aware of it and so they start telling everyone about it, putting contingency plans into action, getting in touch with other ANSPs for support etc.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re an airplane that is not yet in the NAT region then the general plan is to warn you about what might be awaiting you, and possibly (if it is really bad) re-route you.<\/p>\n<p>If you are already in the NAT then you should do what you would normally do if you lose comms, or have some technical issue and that&#8217;s follow the published contingency procedures.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Subsequent Action (Proactive Phase):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What is happening in this phase depends on the severity of the situation, but basically a whole load of communication (about the severity of the situation) and stuff to help manage it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Long term contingency plans:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is for the really bad stuff that knocks out comms or satellites of what have you for really long amounts of time.<\/p>\n<h4>That&#8230; wasn&#8217;t very helpful<\/h4>\n<p>Doc 006 is really just more of an outline of what ATC will do (and so what the pilots can expect).<\/p>\n<p>So, refer to the nice table, refer to the AIPs, go read your actual contingency procedures, and use this Doc 006 Part III as a helpful guide on what to expect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read all about it! 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