GCAA ATC Licence case studies
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The GCAA Air Traffic Controller Licence is the civil credential issued in the United Arab Emirates for personnel who provide air traffic services - aerodrome, approach and area control - and it is also the benchmark against which converting or newly qualified controllers are assessed. The licensing examination is aimed at candidates who already hold the technical training and unit exposure required by the regulator, and it tests the regulatory and procedural knowledge a controller must apply on position: UAE civil aviation regulations and air law, separation standards and control procedures, airspace and ATS route structure, aerodrome and ground movement control, meteorology, navigation and aircraft performance, aeronautical information and charts, communications and surveillance equipment, human factors, and safety management with emergency and contingency procedures. The GCAA ATC Licence case studies are 5 cases and about 2,089 words.
1Super Wake on Final
At a Gulf hub, approach control is sequencing arrivals on ILS runway 30L in calm wind. An A380 crosses the threshold.
453 words, about 2 min2Vehicle Crosses the Stop Bar
Tower at a single-runway airport, runway 12/30. A follow-me vehicle has been cleared to 'hold short of runway 12 at intersection B'.
400 words, about 2 min3Wind Shear on Short Final
Approach control for runway 30. A B777 is 4 NM final at 1,000 ft.
411 words, about 2 min4Mayday from a Twinjet
A B738 at FL 340, 90 NM from destination, reports left engine failure and requests descent to FL 240 and diversion to an airport 60 NM south. Opposite-direction traffic is at FL 330, 40 NM ahead.
425 words, about 2 min5Handover at the End of a Night Shift
At 0550, a controller finishing a fifth consecutive night shift takes over a radar sector during a busy arrival bank. The outgoing controller gives a rapid verbal handover; the new controller misses that two aircraft with similar callsigns are at FL 190 and FL 200 on converging tracks.
400 words, about 2 min