LIST OF ACRONYMS ACAS Airborne Collision Avoidance System ACC Area Control Centre ADS Automatic Dependent Surveillance ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast ADS-C Automatic Dependent Surveillance- Contract AFTN Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network AIC Aeronautical Information Circular AIDC Air Traffic Services (ATS) Inter-Facility Data Communication AIP Aeronautical Information Publication ANC Air Navigation Commission AN-Conf/11 11th Air Navigation Conference ANP Air Navigation Plan ANS Air Navigation System ANSP Air Navigation Service Provider/s AO Aircraft Operations APAC Asia/Pacific ASE Altimetry System Error ASP WGW/1 First Meeting of the Working Group of the Whole of the Aeronautical Surveillance Panel ATC Air Traffic Control ATFM Air Traffic Flow Management ATM Air Traffic Management NAT ATMG NAT Air Traffic Management Group ATN Aeronautical Telecommunications Network ATS Air Traffic Services BOTA Brest Oceanic Transition Area CAA Civil Aviation Authority CAR Caribbean CEANS Conference on the Economics of Airports and Air Navigation Services CMA Central Monitoring Agency CNS Communications, Navigation and B.6.6 /Page 7 of 9 Surveillance CNS/ATM Communications, Navigation and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management CPDLC Controller Pilot Data Link Communications CPWG Cross Polar Trans East Air Traffic Management Work Group CSP Communications Service Providers EANPG European Air Navigation Planning Group EUR European EUR/NAT European and North Atlantic FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAB Functional Airspace Blocks FABEC Central European Functional Airspace Block FANS Future Air Navigation Systems FANS 1/A Boeing/Airbus implementations of FANS fapfh fatal accidents per flight hour FASID Facilities and Services Implementation Document FDPS Flight Data Processing System FIR Flight Information Region FPL Filed Flight Plan FTP File Transfer Protocol GAATS Gander Automated Air Traffic System GASP Global Aviation Safety Plan GMU Global Positioning System Monitoring Unit GNE Gross Navigation Error GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System GP General Purpose GPS Global Positioning System HF High Frequency HMU Height Monitoring Unit HTTP hypertext transfer protocol IAA Irish Aviation Authority IATA International Air Transport Association IBAC International Business Aviation Council ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation ICD Interface Control Document IFALPA International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations IFATCA International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations ITU International Telecommunication Union LHD Large Height Deviation MET Meteorology MHz Mega Hertz MID Middle East MNPS Minimum Navigation Performance Specifications MWO Meteorological Watch Office NACC North American, Central American and B.6.6 /Page 8 of 9 Caribbean NAM North American NAT North Atlantic NAT ACG North Atlantic Aeronautical Communications Group NAT ACSG Nat Aeronautical Communications Sub- Group NAT ASM North Atlantic Application of Separation Minima (Document) NAT-CC ICD NAT Common Coordination Interface Control Document NAT CNSG NAT Communications, Surveillance and Navigation Group NAT DEMA NAT Deviations and Errors Monitoring Application NAT DMO NAT Document Management Office NAT EFG North Atlantic Economic and Financial Group NAT FAM NAT Fee Analysis Model NAT FCMA North Atlantic FANS Central Monitoring Agency NAT IMG North Atlantic Implementation Management Group NAT MWG North Atlantic Mathematicians Working Group NAT OPS MNG North Atlantic Operations Managers NAT SG North Atlantic Scrutiny Group (NAT SG) NAT SMCG North Atlantic Safety Management Coordination Group NAT SOG North Atlantic Safety Oversight Group (NAT SOG) NAT SPG North Atlantic Systems Planning Group NAT TFG North Atlantic Traffic Forecasting Group NM Nautical Mile NPRM Notice of Proposed Rule Making NSA National Supervisory Authorities OAC Oceanic Area Control Centre OESB Oceanic Error Safety Bulletin Ofcom Office of Communications OPLINKP Operational Data Link Panel OTS Organized Track System PAC Pacific PANS-ATM (Doc 4444) Procedures for Air Navigation Services – Air Traffic Management (Doc 4444) PBN Performance based navigation PCO Programme Co-ordination Office PIRG Planning and Implementation Regional Group RAN Regional Air Navigation RCP Required Communications Performance RNP Required Navigation Performance RVSM Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum SAATS Shanwick Automated Air Traffic System B.6.6 /Page 9 of 9 SAR Search and Rescue SARPs Standards and Recommended Practices (ICAO) SASP Separation and Airspace Safety Panel SATCOM Satellite Communications SCNATF Surveillance and Communications in Northern Airspace Task Force SELCAL Selective Calling System SLOP Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure SOTA Shannon Oceanic Transition Area SSR Secondary Surveillance Radar SUPPs Regional Supplementary Procedures SVTF Satellite Voice Task Force TLS Target Level of Safety TRASAS Trans-Regional Airspace and Supporting ATM Systems Steering Group URL Uniform Resource Locators VAAC Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre VHF Very High Frequency VOLCEX SG Volcanic Ash Exercises Steering Group WACAF Western and Central African WATRS West Atlantic Route System www World Wide Web |