Flight information service in Ukraine.

Abstract

Flight information region (FIR) is a specified region of airspace in which a flight information service and an alerting service are provided. It is the largest regular division of airspace in use in the world today. Flight information regions established throughout all territory of the country. That why it is very important to provide flight information service in the best way. Flight information service is a form of air traffic service that is available to any aircraft within a flight information region (FIR), as agreed internationally by ICAO. It is defined as information pertinent to the safe and efficient conduct of flight, and includes information on other potentially conflicting traffic, possibly derived from radar, but stopping short of providing positive separation from that traffic. Flight information service does not relieve the pilot from any responsibility. Pilot is definitively responsible for the safe execution of flight. This service has a lot of potential FIR risks and issue topics are how air traffic controllers and systems maintain standard aircraft separation during transitions/handovers between adjacent FIRs or FIR sectors. Another is unanticipated flight path changes for weather-related rerouting/flight level changes, emergencies, diversions, etc. Other potential issues are the risks in ATC management of dynamic airspace boundaries, airspace reconfigurations, and integrating legacy technologies The number of flights in FIRs is growing up and it means that quantity of work also increases. FIC needs to have controllers with the best professional qualities. Training process must be improved for such purposes. That is why I decided to show this problem and propose development paths.