Augmenting strips |
In addition to the usual annotations, Caméléon lets controllers use simple gestures to link strips to the RADAR, interact with various on-line tools and communicate with other sectors. |
Tap once: Show plane on the RADAR. Tap twice: Show the route and other information on the RADAR. |
Tap once: Send the exit level to3 the next sector for verification by that controller.
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Write a flight level: Tell the software to interpret the level and provide feedback to the controller. If OK, send the level to on-line tools.
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Write a "V" or draw a line to a beacon: Tell the software that a new direct route has been authorized.
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Tap once: Flag this strip.
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Identification | Exit Level | Flight Levels | Beacons | Notes | ID |
Interpreting strips |
Controllers write on flight strips for different audiences: themselves, each other and as a legal record. The location identifies the purpose, facilitating interpretation by controllers and, ultimately, computers. |
Themselves: The circle helps the controller quickly locate all flights landing at Paris's Orly airport (LFPO).
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Legal record: The last underlined flight level indicates the last authorized flight level.
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Other controllers: The "V" tells other controllers that the plane has been authorized to go directly to EPR without passing through CDN.
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Identification | Exit Level | Flight Levels | Beacons | Notes | ID |
Annotating strips |
Controllers use agreed-upon writing conventions to annotate paper flight strips, helping them to indicate their intended actions and quickly communicate the current situation to each other. |
Coordination: The line shows that the next sector has agreed to this level.
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Tracking changes: The arrow shows the plane is descending to flight level 250.
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Symbol: Holding pattern
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Identification | Exit Level | Flight Levels | Beacons | Notes | ID |
Printing strips |
A paper flight strip is printed for each plane entering a sector. Flight strips provide information about the aircraft and the approved flight plan, including speed, flight level and route (from beacon to beacon). |
Identification section: Air France flight 540 is a Boeing 737 traveling at a speed of 450, leaving Bordeaux and arriving at Orly airport, Paris. The pilot has requested flight level 310. |
Exit Level: The exit level to the next sector (TW) is 310.
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Flight Levels: The cleared flight level from the previous sector is 310.
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Beacons: Planes travel along routes identified by electronic beacons with the expected minute and arrival listed below. Here, the flight leaves the BALAN beacon at 13:13 and then passes over AMB, CDN and EPR. |
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ID: Sec. & dat. |
Identification | Exit Level | Flight Levels | Beacons | Notes | ID |
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