North Pacific & Polar Region (NOPAC/POL)

This North Pacific & Polar Region training complies with EASA requirements and has to be completed by flight crew and dispatch before commencing a flight into the NOPAC/POL airspace. The course covers all requirements including relevant ADS/CPDLC procedures. Conducting of the general ADS/CPDLC course available in our store is highly recommended. The course can be used for initial and recurrent training.

Training consists of:

• General

• Horizontal Extension

• Vertical Extension

• Organized Track System (OTS)

• NOPAC Routes

• Polar Routes

• Mach Number Technique

• Preplanning Routes and FL

• ATC Flight Plan

• In-Flight Procedures

• FIR Boundaries

• Controlled Airspace

• Advisory Airspace (Routes)

• Required Equipment

• Separation Criteria

• ATC Reliability

• Wind Patterns and Jet Streams

• Temperatures

• Precipitation

• Seasonal Variations

• Preplanning and Fuel Computation

• Final Planning

• ATC Flight Plan

• Airport Services

• Performance requirements

• Approaches and Obstacles

• Local Weather

• Local peculiarities

• In flight re-planning

• Pre-flight

• National requirements

• Frequencies

• Special communication techniques

• Sensor Limitations and Checks

• Lat/Long handling

• Cross points, patterns

• Performance related Emergency action

• Other emergencies

• Nav System Degradation

• Communication Failure

• Loss of Navigation

• Loss of RVSM capability

• Flight Crew

• Dispatch