Basic Aerodrome Operations
SMC stands for this
What is surface movement control?
Ground controllers give aircraft permission to do this
What is taxiing?
True or False: Taxiway centreline lead-off and lead-on lights are installed differently
What is false?
This is the percentage of air travellers in Canada that are covered by CATSA's Explosive Detection Systems
What is 99 percent?
They are responsible for the safe operation of aircraft
Who are air traffic controllers?
These are the personnel responsible for guiding an aircraft that has just landed to its gate
Who are ground controllers?
This is the colour of lights that border taxiways
What is blue?
This is what PBS stands for and the time when it must be conducted
What is pre-board screening before every flight at major Canadian airports?
This department would be responsible for a damaged taxiway
What is airport maintenance?
This is the reason why it is difficult for a pilot to judge clearance between their aircraft and surrounding structures
What is limited cockpit visibility?
These are the three things that baggage handlers are responsible for getting onto the correct aircraft on time
What are mail, cargo, and luggage?
This event led to CATSA implementing supplemental airport policing services
What is 9/11 (September 11, 2001)?
These are the areas of the aerodrome managed by ground control
What are manoeuvering areas (taxiways, holding areas, and transitional aprons or intersections)?
This person would be called upon to assist a pilot who cannot see if there is enough clearance when pulling into a jetway
Who is marshalling personnel?
This is the type of fuelling method most aircraft use when fuelled from an underground system
What is under wing fuelling?
CATSA works with them to provide on-board security services
Who is the RCMP?
These are the responsibilities of an air traffic controller
What are coordinating the movements of aircraft, maintaining safe distances between aircraft, directing aircraft during takeoff, landing, and bad weather, and ensuring smooth traffic flow?
This is the reason why ground controllers must give permission for aircraft to move
What is to create a safe environment for all aircraft on the ground at the aerodrome?
A pilot is preparing for a night landing and notices the edge lights turning yellow, this is what it indicates
What is that the aircraft is approaching the last 2000 feet of the runway?
These flights are covered under the Canadian Air Carrier Protective Program
What are selected domestic, trans-border, international, and all flights to Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC?