The following has been allegedly issued to a Class G radar unit , any thoughts.
Provision of RADAR SERVICES.
It has become apparent that clarification is required with regard to the required 'separation ' of aircraft in class G particularly between RAS / participating RAS/RIS and FIS traffic.
After consultation with SRG, who in turn have consulted with the Editor of MATS part 1 the following is this unit's policy.
1/ A RAS if requested is of course the best service to be offered however if a RIS is requested it shall be offered.
2/ MATS part 1, Section 1, Chapter 5, Page 2, Para 1.2.2 re establishing what service is required shall be adhered to.
3/ Standard separation shall be applied to RAS traffic and a/ other RAS traffic and b/ any known IFR traffic on any service.
4/ Traffic on a RIS or FIS is NOT participating in the RAS.
5/ Not withstanding the MATS Pt 1 rules, Standard separation is NOT required between a RAS and a RIS VFR or Known Identified FIS VFR. However the following shall be borne in mind.
A/ ATC Common sense shall prevail.
B/ Such traffic will be deconflicted to the best of our ability.
C/ It is acceptable to reach an Agreement of Solution with a potential conflicting VFR aircraft, but non-agreed vectoring or level restrictions shall not be imposed.
D/ If the VFR traffic does not agree to be deconflicted and the RAS traffic is not happy to continue (after traffic information has been passed) the RAS Traffic shall be vectored to achieve deconfliction.
D/ An attempt to achieve Standard separation shall be applied between RAS traffic and Known Unidentified VFR traffic.
6/ VFR traffic shall not, unless they agree be turned for identification.
7/ In order to avoid confusion over service provision VFR FIS traffic Identified by the Geographical Method shall not be informed of the Identification.
8/ VFR traffic identified by other methods shall be left in no doubt of the type of service provided.
9/ Any VFR Traffic that has agreed to a course of action to deconflict shall be asked to 'advise at anytime if they are unable to maintain VFR' and if they at any time indicate a problem maintaining VFR an alternative course of action shall be offered.
I am acutely aware that this is a complex and grey area but the above is the way in which the issues will be resolved and LCE's will be monitoring compliance.
In Summary,
RAS vs. RAS = Standard separation
RAS vs. IFR RIS = Standard separation.
RAS vs. IFR FIS = Standard separation.
RAS vs. Unidentified FIS = Standard separation.
RAS vs. VFR RIS = Deconfliction
RAS vs. VFR Identified FIS = Deconfliction
IFR RIS vs. IFR FIS = Assist in preventing collisions.
Any RIS vs. any VFR FIS = Assist in preventing collisions.
VFR vs. VFR = Assist in preventing collisions.
