temporary instruction 2023-04-20 - LAC West Splitting Procedures

[VATSIM UK Operations]

Valid 1100-1700z 20th April 2024

A temporary arrangement is permitted to split LAC West during the Cross the Pond. This temporary arrangement allows the Brecon split to be opened with or without the parent sector.

Controllers operating splits positions must provide a link to vatglasses.uk/ukireland/ in their Controller ATIS.

Any errors in procedures should be reported to the Operations department via the Helpdesk or Discord.

AC West - LON_W_CTR (Relief: LON_W__CTR)

Frequency: 126.080 MHz
RTF callsign: London Control
Coordination callsign: AC West
Top-down responsibility for: All sub-sectors

AC West is the parent position of the West LAG, as published in the London FIR (EGTT) vMATS Part 2.

 

Brecon - LON_WB_CTR (Relief: LON_WB__CTR)

Frequency: 135.255 MHz
RTF callsign: London Control
Coordination callsign: Brecon
Top-down responsibility for: Gloucester, Cardiff (and St Athan), Bristol

Brecon is responsible for airspace from the northern boundary with AC Lakes, down to (and including) the core east-west routes, but excluding the airspace in the lower eastern region, as shown in Figure 1.

Agreed Levels

Controllers are advised to use the "LAC West (North Sheet)" level diagram. The following agreement in addition is the only agreement from AC West to Brecon:

To	Agreement	Conditions
Brize Group, EGBB, EGBE	FL240 lvl EPACE	-

 

Coordination with Adjacent Units, Sectors and Airfields

LAC Brecon controllers must inform all adjacent controllers when the split is opened/closed. Neighbouring ACCs are aware of these procedures, however, adjacent UK controllers (enroute, approach and aerodrome) may need guidance on top-down coverage and transfer of traffic.

 

Figure 1 - LAC West - Brecon - Area of Responsibility

Edited April 19 by Kieran Hardern