2024-10-19 - LAC West Splitting Procedures

[VATSIM UK Operations]

Valid 19th October 2024 for the duration of Cross the Pond.

A temporary arrangement is permitted to split LAC West during 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.

Brecon - LON_WH_CTR (Relief: LON_WH__CTR)

Frequency: 128.815 MHz
RTF callsign: London Control
Coordination callsign: Berry Head
Top-down responsibility for: Channel Islands, Exeter, Newquay, Land's End, Scilly Isles, Yeoville/Westland

Berry Head is responsible for the airspace frmo the southern boundary with Brest to just south of Bristol/Cardiff. The airspace is depicted in Figure 2.

Agreed Levels

Controllers are advised to use the "LAC West (North Sheet)" and "LAC West (South Sheet)" level diagrams for splits. The following agreement in addition is the only agreement from Berry Head to Brecon:

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

 

Coordination with Adjacent Units, Sectors and Airfields

Brecon and Berry Head 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

 

Figure 2 - LAC West - Berry Head - Area of Responsibility