2025-10-04 - [Enroute] Scottish (North) Splitting Procedures

[Ben Walker]

Vaild 04 October 2025 for the duration of the 24 Hours of Vatsim (EGAA to BIKF) roster.

A temporary arrangement is permitted to split ScAC North during the event. The Hebrides sector within ScAC North will be combined with the ScAC West (Central) sector to form ScAC Hebrides Central.

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

Available Position(s)

ScAC Hebrides Central - SCO_HC_CTR (Relief: SCO_HC__CTR)

Frequency: 128.675 MHz
RTF callsign: Scottish Control
Coordination callsign: Scottish Hebrides Central
Top-down responsibility for: Stornoway (EGPO) and Central top-down

This sector controls the combined "Hebrides" and "Central" portions of the airspace depicted below. It has priority for the Central airspace from ScAC West or ScAC West-Deancross.

Coordination with Adjacent Sectors & Units

Standing Agreements

Standing agreements to aerodromes still exist (EGPE and EGPF) when ScAC Low is offline. However, there are otherwise no standing agreements for these sectors.

Splitting Procedure

The following sectors should be informed when this position is opened:

• Shannon NOTA (Upper and Super)
• ScAC North
• ScAC West/Rathlin
• ScAC Deancross
• Antrim, ScTMA or ScAC Low
• Reykjavik East sectors (all levels)
• Affected airfields, if Low is offline

 

Figure 1 - ScAC Hebrides and Central sectors - whilst ScAC Low is online

Figure 2 - ScAC Hebrides and Central sectors - whilst ScAC Low offline

This procedure does not alter the staffing permissions as defined in the UK Division Policy or GCAP.