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Pt. 65, App. A 

(x) Other charts as applicable. 
(e) Meteorological Information Data Col-

lection Systems. 

(2) Data Collection, Analysis, and Forecast 

Facilities. 

(3) Service Outlets Providing Aviation 

Weather Products. 

C. Weather Related Aircraft Hazards 
(1) Crosswinds and Gusts. 
(2) Contaminated Runways. 
(3) Restrictions to Surface Visibility. 
(4) Turbulence and Windshear. 
(5) Icing. 
(6) Thunderstorms and Microburst. 
(7) Volcanic Ash. 

III. Navigation 

A. Study of the Earth 
(1) Time reference and location (0 Lon-

gitude, UTC). 

(2) Definitions. 
(3) Projections. 
(4) Charts. 
B. Chart Reading, Application, and Use. 
C. National Airspace Plan. 
D. Navigation Systems. 
E. Airborne Navigation Instruments. 
F. Instrument Approach Procedures. 
(1) Transition Procedures. 
(2) Precision Approach Procedures. 
(3) Non-precision Approach Procedures. 
(4) Minimums and the relationship to 

weather. 

G. Special Navigation and Operations. 
(1) North Atlantic. 
(2) Pacific. 
(3) Global Differences. 

IV. AIRCRAFT 

A. Aircraft Flight Manual. 
B. Systems Overview. 
(1) Flight controls. 
(2) Hydraulics. 
(3) Electrical. 
(4) Air Conditioning and Pressurization. 
(5) Ice and Rain protection. 
(6) Avionics, Communication, and Naviga-

tion. 

(7) Powerplants and Auxiliary Power 

Units. 

(8) Emergency and Abnormal Procedures. 
(9) Fuel Systems and Sources. 
C. Minimum Equipment List/Configuration 

Deviation List (MEL/CDL) and Applica-
tions. 

D. Performance. 
(1) Aircraft in general. 
(2) Principles of flight: 
(a) Group one aircraft. 
(b) Group two aircraft. 
(3) Aircraft Limitations. 
(4) Weight and Balance. 
(5) Flight instrument errors. 
(6) Aircraft performance: 
(a) Take-off performance. 
(b) En route performance. 
(c) Landing performance. 

V. Communications 

A. Regulatory requirements. 

B. Communication Protocol. 
C. Voice and Data Communications. 
D. Notice to Airmen (NOTAMS). 
E. Aeronautical Publications. 
F. Abnormal Procedures. 

VI. Air Traffic Control 

A. Responsibilities. 
B. Facilities and Equipment. 
C. Airspace classification and route struc-

ture. 

D. Flight Plans. 
(1) Domestic. 
(2) International. 
E. Separation Minimums. 
F. Priority Handling. 
G. Holding Procedures. 
H. Traffic Management. 

VII. Emergency and Abnormal Procedures 

A. Security measures on the ground. 
B. Security measures in the air. 
C. FAA responsibility and services. 
D. Collection and dissemination of infor-

mation on overdue or missing aircraft. 

E. Means of declaring an emergency. 
F. Responsibility for declaring an emer-

gency. 

G. Required reporting of an emergency. 
H. NTSB reporting requirements. 

VIII. Practical Dispatch Applications 

A. Human Factors. 
(1) Decisionmaking: 
(a) Situation Assessment. 
(b) Generation and Evaluation of Alter-

natives. 

(i) Tradeoffs and Prioritization. 
(ii) Contingency Planning. 
(c) Support Tools and Technologies. 
(2) Human Error: 
(a) Causes. 
(i) Individual and Organizational Factors. 
(ii) Technology-Induced Error. 
(b) Prevention. 
(c) Detection and Recovery. 
(3) Teamwork: 
(a) Communication and Information Ex-

change. 

(b) Cooperative and Distributed Problem- 

Solving. 

(c) Resource Management. 
(i) Air Traffic Control (ATC) activities and 

workload. 

(ii) Flightcrew activities and workload. 
(iii) Maintenance activities and workload. 
(iv) Operations Control Staff activities and 

workload. 

B. Applied Dispatching. 
(1) Briefing techniques, Dispatcher, Pilot. 
(2) Preflight: 
(a) Safety. 
(b) Weather Analysis. 
(i) Satellite imagery. 
(ii) Upper and lower altitude charts. 
(iii) Significant en route reports and fore-

casts. 

(iv) Surface charts. 
(v) Surface observations. 

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