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FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND SPACE WEATHER

  • MIKE STILLS

  • MANAGER INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS

  • UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT DISPATCH

  • 21JUNE11


CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS

  •  121.601   Aircraft dispatcher information to pilot in command: Domestic and flag operations.

  • (c) During a flight, the aircraft dispatcher shall provide the pilot in command any additional available information of meteorological conditions (including adverse weather phenomena, such as clear air turbulence, thunderstorms, and low altitude wind shear), and irregularities of facilities and services that may affect the safety of the flight.



CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS

  •  121.627   Continuing flight in unsafe conditions.

  • (a) No pilot in command may allow a flight to continue toward any airport to which it has been dispatched or released if, in the opinion of the pilot in command or dispatcher (domestic and flag operations only), the flight cannot be completed safely; unless, in the opinion of the pilot in command, there is no safer procedure. In that event, continuation toward that airport is an emergency situation as set forth in §121.557.

  • (b) If any instrument or item of equipment required under this chapter for the particular operation becomes inoperative en route, the pilot in command shall comply with the approved procedures for such an occurrence as specified in the certificate holder's manual.



ICAO PANS Doc 4444



Appendix P to Part 121—Requirements for ETOPS and Polar Operations

  • Section III. Approvals for operations whose airplane routes are planned to traverse either the North Polar or South Polar Areas.

  • (a) Except for intrastate operations within the State of Alaska, no certificate holder may operate an aircraft in the North Polar Area or South Polar Area, unless authorized by the FAA.

  • (b) In addition to any of the applicable requirements of sections I and II of this appendix, the certificate holder's operations specifications must contain the following:

  • (1) The designation of airports that may be used for en-route diversions and the requirements the airports must meet at the time of diversion.

  • (2) Except for supplemental all-cargo operations, a recovery plan for passengers at designated diversion airports.

  • (3) A fuel-freeze strategy and procedures for monitoring fuel freezing.

  • (4) A plan to ensure communication capability for these operations.

  • (5) An MEL for these operations.

  • (6) A training plan for operations in these areas.

  • (7) A plan for mitigating crew exposure to radiation during solar flare activity.

  • (8) A plan for providing at least two cold weather anti-exposure suits in the aircraft, to protect crewmembers during outside activity at a diversion airport with extreme climatic conditions. The FAA may relieve the certificate holder from this requirement if the season of the year makes the equipment unnecessary.







ADVISORY



NOAA SWPC



ALERTS



DURING ADVERSE SOLAR ACTIVITY, UAL POLICY RESTRICTS FLIGHTS TO SPECIFIC ROUTES AND ALTITUDES UAL POLICY IN PART, IS DERIVED FROM AND BASED ON THE NOAA SPACE WEATHER SCALES



CREWS ARE PROVIDED POLAR WEATHER PACKAGE WHICH CONTAINS SOLAR ACTIVITY AND SWPC RECOMMENDATIONS

  • CREWS ARE PROVIDED POLAR WEATHER PACKAGE WHICH CONTAINS SOLAR ACTIVITY AND SWPC RECOMMENDATIONS

  • ON SITE METEOROLOGISTS MONITOR SWPC WEBSITES AND MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH THE SWPC

  • SWPC ENSURES UAL HAS TIMELY INFORMATION



SOLAR EVENTS AND RESPONSE

  • JANUARY 2005

  • 26 FLIGHTS OPERATED ON LESS THAN OPTIMUM ROUTES DUE TO SOLAR ACTIVITY

    • CHICAGO TO HONG KONG ANCHORAGE STOP 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS, PENALTY 180 TO 210 MINUTES
    • CHICAGO TO BEIJING PENALTIES 18 TO 55 MINUTES
    • BEIJING TO CHICAGO PENALTIES 55 MINUTES TO 80 MINUTES


SOLAR EVENTS AND RESPONSE

  • SEPTEMBER EVENT 2005

  • CHICAGO TO HONG KONG ANCHORAGE STOP, SCHEDULE PENALTY 180 MINUTES

  • DECEMBER EVENT 2006

  • CHICAGO TO HONG KONG ANCHORAGE STOP 2 CONSECUTIVE DAYS

  • 5 OTHER FLIGHTS BOUND FOR ASIA FLEW LESS THAN OPTIMUM ROUTES AND/OR ALTITUDES



A DECADE AGO THERE WAS NO NEED OR REQUIREMENT FOR SUBSONIC FLIGHTS TAKE SPACE WEATHER INTO OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATION



  • TODAY, UNITED CLOSELY MONITORS SPACE WEATHER AND IS CONSTANTLY ENHANCING PROCEDURES TO MEET CRITERIA THAT RECENT RESEARCH AND DATA MANDATE



PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS

  • GOES MONITORING

  • D REGION ABSORPTION

  • POLAR CAP ABSORPTION

  • AURORAL ABSORPTION

  • PARTICLE ENERGY LEVELS

  • X RAY FLUX

  • K INDEX

  • PROTON FLUX



QUESTIONS?



THANK YOU !



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