7 Change of Provider of Air Traffic Control Services
7.1 At some licensed aerodromes the Air Traffic Control (ATC) services are provided by contractors. Occasionally the contractor will change and the Aerodrome Licensee will wish the transition to be as seamless as possible, while maintaining high levels of safety, particularly if continuous operations are to be provided. Aerodrome Licensees are reminded of their responsibilities under the ANO to secure the aerodrome and airspace especially during the changeover of Providers of ATC. The importance of the contract with their chosen ATC Provider cannot be under stated: Licensees may wish to assure themselves that appropriate arrangements are in place to cover the transfer of ATC services to an alternative Provider and that ownership of the Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 2 is addressed.
7.2 The Aerodrome Licence is granted by the Aerodrome Standards Department of the CAA and the Approval or Designation to provide ATC services is granted by the Air Traffic Standards Division (ATSD) of the CAA. In all cases an ANO Approval or Designation to provide ATC services must be granted by ATSD before operations by the new Provider can commence. The new Provider must also have been Certificated in accordance with SES Regulations by the appropriate National Supervisory Authority (NSA).
7.3 When the change of Provider of ATC services involves a hand-over/take-over by a replacement company or organisation, the outgoing Provider has the following responsibilities:
a) agree with the incoming Provider a transition plan which addresses aspects of requirements that will need to be actioned by the incoming Provider, taking particular note of training and familiarisation issues;
b) allow mutually agreed access to the incoming Provider prior to handover;
c) provide the incoming Provider and the CAA, well in advance of the handover date, detailed information on equipment and facilities to be handed over within the terms of any change of contract;
d) make relevant documentation available to the incoming Provider which may affect the safety of the service provided after the handover.
NOTE: This does not necessarily mean documentation which may be considered the 'intellectual property' of the incumbent. It would however be relevant to maintenance documentation and instruction manuals for equipment to be transferred and used by the incoming Provider.
7.4 If the nominated incoming Provider is from a replacement company or organisation, the CAA will need to be informed of the approval requirements based on the submission of the detail of all aspects of the proposed operation of the new company or organisation, including opening times of control positions, staffing levels, management structure and support staff.
7.5 The CAA will ask the incoming Provider to submit the following, usually to a specified time scale:
a) a transition plan which addresses all aspects of requirements that will need to be actioned with the outgoing Provider, including training and familiarisation issues; b) a list of controllers, details of their licences, together with any necessary requests for exemptions to full licensing requirements and justification for same; c) details of all equipment and facilities to be used to support the air traffic control service; d) all documentation required for the approval of the service provision.
7.6 The incoming Provider should give the CAA as much notice as possible of the takeover of service provision but at least that stated in APP 03 of this document (851).
7.7 The CAA will agree a programme with the incoming Provider for the following:
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