8 Rest Facilities
8.1 Controllers are required to take breaks from operational duty, therefore, adequate rest facilities must be provided (48).
8.2 For low activity Air Traffic Control Units it may be acceptable to provide rest facilities in the Visual Control Room although generally this is not recommended.
8.3 ICAO Doc 9426, the ATS Planning Manual gives much useful guidance on the size, layout and facilities to be provided in rest areas.
ATC 02 ATC Documentation
1 Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 2 (MATS Part 2)
1.1 General
1.1.1 Local instructions for each Air Traffic Control unit are to be prepared and should be in the format described below (117). The sections to be included are shown at Annex A (118). These instructions are to be referred to as the Manual of Air Traffic Services (MATS) Part 2 (119).
1.1.2 A Provider is required to maintain a copy of the unit’s MATS Part 2 with the CAA (120). All Amendments, Temporary and Supplementary Instructions are to be sent to the appropriate Principal Inspector, Regional Manager ATS Safety Regulation, or the Head of En-Route Regulation, as appropriate (121).
1.1.3 Under the Single European Sky (SES) Regulations, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) providing air traffic services must operate and maintain a Safety Management System (2258). The SES Regulations also apply in regard to providers of communications, navigation and/or surveillance services, and these providers must also be able to demonstrate compliance with the standards of ICAO Annex 20 (subject to any UK filed differences).
1.1.4 Changes to safety related procedures shall be subjected to the provider’s safety assessment process and the requirements in Part A, paragraph 6.9, Change Notification Requirements. Such changes include revised control procedures, changes to procedures affecting more than one Air Traffic Control unit, changes to the location of controllers or changes in the use or levels of equipment. If Providers are in any doubt as to whether approval is required for proposed changes, they should seek guidance from the CAA.
1.1.5 Responsibility for the detailed information provided in MATS Part 2 and other manuals rests with the Provider.
1.2 Purpose and Content
1.2.1 There should be a policy and arrangements addressing responsibilities, authorities and mechanisms for ensuring that changes to CAP 493 MATS Part 1 are assessed for implications in MATS Part 2 and vice versa (125) and that any non-compliances with MATS Part 1 are alerted to ATSD (126).
1.2.2 The MATS Part 2 is to provide information which amplifies and interprets at local level the instructions in MATS Part 1 (127). It shall contain all such information and instructions as may be necessary to enable controllers to perform their duties (128). It should not normally repeat instructions already contained in Part 1 but it may be necessary to emphasise a point which has particular local relevance (129).
1.2.3 MATS Part 2 must contain full details of the operations at the unit (130). These include such things as operational procedures, co-ordination requirements, variations to standard separation and details of personnel responsibilities (see MATS Part 1).
1.2.4 MATS Part 2 shall contain the procedures for Message handling from PSTN, Private Wire telephone connections, facsimile, AFTN/AMHS, interface with AFPEx etc. (131).
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