ASAP is the leading IFR procedure design company in the world and has designed over 350 IFR procedures world wide. While ANI is one of the primary training institutions in IFR procedure design and provides such training all over the World. This combination of training and practical expertise will result in a course that will give the attendees a unique possibility to assimilate this complex subject.

Our last basic Pans-Ops courses were a total success (click here for info 2007 , 2008 ,2009) and all involved benefited greatly.

Details of the next 2009 ASAP / ANI basic Pans-Ops course are given below.

Be advised that all places (14) on the last course were taken within the first month after notification and we had to turn people away. So get in early for this one. You can at the moment provisionally reserve a place on the course for 2009 without cost or obligation. As confirmed places on the course fill up you will be notified and at this stage a confirmed booking with a deposit should be made. If not your reservation for the course will be released to others.

The course to be held in 2009 will be divided up into 2 stages of three weeks each. Stage 1 (25th May - 12 June) will deal with basic topics covering conventional non-precision approaches, departures, holding and enroute criteria. This stage will form a sound foundation for the more complex stage 2.

The second part of the course (July 13th – July 31st) will deal with advanced issues such as ILS, RNAV and GNSS. This part of the course can also be attended as a refresher course for procedure designers that have already completed a basic procedure design course.

The advantages of a two stage course.

 As mentioned previously the IFR procedure design basic course is divided into 2 stages with a 7 week break in between the two stages. This was purposely done to realise the following advantages:

 ·        Avoids the proven “sensory overload” symptom which occurs due to the complexity of the course material and the intense learning curve required.

·        Allows sufficient time to assimilate the extensive amount of information that will be delivered in stage 1

·        Gives the attendees enough time to practice what they have learnt.

·        Importantly, enables the course attendees to catch up on mounting work back in the office.

·        During the time between courses procedure design questions will arise which will be answered in the second part of the course.

ANI has proven that this 2 stage approach to IFR procedure design training works and results in an attendee having a much better fundamental knowledge of IFR procedure design.

Course contents

 Stage 1 - Basic criteria (3 weeks)

Procedure design Basics

Trigonometry refresher

Charts/ Obstacle data

Pans-Ops General

Definitions

Approach general

Terminal area fixes

Arrival routes

Initial approach segment

Straight

Base-turn

Procedure turn

Racetrack

Intermediate segment
Final approach segment
Missed Approach segment
Departures
Simultaneous operations

SRE Approach
Minimum Sector Altitudes
Visual Circling
En-Route
Holding
Practical exercises

Precision approach
ILS functionality
ILS Decision Altitudes
Assessment strategy
Basic ILS surfaces
Obstacle Assessment Surfaces

OAS Adjustments
Steep angle approaches
ICAO Collision Risk Model
RNAV History

VOR/DME RNAV
DME/DME RNAV
Basic GNSS
Terminal Arrival Altitudes
RNAV T/Y-Bar concept
SBAS Departures

Practical exercises