FAA, ATC Supervisors To Handle Presidential And EXEC1F Flights

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FAA, ATC Supervisors To Handle Presidential And EXEC1F Flights By Mike Mitchell

		April 24, 2011 - The FAA now requires ATC supervisors to handle the president, vice president, and EXEC1F aircraft. Following the event that took place on Monday in which Executive One Foxtrot (EXEC1F), carrying First Lady Michelle Obama aborted a landing attempt at Andrews Air Force Base after an air traffic controller had sequenced the aircraft too close to another military plane landing. When the president's family members (First Lady) are onboard an aircraft, but not the president himself, that aircraft call sign is known as or designated Executive One Foxtrot. The president's aircraft is referred to as Air Force One (B-747) or Marine One (helicopter). This is usually at the discretion of the White House staff or Secret Service. 'Foxtrot' is the phonetic alphabet designation for the letter 'F', with that being the first letter of 'family'.

At about 5 pm ET on April 18, the military version of a B-737 that Mrs. Obama was traveling in was directed to abort its landing attempt after the required minimum separation between it and a C-17 military aircraft that was landing ahead of it was compromised. The incident involved Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controllers at the Potomac TRACON facility in Virginia and at the Andrews tower in Maryland. The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into an air traffic control incident. The FAA has amended its regulations and added section 5-1-2 to reflect this new order (5-1-2. The president, vice president, and EXEC1F aircraft monitoring). A. Advance scheduled movement information of the President, vice president, and executive one foxtrot (EXEC1F) aircraft received from the white house shall be distributed to the air traffic manager of each facility through which these aircraft will transit. B. The air traffic manager will be notified of the scheduled movement of the president, vice president, or Exec1f aircraft by the appropriate service area office or, when time critical, by national headquarters through the ATCSCC or domestic events network (den).

C. The president, vice president, and exec1f aircraft shall be aurally and visually monitored by a supervisory Specialist/controller-in-charge (CIC) from departure to arrival in accordance with the following:

1. The air traffic manager of each facility through which the president transits shall ensure that a Supervisory specialist/ CIC aurally and visually monitors the aircraft while in the facility's airspace.

2. The air traffic manager of each facility through which the vice president and exec1f aircraft transits shall ensure that a supervisory specialist/ CIC aurally And visually monitors the aircraft while in the facility?s Airspace where sufficient on-duty staffing allows.

D. The supervisory specialist/ CIC shall:

1. Be present at each sector/position providing ATC Service to the president, vice president, and exec1f Aircraft from the flight's entry in the facility's airspace until the flight exits the facility's airspace.

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