
Explore airline operations, flight planning, and dispatch in the North Atlantic, including not HLA requirements, OTS routes, and North Atlantic track messages.
Explore the airline operations course content, from North Atlantic overview and North HLA flight planning to North Atlantic weather, with quizzes and a certificate from Udemy.
Discover the north atlantic high level airspace, flight levels from fl290 to fl410, and rvsm, ads-b, and cpdlc considerations. Learn how optimized routes reduce costs and emissions.
Study ICAO Doc 007 North Atlantic operations and airspace manual as the primary guidance for North Atlantic operations, cross-referenced with annexes and notams; note it is guidance, not regulatory.
Explore national aviation authority approvals, an AOC, and OP specs, plus RVSM and Nutella minimum navigation performance specification approvals for North Atlantic high level airspace.
Explore nat hla flight planning requirements: nav ten and rnp four, two independent long-range navigation systems, two long-range communications with cpdlc or ads-c, and fans one a datalink.
Explain North Atlantic data link mandate requiring Cpdlc and Ads-c with Satcom (Inmarsat or Iridium) for 290–410, and annotate flight plans with Juliet five or Juliet seven and Delta one.
Explore the North Atlantic datalink mandate, including required fans one a cpdlc and ads-c equipment from flight level 290 to 410, plus excluded airspaces for non equipped aircraft.
Explore the organized track system for North Atlantic flight planning, including westbound Alpha and eastbound Zulu tracks, entry and exit points, and the option of random routes beyond the OTS.
Explore performance based communication and surveillance (Pbxs) for North Atlantic operations, focusing on datalink and ADS-C in air traffic management, reduced separation, and RCP 240 and RSP 180 standards.
Learn to read the North Atlantic Track Message and identify daily NAT tracks, coordinates, altitudes, and remarks for westbound and eastbound routes, then apply them in flight plans.
Plan random routes in North Atlantic high-level airspace outside organized tracks by keeping at least one degree of latitude from OTS tracks and plotting points every ten degrees of longitude.
Explore the blue spruce routes in the North Atlantic high level airspace, covering northern and southern paths, data link mandates, and VHF and HF coverage for non-itops operations.
Explore tango routes in the north atlantic high level airspace, linking northern europe with spain, portugal, and canary islands, and learn entry requirements like hf radio, rnp two, ads-b, cpdlc.
Explore how prevailing winds shape North Atlantic flight planning, including westerlies, jet streams, and convergence zones, and how winter winds and turbulence affect routes and fuel.
Learn how tropical cyclones, from tropical storms to hurricanes, affect North Atlantic flight planning, including classifications, seasonality, wind scales, and hazard considerations.
Use National Hurricane Center forecasts to anticipate Atlantic tropical cyclones and plan safe routes, alternates, and contingencies while avoiding forecast tracks and frequent cumulonimbus CB clouds.
Celebrate completing the advanced airline operations course on North Atlantic flight planning and apply its insights to future development and career growth, while providing evaluation and review.
Airline Operations: North Atlantic NAT HLA Flight Planning course is an aviation course about airline operations, flight planning and dispatch in a very interesting and busy region of our World – the North Atlantics. This region connects two biggest global economies – USA and European Union, but not only. Modern long-haul airplanes can operate direct flights from Middle East and Asia to Caribbean and South America, which also involves the North Atlantic crossing. More than 700,000 flights cross the North Atlantic yearly and that volume of traffic continues to increase, meaning more and more people will need to enhance their aviation knowledge of the region.
In this advanced course we will learn the requirements for theoretical and practical flight planning and aircraft operations in the region. The vast majority of North Atlantic flights are performed by commercial jet transport aircraft in the band of levels FL 290 – FL 410, that means in North Atlantic High-Level Airspace, commonly known as NAT HLA. So, we will concentrate on main NAT HLA aspects, such as: Basic entry and aircraft equipment requirements, FANS 1/A, Random Routes, Organized Track System, Data Link Mandate, PBCS, ETOPS/EDTO, etc. We also will look on special routes in the region, such as Blue Spruce routes, Tango Routes, Adjacent routes and other. We will learn basic characteristics of North Atlantic weather, such as prevailing winds, jet streams, tropical storms and hurricanes.
Proper knowledge and understanding of the region by the personnel directly involved in the operations (flight/aircraft dispatchers, pilots, flight followers, air traffic controllers, etc.) can significantly improve flight planning and preparations, which will increase flight safety and fuel economy. Those who are not directly involved into the operations, for example airline Sales and Marketing teams, will benefit from the advanced knowledge on the region and aircraft and airline operations matters in particular.
My intention is that you understand the meaning and importance of the North Atlantic operations, including aviation regulations, certification process, flight planning and dispatch considerations, fuel planning, technical aspects, weather and other. The course is built from Airline Operations and Flight Dispatch perspective based on my own more than 12 years’ experience in this field.
The structure of the course is following:
Introduction
North Atlantic overview
NAT HLA flight planning
North Atlantic weather
The objective of this course for you is to be well oriented in most of the North Atlantic operational aspects, and get deep theoretical and practical knowledge on the subject and aviation in general. For better understanding the video course contains a lot of graphical information, practical examples, additional reading materials, articles and quizzes after each section.
I encourage you to begin this journey to Airline Operations and you will not regret it! If you have any questions during the course feel free to contact me, I will answer as quick as possible!