Introduction

This order and its changes are scheduled to be published to coincide with AIRAC dates. (See TBL 1-1-1.)

The “Cutoff Date for Completion" in the table below refers to the deadline for a proposed change to be fully coordinated and signed. Change initiators must submit their proposed changes well in advance of this cutoff date to meet the publication effective date. The process to review and coordinate changesoften takes several months after the change is initially submitted.

This order will be available on the FAA's website 30 days prior to its effective date.

If an FAA facility has not received the order/changes at least 30 days before the above effective dates, the facility must notify its service area office distribution officer.

If a military facility has not received the order/changes at least 30 days before the above effective dates, the facility must notify its appropriate military headquarters. (See TBL 1-1-2.)

Personnel should submit recommended changes in procedures to facility management.

Recommendations from other sources should be submitted through appropriate FAA, military, or industry/user channels.

Proposed changes must be submitted electronically to 9‐AJV‐P‐HQ‐Correspondence@faa.gov. The submission should include a description of the recommended change, and the proposed language to be used in the order.

Procedural changes will not be made to this order until the operational system software has been adapted to accomplish the revised procedures.

Requests from Air Traffic Services (AJT) field personnel must be submitted to the applicable Service Area Director of Air Traffic Operations, as follows:

The request must be submitted in writing by an Air Traffic Manager to the District General Manager, who will forward the request in writing to the Service Area Director of Air Traffic Operations through the Operations Support Group (OSG).

The Service Area Director of Air Traffic Operations must review the submission to determine if an interpretation or a clarification is required.

If more than one interpretation of the language can be inferred, the request for interpretation must be submitted in writing to the Director, Policy (AJV-P).

If it is determined a clarification of the language is required, the request is returned to the OSG. The OSG must provide a written clarification response to the requestor and forward a copy of the response to the Service Area Director of Air Traffic Operations and AJV-P.

Requests from System Operations Services (AJR) personnel must be submitted in writing through appropriate channels to the applicable Systems Operations Services Director. The receiving Systems Operations Services Director will review and, if deemed valid, submit the request to AJV-P for response.

Requests from all other FAA ATO service units, Lines of Business or Staff Offices must be submitted in writing through appropriate leadership channels to AJV-P.

Requests from DoD personnel must be submitted in writing to the respective Military Service Headquarters, via the appropriate chain of command. The Military Service Headquarters will review and, if deemed valid, submit the request to AJV-P.

All non‐FAA/DoD requests may be submitted directly to AJV-P.

All requests directed to AJV-P in accordance with subparagraphs a through e above must be sent to the AJV-P correspondence mailbox at: 9‐AJV‐P‐HQ‐Correspondence@faa.gov.

Published interpretations for this order may be accessed through the MyFAA employee website via: https://my.faa.gov/org/linebusiness/ato/missionsupport/air-traffic-control-interpretations.

Exceptional or unusual requirements may dictate procedural deviations or supplementary procedures to this order. The approval of waivers to air traffic procedures is covered in FAA Order JO 7210.3, Facility Operation and Administration, Chapter 19, Section 7.

If military operations or facilities are involved, prior approval by the following appropriate headquarters is required for subsequent interface with FAA. (See TBL 1-1-3.)

This order is distributed to selected offices in Washington headquarters, regional offices, service area offices, the William J. Hughes Technical Center, the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, and to all air traffic field facilities and international aviation field offices.

This order is distributed electronically to all who subscribe to receive email notifications through the FAA's website. All organizations are responsible for viewing, downloading, and subscribing to receive email notifications when changes occur to this order. Subscriptions to air traffic directives can be made through the Air Traffic Plans and Publications website at https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ or directly via the following link: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USAFAA/subscriber/new?topic_id=USAFAA_39.