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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control Ground Control] on ground at the airport | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control Ground Control] on ground at the airport | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Approach_and_terminal_control Approach] when taking off | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Approach_and_terminal_control Approach] when taking off | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Local_control_or_air_control Air Control] on a short distance IFR flight | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Local_control_or_air_control Air Control] on a short distance IFR flight or when not yet finished [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Instrument_Departure SID transit] on a long distance IFR flight | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Local_control_or_air_control Air Control] on a VFR flight in regulated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace_class airspace] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Local_control_or_air_control Air Control] on a VFR flight in regulated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace_class airspace] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_Control_Center Center] en route on an IFR long distance flight | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_Control_Center Center] en route on an IFR long distance flight | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Local_control_or_air_control Air Control] on a long distance IFR flight after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_terminal_arrival_route transit to STAR] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Approach_and_terminal_control Approach] when landing on an airport | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Approach_and_terminal_control Approach] when landing on an airport | ||
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control Ground Control] on ground at the destination airport | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control Ground Control] on ground at the destination airport | ||
automatically take precedence over whatever you have read, heard or want to do. | automatically take precedence over whatever you have read, heard or want to do. So without any ATC anywhere on your way from your source gate to the destination gate, you would fly according to documents and regulations that you have read. | ||
If there is ATC in place, they will hopefully and likely instruct you to operate, just like you would operate on your own. That means that they have read and act by the very same documents and regulations that you have read, but as opposed to you they have an overview over everything that is happening and might account for that, giving instructions on a per-case basis. In aviation, the ATC is the ''Executive'' of airspace while the according governmental insitutions, such as the [http://www.faa.gov/ FAA] for the U.S. are the ''Legislative''. | |||
This page should document the ''Law'' itsself -- and in particular where to find it -- meaning the documents by which flying under either circumstances is governed. The cirumstances themselves can me manifold, depending on not just '''phase of flight''' but also on '''country''', '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace_class class of airspace]''' and '''type of aircraft'''. | |||