Section 3 - Clearance Delivery Agreement and Procedures
3.0.1 All personnel staffing the position of Clearance Delivery within the Miami ARTCC shall abide by and conform to all rules and regulations applying to ATC within the VATSIM and VATUSA environments.
3.0.2. ATC personnel will use the standard callsign format for controllers within VATUSA airspace.
a. The first three (3) characters of the callsign (prefix) represent the airport at which Clearance Delivery services are offered.
b. If the controller will be providing ATC service using voice, the designator _V_ should be used between the prefix and suffix.
c. If the controller is undergoing voice instruction in conjunction with providing ATC service using voice, the “voice student” designation will be used (_VS_) after the callsign prefix.
d. The last three (3) character of the callsign (suffix) shall be: DEL
3.0.3 ATC service is confined to Clearance Delivery and shall not include any service normally provided by any other personnel.
3.0.4. A VATUSA S-1 rating or higher is required to staff a Clearance Delivery position within Miami ARTCC.
§ 3.1.0 Duties and Responsibilities
3.1.1 The controller staffing the Delivery position (herein “Delivery”) shall provide Clearance Delivery only to pilots on the ground at the airport served by the Delivery Controller in accordance with FAA 7110.65, except as provided in this document.
3.1.2 Delivery is not a radar position and will not track or “claim ownership” using the <F3> key in ASRC.
3.1.3 Delivery will amend flight strips to reflect correct and accurate information pertaining to each flight including:
a. Aircraft type using the abbreviations provided by the FAA, including the current proper equipment suffix to reflect RVSM capability for any aircraft that has filed a cruising altitude between FL290 and FL410.
b. Airport of Departure in 4-letter ICAO format
c. Airport of Destination in 4-letter ICAO format
d. Requested Cruise Altitude
e. Initial Assigned Altitude (use <F8> as described in the ASRC manual or the Delivery Tutorial)
f. Route of flight to begin with either a current Departure Procedure, or one of the designated transition fixes associated with the Airport of Departure.
g. Transponder Beacon Code (assigned using the <F9> key as described in the ASRC manual or the Delivery Tutorial)
h. Scratchpad notation as per this document (use <INS> as described in the ASRC manual or the Delivery Tutorial).
3.1.4 Delivery will issue an abbreviated IFR departure clearance, when appropriate, to pilot’s requesting such service as per FAA 7110.65, including no less than the following items:
a. The Airport of Destination.
b. Departure Procedure (if applicable) and Transition (if applicable)
c. In the absence of a Departure Procedure, the first fix on the flight plan that is also a designated transition fix associated with the Airport of Departure.
d. Any route restriction known to Delivery upon issuance of the clearance.
e. Initial altitude after departure.
f. Assigned cruise altitude.
g. If the initial altitude is different than the assigned cruise altitude, the amount of time after departure that the pilot can expect clearance to final cruise altitude.
h. Radio frequency to which the pilot should switch following departure. This will be UNICOM (122.800) if no other controller will be providing departure service.
i. Transponder Beacon Code.
3.1.5 Delivery will issue a VFR departure clearance, when appropriate, to pilot’s requesting such service, as per FAA 7110.65, including no less than the following items:
a. The Airport of Departure.
b. Type of airspace in which the flight will commence when the departure will occur within Class B or C airspace.
c. The cardinal direction the pilot is expected to fly in order to expedite exit of the departure airspace.
d. Any altitude restriction when the flight will operate within Class B or C airspace.
e. Direction of the standard traffic pattern applicable to a known runway for departure.
f. Radio frequency to which the pilot should switch following departure. This will be UNICOM (122.800) if no other controller will be providing departure service.
g. A discreet Transponder Beacon Code when the flight will occur within Class B or C airspace. Otherwise, the pilot will be instructed to set the transponder to 1-2-0-0.
3.1.6 Delivery will provide aircraft with current observed barometric pressure and wind conditions.
3.1.7 Delivery will advise pilots to contact the controller providing Ground service after receiving an acceptable Readback of the clearance. If no further ATC personnel are available, then a pilot will be instructed to self-announce taxi and takeoff on UNICOM (122.800).
§ 3.2.0 Specific Provisions