Chapter 6. En Route Operations and Services

1. Section 1. General
   • 6-1-1. AREAS OF OPERATION
   • 6-1-2. SECTORS
   • 6-1-3. SECTOR CONFIGURATION
   • 6-1-4. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
   • 6-1-5. OPERATING POSITION DESIGNATORS
   • 6-1-6. FLIGHT PROGRESS STRIP USAGE
   • 6-1-7. DISPLAY OF TIME-BASED FLOW MANAGEMENT (TBFM) INFORMATION
2. Section 2. Sector Information Binders
   • 6-2-1. EN ROUTE OR OCEANIC CONTROLLER TEAM CONCEPT
   • 6-2-2. EN ROUTE SECTOR INFORMATION BINDER
3. Section 3. Operations
   • 6-3-1. HANDLING OF SIGMETs, CWAs, AND PIREPs
   • 6-3-2. RECEIPT OF NOTAM DATA
   • 6-3-3. REVIEW AIRSPACE STRUCTURE
   • 6-3-4. FLIGHT DATA UNIT
   • 6-3-5. CHANGES TO MTR AND MOA PUBLISHED ACTIVITY SCHEDULES
4. Section 4. Services
   • 6-4-1. ADVANCE APPROACH INFORMATION
   • 6-4-2. MINIMUM IFR ALTITUDES (MIA)
   • 6-4-3. SPECIAL USE FREQUENCIES
   • 6-4-4. PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES
5. Section 5. Air Carrier Computer Interface Program
   • 6-5-1. GENERAL
   • 6-5-2. FACILITY RESPONSIBILITIES
   • 6-5-3. CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION
   • 6-5-4. FORMAT CONVENTIONS
   • 6-5-5. MESSAGE CONTENT
6. Section 6. En Route Decision Support Tool (EDST)
   • 6-6-1. GENERAL
   • 6-6-2. OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR‐IN‐CHARGE RESPONSIBILITIES
   • 6-6-3. OPERATIONS MANAGER‐IN‐CHARGE RESPONSIBILITIES
   • 6-6-4. FACILITY MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES
   • 6-6-5. EDST AIRSPACE CONFIGURATION ELEMENTS
   • 6-6-6. STANDARD USE OF AUTOMATED FLIGHT DATA MANAGEMENT
   • 6-6-7. EDST OUTAGES
   • 6-6-8. RESTRICTIONS INVENTORY AND EVALUATION
   • 6-6-9. TRAFFIC COUNTS AND DELAY REPORTING
   • 6-6-10. COMPUTER DATA RETENTION
   • 6-6-11. WAIVER TO INTERIM ALTITUDE REQUIREMENTS
   • 6-6-12. TRANSFER OF POSITION RESPONSIBILITY
7. Section 7. Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP)
   • 6-7-1. GENERAL
   • 6-7-2. OPERATIONAL SUPERVISOR-IN-CHARGE RESPONSIBILITIES
   • 6-7-3. ERROR REPAIR POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
   • 6-7-4. FACILITY MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES
   • 6-7-5. TRANSFER OF POSITION
   • 6-7-6. ATOP CHANNEL CHANGEOVERS
   • 6-7-7. OUTAGES
   • 6-7-8. CONTROLLER PILOT DATA LINK COMMUNICATIONS
8. Section 8. Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM)
   • 6-8-1. GENERAL
   • 6-8-2. FACILITY MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES
   • 6-8-3. OPERATIONS MANAGER‐IN‐CHARGE RESPONSIBILITIES
   • 6-8-4. OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR‐IN‐CHARGE/CONTROLLER‐IN‐CHARGE RESPONSIBILITIES
   • 6-8-5. NON-RVSM REQUIREMENTS
   • 6-8-6. EQUIPMENT SUFFIX AND DISPLAY MANAGEMENT
   • 6-8-7. MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY (MWA)
   • 6-8-8. WAKE TURBULENCE AND WEATHER RELATED TURBULENCE
   • 6-8-9. SUSPENSION OF RVSM
9. Section 9. En Route Information Display System (ERIDS)
   • 6-9-1. GENERAL
   • 6-9-2. REQUIREMENTS
10. Section 10. En Route Data Communications
    • 6-10-1. CONTROLLER PILOT DATA LINK COMMUNICATIONS (CPDLC)