# AA.VI.C — Arrival Procedures — Airline Transport Pilot Airplane ACS

> AA.VI.C from FAA-S-ACS-11A, including the official objective, references, notes, and 20 exact knowledge, risk-management, and skill descriptions.

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## Official Task context

- FAA document: Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards
- Identifier: FAA-S-ACS-11A
- Published source date: November 2023
- Aircraft category: Airplane
- Certificate or rating: Airline Transport Pilot
- Area of Operation: Area of Operation VI. Instrument Procedures
- Task: Task C. Arrival Procedures
- Task code prefix: AA.VI.C
- Official references: 14 CFR part 91; AC 90-100; AIM; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-15, FAA-H-8083-16, FAA-H-8083-25; IFR Enroute Charts; POH/AFM; STARs; Terminal Procedures Publications
- FAA source library: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs

## Official Task objective

To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) arrival procedures.

## Knowledge elements

- **AA.VI.C.K1** — Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) charts, U.S. Terminal Procedures Publications, and IFR En Route High and Low Altitude Charts.
- **AA.VI.C.K2** — Use of a Flight Management System (FMS) or GPS to follow a STAR.
- **AA.VI.C.K3** — Pilot/controller responsibilities, communication procedures, and ATC services available to pilots.
- **AA.VI.C.K4** — Two-way radio communication failure procedures during an arrival.
- **AA.VI.C.K5** — Ground-based and satellite-based navigation systems (orientation, course determination, equipment, tests and regulations, interference, appropriate use of navigation data, signal integrity).

## Risk management elements

- **AA.VI.C.R1** — ATC communications and compliance with published procedures.
- **AA.VI.C.R2** — Limitations of traffic avoidance equipment.
- **AA.VI.C.R3** — Responsibility to use "see and avoid" techniques when possible.
- **AA.VI.C.R4** — Automation management.
- **AA.VI.C.R5** — ATC instructions that modify an arrival or discontinue/resume the aircraft's lateral or vertical navigation on an arrival.

## Skills elements

- **AA.VI.C.S1** — In actual or simulated instrument conditions, select, identify (as necessary) and use the appropriate communication and navigation facilities associated with the arrival.
- **AA.VI.C.S2** — Set FMS and avionics, including flight director and autopilot controls for the arrival, if applicable.
- **AA.VI.C.S3** — Coordinate with crew, if applicable, and complete the appropriate checklist(s) in a timely manner.
- **AA.VI.C.S4** — Use current and appropriate navigation publications or databases for the proposed flight.
- **AA.VI.C.S5** — Establish two-way communications with the proper controlling agency, use proper phraseology and comply, in a timely manner, with all ATC instructions and airspace restrictions as well as exhibit adequate knowledge of communication failure procedures.
- **AA.VI.C.S6** — Intercept all courses, radials, and bearings appropriate to the procedure, route, clearance, or as directed by the evaluator in a timely manner.
- **AA.VI.C.S7** — Comply with all applicable charted procedures.
- **AA.VI.C.S8** — Adhere to airspeed restrictions required by regulation, procedure, aircraft limitation, ATC, or the evaluator.
- **AA.VI.C.S9** — Establish rates of descent consistent with the route segment, airplane operating characteristics and safety.
- **AA.VI.C.S10** — Maintain the appropriate airspeed/V-speed ±10 knots, but not less than reference landing approach speed (VREF) if applicable, heading ±10°, altitude ±100 feet, and accurately track radials, courses, and bearings.

## Difficulty methodology

Difficulty calibration is ongoing for this Task. Observed difficulty is a privacy-thresholded check-ride.ai mock-oral practice proxy, not an FAA practical-test pass or fail rate. Underlying sample sizes and the private reporting threshold are not published.

## Official Task notes

- See Appendix 3: Aircraft, Equipment, and Operational Requirements & Limitations for information related to this Task.

## Use in practice

A mock examiner can ask a pilot to explain the published elements, apply them to the configured aircraft and airport context, identify risks, and defend a decision. Practice prompts are not represented as actual FAA examiner scripts or predictions of the questions a candidate will receive.