About ATSAC
About ATSAC
Welcome to the Air Traffic Specialists Association of Canada
Our Local represents over 640 Flight Service Specialists who work across Canada, in every Province and Territory. We can be found at the International Flight Service Station, 53 Airport Advisory Stations, 5 Flight Information Centres, and various regional and national head offices from coast to coast.
What is a Flight Service Specialist?
Flight Service Specialists work in three different aspects of Air Traffic Service, but all can be summed up in two words that are the guiding force of our career: Aviation Safety.
If you are looking for an adventure in a well-paid profession, with good benefits and pension, work along side a great bunch of people, and have a chance to provide a invaluable service to the flying public, being a Flight Service Specialist is the career for you.
If you are looking for an adventure in a well-paid profession, with good benefits and pension, work along side a great bunch of people, and have a chance to provide a invaluable service to the flying public, being a Flight Service Specialist is the career for you.
International Flight Service Specialist
- Located in Gander, NL.
- One of only a handful of International Flight Services Stations in the world
- Provide en-route and emergency communications to aircraft transiting the North Atlantic in the Gander Oceanic airspace
- Provide en-route and emergency communications to aircraft transiting the polar/arctic airspace
- Communicate significant weather and safety information to aircraft that may affect their route of flight
- Relay time sensitive information between air traffic control and pilots
Flight Information Centres
- Located in Whitehorse YT, Kamloops BC, Edmonton AB, London ON, or Quebec City QC
- Provide Interpretative Pre-Flight Weather Briefings using a variety of charts, reports, and weather imagery.
- Filing and monitoring Flight Plans
- Stay in contact with pilots during their flights
- Communicate safety updates.
- Trigger and participate in Search and Rescue activities for missing or overdue aircraft.
- Conduct weather observations
Airport Advisory Stations
- Provide Airport Advisories to help pilots safely land and take-off from uncontrolled airports.
- Provide Digital Airport Advisories at remote aerodromes
- Provide Remote Airport Advisory Services
- Provide Vehicle Control to all vehicles that operate on runways and taxiways.
- Stay in contact with pilots during their flights.
- Communicate safety updates.
- Conduct weather observations.
Our Flight Service Stations
The Air Traffic Specialists Association of Canada’s Flight Service Stations are located at the following:
- Brandon MB
- Charlottetown PE
- Deer Lake NL
- Gatineau QC
- Iles de la Madeleine QC
- Kuujjuaq QC
- Kamloops BC
- Lethbridge AB
- Mirabel QC
- Norman Wells NT
- Penticton BC
- Rankin Inlet NU
- Saint John NB
- Sioux Lookout ON
- Sudbury ON
- Thunder Bay ON
- Victoria Harbour BC
- Whitehorse YT
- Campbell River BC
- Churchill MB
- Fort Nelson BC
- Grande Prairie AB
- Inuvik NT
- Kenora ON
- La Grande Riviere QC
- Lloydminster AB
- Mont-Joli QC
- North Bay ON
- Port Hardy BC
- Regina SK
- Saskatoon SK
- Smithers BC
- Terrace BC
- Timmins ON
- Wabush NL
- Williams Lake BC
- Castlegar BC
- Cranbrook BC
- Fort St. John BC
- High Level AB
- Iqaluit NU
- Kingston ON
- La Ronge SK
- Medicine Hat AB
- Nanaimo BC
- Prince Albert SK
- Rouyn-Noranda QC
- Sept-Iles QC
- St. Catharines ON
- Thompson MB
- Val d'Or QC
- Whitecourt AB
- Yellowknife NT