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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
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Available evidence may include controller-pilot audio, communication transcripts, radar or other surveillance data, flight tracks, flight plans, clearances, weather information, facility records, and related operational documentation. FAA procedures specifically address the retention and handling of ATC voice recordings and radar or computer data associated with accidents and incidents, including procedures governing the release of ATC voice data.
The available communications and surveillance evidence may help reconstruct who transmitted each instruction, when it was issued, how it was acknowledged, and what aircraft movements followed. Clearances, readbacks, amended instructions, traffic advisories, and the timing of communications may then be considered against the circumstances known to the controller and pilot. FAA Order JO 7110.65BB prescribes current ATC procedures and phraseology, while the Aeronautical Information Manual explains that an ATC clearance authorizes flight under specified conditions but does not displace the pilot's responsibility for safe operation.
Separation analysis may compare aircraft positions, altitudes, routes, speeds, surveillance information, clearances, and controller instructions with the separation criteria applicable to the operation. The relevant standard depends on factors such as the airspace, flight rules, phase of flight, surveillance capability, and type of separation being used. FAA materials distinguish multiple forms of separation, including runway, visual, vertical, and other ATC separation procedures.
Different facilities handle different portions of a flight. Airport traffic control towers manage traffic on and near airports, terminal radar approach control facilities handle terminal-area traffic, and Air Route Traffic Control Centers primarily manage en route traffic. Identifying which facility and controller position had responsibility at a particular time can therefore be important when reconstructing an event.
Air Traffic Control expertise centers on controller procedures, clearances, communications, aircraft separation, traffic sequencing, surveillance information, and the operation of the ATC system. Pilot expertise focuses more directly on flight-crew actions, aircraft operation, training, procedures, and decision-making. A dispute involving communications between a controller and pilot may require analysis from both perspectives without treating the two roles as interchangeable.
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