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→CHAPTER 2 GENERAL OPERATING PROCEDURES
# An aircraft maintaining a cruising level shall have priority over aircraft requesting that level. When two or more aircraft are at the same level, and vertical separation needs to be established, the preceding aircraft shall normally have priority.
# CDC shall check Flight plan requested FL are in compliance with HKAIP ENR 1.8 7030 Flight Level Assignment Scheme (FLAS), Final level is decided by ATC in upper FIR airspace i.e. Area control.
=== Transfer of Control ===
# Transfer of control is achieved when a flight, which is operating in accordance with the co-ordination procedure, has reached the position or level agreed between the transferring and accepting units.
# Transfer of control normally takes place:
a) At an agreed reporting point,
b) On an estimate for an FIR boundary,
c) At or passing an agreed level,
d) While the aircraft is climbing or descending to a previously agreed level
provided that the transferring controller has ensured that standard separation will exist between the transferred aircraft and all
others for the remainder of the climb or descent.
# Under no circumstances shall an aircraft be transferred at a point when it is not laterally or vertically clear of other aircraft that are still being kept by the transferring unit.
[File:Example-of-transfer-of-commmunication-and-transfer-of-control.png|thumb|200px|Illustration of Transfer of control and Transfer of Communication]
== CHAPTER 3 SEPARATION STANDARDS ==