To communicate with the aircraft via SELCAL, the flight dispatcher calls which ground-based station?

To communicate with the aircraft via SELCAL, the flight dispatcher calls which ground-based station?

• A. NYC ARInc
• B. SFO ARInc
• C. JFK ARInc
• D. LAX ARInc

Answer: (B)

SELCAL is an alerting system that lets a dispatcher notify a specific aircraft on a shared frequency without the crew having to monitor all channels. The dispatcher selects the ground station that corresponds to the region where the aircraft is operating, and that station sends the SELCAL alert to the aircraft. For West Coast operations, the designated ARINC ground station is the San Francisco facility, so the appropriate station to call is SFO ARINC. East Coast aircraft would use the NYC or JFK ARINC stations, while LAX is not the regional SELCAL station used in this context.

SELCAL is an alerting system that lets a dispatcher notify a specific aircraft on a shared frequency without the crew having to monitor all channels. The dispatcher selects the ground station that corresponds to the region where the aircraft is operating, and that station sends the SELCAL alert to the aircraft. For West Coast operations, the designated ARINC ground station is the San Francisco facility, so the appropriate station to call is SFO ARINC. East Coast aircraft would use the NYC or JFK ARINC stations, while LAX is not the regional SELCAL station used in this context.