Examples of use of WSO
1. Here’s how that process works÷ • On noticing any suspicious activity or in case an aircraft issues a hijack alert, the ATC Watch Supervisory Officer (WSO) will inform the Joint Control and Analysis Centre (JCAC) manned by IAF officials. • The JCAC will observe and analyse the situation with the help of inputs from the ATC.
2. Based on this, it will alert the IAF’s operational wing, which is responsible for giving orders to fighter aircraft. • Once an aircraft has been declared «rogue»—after it has ignored ATC and Air Defence warnings—the WSO will be asked to activate the Central Committee headed by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). This will automatically set into motion all other procedures, with the COSAH acting as the Crisis Management Group and CCS as the apex decision–making body.