A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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iTBO (Trajectory BASED Operations) AJV - 7 is prioritizing a list of 18 gaps found in iTBO. NATCA scored this over the past few week s and submitted our response on July 6th. Facility Contingency plan Attended a meeting with Jason Grider (NATCA article 114 rep for facility contingency). The meeting was held to discuss what a TRACON could or could not provide in the event of a center being relocated do to a n evacuation. More meetings to come on this dif ficult issue. STARS Enhancement 2 (SE2) Terminal CHI is working with SE - 2 on several concepts to assist terminal controllers. Currently we meet every Thursday via phone and webX to discuss auto point outs with center, fourth line data block exc hange, and airspace transfer tools. The CHI team and the NUT meet for a week in June to discuss these concepts together and how each woul d want to see them function. We see the benefit in the concept CHI work needs to be done to make the functions worthwhile for the controllers to use. Terminal CHI The CHI team i s in continued work with TFDM. Matt Baugh will have an update on that work. AUTOMATED T ERMINAL PROXIMITY ALERT (ATPA) Mike Sanders (SCT) represents the membership as the Article 114 Representative for ATPA. Mr. Sander's report is below. ATPA is now available for any facility ope rating under a STARS platform. This entails working with your OSF and adapting ATPA volumes for desired airports and runways. Training is required for all controllers at facili ties using ATPA, through a recently developed eLMS course and brief lab demonstration of ATPA entries and features. Please provide feedback on training. ATPA is voluntary on part of the individual controller at his/her display. Facilities are not permitt ed to make any portion of ATPA mandatory. HUMAN PERFORMANCE Jay Barrett (MIA) is the Article 114 Representative for Human Performance. His report is below. Human Factors Activities Resiliency I attended a general discussion sponsored by the Next Gen HF division at the Tech Center. This is a group that has been formed to determine if there can be resiliency requirements implemented into new equipment designs and deployment. It is a very interesting discussion. While it is PMO and Tech Ops centric, ther e are a number of resiliency concepts that are bleeding over into our concept of operational resiliency. I continue to gather data and look for a solid working concept that will facilitate AJI documenting the daily instances of resilience in the NAS. This will allow us to not only see where holes in the system open up and quickly closed due to the actions and