FAA ATO Program Management Office VP Kris Burnham & NATCA Director of Safety & Technology Jim Ullmann
led a panel about moving the NAS toward a trajectory based system, a cornerstone of #FlyNextGen. One of the
new concepts within global avia on, Trajectory Based Opera ons (TBO) is Performance Based Naviga on (PBN)
plus Time Based Management (TBM). It will have an impact on how the NAS is operated in the near future.
Panelists:
• NATCA Na onal PMO Rep Jeff Woods
• NATCA Northeast Corridor WG Co-Lead Phil Hargarten
• NATCA Safety & Technology Deputy Director Mark McKelligan
• FAA Air Traffic Services Director of Opera onal Integra on Michele Merkle
• FAA Senior Technical Advisor to the VP of the PMO Rob Hunt
• Delta Air Lines Senior Manager Air Traffic Management Rob Goldman
• ALPA Air Traffic Services Group Chair Marc Henegar
Recurrent Training Rep Richard Kennington spoke
with a endees about the importance of including
human factors in training to advance the safety
of the Na onal Airspace System (NAS) as NATCA
and the Federal Avia on Administra on (FAA)
con nue to collaborate on various aspects of
training.
HUMAN FACTORS IN TRAINING
TRAJECTORY BASED OPERATIONS
COMMUNICATING FOR SAFETY Tuesday, Oct. 23 5
