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• SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
• Week of Feb. 25, 2019 Update
• ENROUTE AUTOMATION WORKGROUP (ERAW)
• Julio Henriques (ZNY) leads the ERAW efforts. Rex Jackson (ZDC) provided the update below:
• Due to a critical issue with PDRR (Pre-Departure Re-Route), it was collaboratively decided to turn off the functionality until a fix can be delivered. The issue could result in the pilot receiving a route of flight that was not the same as the route t...
• The Facility Tech Reps have been coordinating with their sites to uplevel to the EAE130 ERAM release in support of better DataComm functionality for the keysites. For the enhanced CPDLC timers to be "turned on" it requires all sites to be operational ...
• The FTRs attended the National User Team (NUT) meeting the week of Dec. 10th, 2018. The team received briefings on the following programs:
• DataComm – The DataComm team briefed on several issues including the current status of the system, an updated DFV waterfall checklist, a DFV site-briefing template, updates to several use cases and how the aircraft trajectory affects TOC behavior. H...
• EAE200 Release Briefing – The team was briefed on the functional changes coming in the EAE200 release. The changes include tech refresh for the radar position, electronic horse collars, DataComm changes, and the ERAM half of the TFMS remarks capabil...
• EAE210 Release Briefing – The team was briefed on the alternate display path functionality being delivered into EAE210. The new function will provide a path for the radar display from either the AIX or LINUX processors, should there be an issue as s...
• DataComm Keysite Briefings – The DataComm keysites ZID, ZKC, and ZME delivered briefings on their experiences so far with DataComm training and DFV testing. There briefings were provided to the team as a reference to assist the remaining waterfall s...
• ADSB Fusion Display Management – NATCA SBS Article 114 Rep Eric Labardini briefed the team on Fusion Display, which is defined as a system that is capable of receiving surveillance reports from multiple sensors of different types and combining those...
• Altimeter CAR – The team discussed the CAR and its request to evaluate the current capability of one-minute updates for Weather and Altimeter. There was concern expressed about having the weather update so frequently, and for a certified observation...
• ER 186070 Weather Update – The team discussed the ER and worked on problem statement language, "The current desired behavior is, should the age of a weather report exceed an adaptable center-wide parameter (nominally 120 minutes), the weather will b...
• Hand-off to Non-U.S. – The updated use case reflects several changes made as a result of incorporating DataComm into the ongoing engineering in support of automated handoffs to Canada.
• SE2 Use Case Updates
• o Airspace Transfer – The team discussed and reached consensus on an updated use case adding changes to clarify the TAS menu and view behavior requested by the task team.
• o Point Out – The team discussed and reached consensus on an update to the use case that added clarifying language for Auto Point Out and Point Out Data Block behavior.
• The Enroute CHI Team reviewed and completed work on the following items:
• During the December meeting, the CHI team completed and closed on their obligations related to the DataComm Full Service Speeds Use Case CHI. However, until the Speeds team completes their review of the CHI design, final approval cannot be completed.
• ERAW began work on plans to restart programs derailed from the government shutdown. This work will continue and be shared as project priorities are determined and facility information is collected. Potential new waterfall schedules will be created aft...