A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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ENROUTE AUTOMATION WORKGROUP (ERAW) Rex Jackson (ZDC) is the leads Article 114 rep for ERAW. Rob Friedel (ZLC) is the Article 114 ERAM Tech Rep. Facility Tech Reps continue to participate in the testing of multiple software releases for the sustainment of ERAM, CPDLC, and Tech Refresh. The newest ERAM software release on EAE310 is scheduled for keysite testing in early March, going to ZTL, ZMA, ZID, and ZNY. Current release of EAE305 is running and up leveling continues across the centers. CPDLC completed keysite testing at ZKC and ZID. Since IOC, training prep has started at ZNY, ZDC, and ZBW in hopes of becoming sites three, four, and five to actively use CPDLC En route. Training and staffing will be a complex issue as DataComm moves forward. PDRR and ABRR continues to be used. Over the holiday season, an issue was discovered causing ZOB to discontinue the use of ABRR, while continuing to use PDRR. The issue has been identified and continues in triage. An ATO alert was issued to all Centers identifying the inadvertent display of ABRR routing. In all instances, the routing was the same, as the aircraft had been cleared. Tech Refresh 2 has been paused. Numerous issues with the monitor, configuration, and trackball are being addressed at all levels. Keysites continue to use the new TR2 hardware in limited capacity and continue to work toward resolution. TBDM (Track Based Display Mode) planned to keysite in December in both ZSE and ZBW. The National User Team continues to work on numerous enhancement requests and implementations in all aspects affecting the NAS including but not limited to: • ALT/FIX/ALT • Path Stretch • CPDLC including Full Services • TBDM • Conflict Probe Enhancement • TBFM Visual Ques • ABRR/PDRR • Multiple Use Cases and Problem Statements ENTERPRISE-INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM (E-IDS) Amanda Richardson (ZOA) is the Article 114 Rep for Enterprise-Information Display System (E-IDS). Background: The E-IDS project aims to replace all existing IDSs in the NAS, providing the Agency with one enterprise solution across facility types. While some customization is necessary and should be available, one system will reduce overall costs for upkeep