AUS NATCA TAMR Rep Matt Sheffield
and PASS Lead Phil Nicholson
The transition to a STARS TCW in Austin
Successful STARS installation at AUS
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He continued, "The OSF specialists are a little-known but
amazingly important segment of our NATCA membership
and they are really showing everyone how important
they are to the success of the program."
NATCA's Jill Carr (TPA) and Anthony Loguidice (ABE) were
the Transition SMEs for the Austin and Billings transitions.
Both provided knowledge of STARS for controllers as
they both have STARS in their home facilities. Their
knowledge helps maintain confidence during the initial
stages of using the new system.
"What an inspiration it is to be part of bringing a new
system to life in an air traffic control facility," said Carr.
Anthony agreed and added, "The excitement of the entire
building seeing their facility modernized and becoming
NextGen capable is palpable."
In calendar year 2015, the TAMR program is slated to
implement STARS at multiple facilities including RSW,
NCT, MAF, A80, M98, EVV, MDT, SAV, SGF, FAT, SDF, SCT,
SBN, LFT, GSO, TYS, and ACY. Because of collaboration,
TAMR is poised for a great many deployments over the
next several years.
