Airports adapted for TBFM use
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NextGen Now | Winter 2014
"They can just schedule on a timeline and get the flight
into the system."
In addition to traveling to sites to deploy TBFM, Owens
is also traveling around the country to support all the
Metroplex activities. He has visited Cleveland, Fort Worth
Center, and Houston to ensure the TBFM adaption is
accurate.
"When they implement Metroplex procedures it changes
all the points in the airspace area," says Owen. "I have
to make sure to integrate all the Metroplex changes into
the TBFM system."
The TBFM workgroup has also been working on the
Terminal Sequencing Spacing (TSS) tool because it
ties into TBFM. The group is working with NASA Ames
Research Center on incorporating TSS into the TBFM
operational assessment in May.
Owens has also been in Oklahoma City collaboratively
developing a training course, ELMS, with the FAA. They
are working on the TMC portion of the course, but the
controller course for TBFM has been completed and will
be released with ELMS. If all goes well, they will have a
training course for TMCs in the spring of 2015.
