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o Participated on the weekly Metroplex Telcon o Did some coordination for the upcoming .43 rewrite meeting in Dallas next week o Submitted by Jim Davis (PCT) NATCA National Airspace Rep AIRSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PHASE 2 (ATD - 2): Pete Slattery (CLT) is the Article 48 Representative for NATCA on this NASA sponsored dem onstration. Mr. Slattery's report to the member ship is below. · This week NASA ATD - 2 program managers traveled to Washington, D . C ., to present the concept to the S - CDM (Surface CDM) Stakeholder Team. ATD - 2, as the name implies, is an Airspace Technology Demonstration designed to more accurately release aircraft into overhead streams. In order to do this successfully, you must first manage departures to ensure they can meet their assigned release times. This means the first step of ATD - 2 is departure metering. · Departure metering is an are a that the S - CDM team has been studying for a considerable amount of time. Their work has been instrumental in developing the SCDM Concept of Operations (ConOps). The SCDM ConOps lays out the basic principles of departure metering which is best described a s follows: o Today, departures are handled on a first come, first served basis. Flights are managed in the order in which they present themselves to the air traffic control tower (ATCT) for service. o This often results in lengthy taxiway queues as fli ghts await access to the runway. o The departure metering concept envisions applying the CDM Ration - By - Schedule (RBS) concept to manage the length of the departure queue. RBS will allow flights to enter a virtual departure queue while still at their gate , or in the ramp area, until they can be accommodated at the runway. This will be accomplished by new data sharing procedures between airlines, the FAA, and airport operators. o It is believed that this new CDM approach to managing operations will increa se safety and efficiency by reducing airport movement area congestion. It will also provide fuel savings to the flight operators, which will reduce emi ssions and improve air quality. For more info: http://cdm.fly.faa. gov/ . · The SCDM Stakeholder group has accomplished much over the last few years. Their efforts will have a direct impact on the direction that NASA and the FAA proceed with the Departure Metering portion of the ATD - 2 research program. · The n ext deliverables from the program are: o Preparations for Initial Human In The Loop (HITL) activities: Due Oct 30, 2015 o Determining the Research Transition Products: Due Nov 15, 2015 COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING (CDM): Ron Foley (ZOB) is t he Natio nal CDM Representative. There are several sub - groups under the CDM initiative. Below is a report from Kyle Andrews (ORD) who represents NATCA on the Surface CDM Team (SCT). · Representatives from AAL, FEDEX, UPS, SWA, NBAA, FAA, A4A and NATCA