A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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· Researched information for the VA Unmanned Systems Commission · Met with Randy Willis (FAA AJV115 Manager) for their weekly meeting · Met with Jim Ullmann (NATCA Deputy Director of Safety and Technology) to discuss several aspects of UAS integration TERMINAL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM): Matt Baugh (IA H) is the Article 48 for TFDM. His report for this week is below: · Monday - Worked in facility for currency, called into Early Implementation AEFS brief and weekly ops meeting. o Still on schedule to have AEFS in 4 additional towers in 2016; SFO, EWR, LAS, and CLT o Mr. Baugh and the EWR AEFS team will be at th e Tech Center later this month to demo the EWR adaptations. o ATC baseline training will begin in early 2016 at SFO, while AJI has certified the training for Tech Ops. o With the troubles in regression testing in CLE, the 5.3.0.2 build is back at the t ech center for additional testing. The build will be retested in early December with the fixes. o 2 additional IP addresses have been approved for N90 SVT use. The filtering capabilities are to begin testing at SCT and SDF 11/16. · Tuesday - Called into the TFDM tactical, AEFS status, and N90/DSP meetings. o The arrival strip posting issue with EWR is still being worked, but they are close to finding a viable solution. o The agency will be ordering the EFSTS replacement keypads for the towers th is week or early next week. The team is still on schedule to have them in PHL and BNA before April. · Wednesday - Worked in facility for currency, no other meetings due to Veteran's Day. · Thursday - Participated in the TFDM VisSpec, Program Sc hedule Review, RIO Board, and weekly ops meetings. o Additional work was done on the TFDM GUI to make it more accessible to the user. The group also discussed additional display options for delays, runways, ARR/DEPT, Dest., etc. o Everything is still o n schedule for an April contract award for TFDM, however, if the programs budget is reduced much further, it could delay IOC to all facilities. · Friday - Worked on the AEFS DR list, no other meetings. TERMINAL AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR): Mitch Herrick (MIA) is the NATCA Article 48 Repr esentative on the TAMR program. Below are updates from Mr. Herrick and other TAMR Team Leads. · Mitch Herrick, TAMR Article 48 Representative and Section 804 Lead: o Last week was shortened by the Veteran's day holiday so not much activity coming out of DC in the two days leading up to and following the Federal Holiday. o Mr. Herrick traveled to Corpus Christi, TX to meet with local FacRep Evan White and the Navy to examine a potential auto mation fix that would allow the FAA and Navy facilities t here to talk with one another. They have identified a very real safety concern because of