A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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o Work is ongoing to secure fun ding from the Agency and agreements with the airport operators at DFW and BOS. o ORD phase 1 (10L/28R) on target for April 2016 IOC, phase 2 (10C enhancement) construction to start Spring 2016 for completion July 2016, phase 3 (9R enhancement) to begin late summer or fall 2016. o DTW had encountered a problem with Tech Ops accepting the system from the program office through joint acceptance inspection (J AI) and was therefore off line. DTW is back online under program office support and should recertify March 1 8 and JAI will be re - attempted. o EWR is complete and waiting for a fourth techn ician to certify on the system. JAI is scheduled when the fourth technician certifies, hopefully by the end of March 2016. o SFO is 50% complete, IOC is planned to follow the openi ng of their new tower, Oct 2016. • Runway Safety: o Surface Memory aids : The Document Change Proposal (DCP) to 7210.3 para. 10 - 1 - 7 requiring the use of standardized memory aids for six common tower operations will be effective May 26 , 2016. o 60 facilities have identified electronic Runway Incursion Prevention Devices (RIDs) that will have to be put through the acceptance process or remo ved to comply with the change. These devices are not presently accepted as part of the NAS architecture and will have to go thro ugh the Agency's SMS process, scheduled fo r the first week of April 2016. RIDs that are identified for inclusion in the Safety Toolbox will have to undergo additional acquisition and installation processes in accordance with Agency directives. • Closed Runwa y Occupancy Prevention Device (CROPD) : Testing is scheduled at JFK, RNO, and MDW this summer and into next year. CROPD, if proven reliable, will be the first use of voice recognition to provide safety alerts. o Each facility's test will run for a few weeks a fter which all test equipment will be removed by the contractor, data examined by MITRE, and next steps planned. • Line up and Wait (LUAW): SRMP for changes to LUAW procedures scheduled for the week of April 11, 2016. • Airport Construction : The Airport Constr uction Advisory Council (ACAC) continues to support construction activities throughout the NAS. o The RTCA Airport Construction Working Group forwarded its recommendations to the Agency in mid - March, 2016. • Root Cause Analysis Team (RCAT) : The RCAT met March 15 in Washington, D.C. The team reviewed four serious runway incursions and tabled discussion on two others, both under study by the NTSB. o The team will review draft recommendations in the coming weeks and will forward them to NATCA when completed. TERMIN AL AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR): Mitch Herrick (MIA) is the TAMR Artic le 48 Representative for NATCA. Below is the report from the TAMR Project for the past month. • The TAMR program management structure has taken on a significant change. Jef f Yarnell has been promoted to the Director of ATC Facili ties and Engineering