A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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• AC 90 - 105A - This riveting advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for operators to conduct Required Navigation Performance (RNP) operations in the United States, in oceanic and remote continental airspace, and in foreign countries which adopt International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards for RNP operations and is available on the FAA website. Guidance is provided for the following: o Required Navigation Performance Approach (RNP APCH) procedures o Barometric vertical navigation (baro - VNAV) o RNP 1 (terminal) operations o RNP 0.3 (rotorcraft) operations o RNP 2 domestic, offshore, oceanic, and remote continental operations o RNP 4 oceanic and remote continental operations o RNP 10 (Area Navigation (RNAV) 10) oceanic and remote continental operations. • AJV 14 report - AJV - 142 was also informed by AJI - 31 (Safety) that the proposed changes to JO7100.41A comply with current F AA safety standards and orders. At the request of AJV - 81 and AJI - 31, AJV - 142 prepared a Safety Risk Management Decision Memorandum (SRMDM) th at documents this information. o The SRMDM, a Clearance Record and a copy of JO710 0.41A will be submitted during the week of March 6, 2016 to FAA senior executives for final review and signature. This action will complete the required FAA internal review process and it is expected that JO7100.41A will be distributed for use by March 31, 2016. • Community Outreach – From the latest draft: The PBN Blueprint Task Group identified a set of recommendations to enhance the success of implementing performance - based navigation (PBN) procedures. o They recognized a need to not only significantly incr ease the knowledge of the broad stakeholder community but also to establish a more structured non - technical stakeholder community outreach effort that would parallel and support the PBN develop ment and implementation effort. o Although the Federal Aviation A dministration (FAA) accepted the PBN Blueprint Task Group recommendations on community outreach and has launched an array of initiatives in response to these recommendations, how to best integrate appropriate community outreach into the implementation proc ess continues to be a significant hurdle for the success of PBN procedures. o Therefore, the NextGen Advisory Committee has called for the PBN Blueprint Task Group to provide further detail on its recommendations to complement FAA's initiativ es. o Mr. Kelly vi ews this a huge step in the direction of slowing down and possibly shutting down some of the NextGen plans for PBN in the NAS in the future. • NextGen Integration Work group (NIWG) PBN – This group's main focus is the use of Track to fix (TF) and Radius to f ix (RF) legs as it pertains to RNP approaches in the use of EoR. o Mr. Kelly mentioned in the last months report of the ongoing battle of whether to pursue bot h TF and RF options or just RF. Some want to pursue a waiver for DEN to run their current operation in IMC but trying