A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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o EWR: 4th Technician completed training on 3/23/16. Joint Acceptance Inspection (JAI) was completed this past week and commissioning is set for 5/17/16. o BWI: Construction is ongoing. Sys tem set to come online in 2017. o SFO: Installation is complete with the exception of fixtures, due to be delivered July 2016. IOC planned for Nov 2016. o JFK: The rest of the system was turned on 4/6/16 (IOC). The system is currently operating in Operation Suitability Demonstration (OSD), i.e. test phase making sure that it is suitable for commission. Joint Acceptance Inspection (JAI) is planned to occur in May 2016. o BOS/DFW: Work is ongoing to secure funding from the Agency and agreements with the airport operators at BOS and DFW. • Runway Safety o Runway Incursion Device (RID)/Runway Incursion Prevention Device (RIPD) SRMP: The SRMP panel was completed for the removal of the RID/RIPD systems from facilities. The panel followed the Agency's SMS 4.0 process to evaluate the risk associated with the removal of the RID/RIPD. A thorough description of the process will be contained in the SRMD. The Agency provided no statistical difference in the rate of runway incursions caused by an Operational Incident (OI) at k nown RID/RIPD airports. The provided data consisted of one year. The panel agrees that the RID/RIPD is a good tool as it is just as effective as other tools used in the NAS. In light of new data/information that the panel did not have, a follow - u p to the original panel via tel con will be conducted to discuss the new information. The panel may agree with the new information and a possible change to their risk assessment. If not NATCA will be submitting a dissenting opinion with the filing of the SRMD when it is finalized. o Line Up And Wait (LUAW) SRMP: The SRMP panel followed the Agency's SMS 4.0 process to consider the safety ramifications of emulating the USAF/USN standards that require controllers to issue traffic to aircraft within six flying miles of t he same runway during Line Up and Wait (LUAW) operations. The Draft SRMD should be out within the next few weeks. o Closed Runway 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.