A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Issue link: http://natca.uberflip.com/i/672268
COLLA BORATIVE DECISION MAKING (CDM): Kyle Andrews (ORD), NATCA Representative to the Surface Concept Team (SCT) attended the CDM Spring 2016 General Meeting. The following is his report. • CSIT meetings ha ve been put on hiatus while the actual goals and purposes of CSITs are clarified. Once that is done, reengagement will be forthcoming, but it is not yet scheduled. The real issue is trying to identify when and where TFDM will show benefits. There is a bala nce that needs to be calculated on how far in advance an airport should be visited to start analyzing how TFDM would work at that airport - if the visit is too soon then the analysis might not be valid for the timetable in which it is needed. • The DCA - LGA Delay Reduction Initiative trial has been received very well at DCA, with noticeable decrease in delays for these particular planes. The way it works - pilot calls ATC 30 minutes prior to push to advise that he will be ready at P - Time; at that time ATC cal ls Center TMU for a release window; when the plane taxis out it already has a slot reserved for it in the overhead stream and so waits considerably less. The trial has been so successful that this program has become Standard Operating Procedure. MITRE has compiled the exact data to determine refined benefits such as Average Reduction in Release Delay compared to similar circumstances pre - trial, and this data is available upon request. • Data Sharing will be turned on from the FAA side on April 30. The airlin es are working out the format conversions to be able to input data at that time. Once data sharing goes live and shows stability (90 - day test), Early Call - For - Release should be able to spread to other airports. Pilots will no longer have to call ATC, becau se the data sharing will provide the expected release time. • There is an issue over investment level discrepancy between users (airlines) and the FAA on what should be spent creating the infrastructure for data transfer. The FAA is in a dif ficult situation - they do not have stable funding, but as the receiver of the information from a number of different entities, it is easier for the system if the FAA does the more aggressive build toward the users' equipment, not a number of users each bu ilding toward the FAA equipment.