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WEEKLY MESSAGE FROM ATO COO TERI L. BRISTOL
Innovation in Aviation
Hi everyone. Innovation is the lifeblood of any great organization and ATO
employees are continually showing us how innovative they can be. In fact, w ithin
IdeaHub nearly 40% of all ideas that have been, or are in the process of being
implemented, have come from ATO employees. Additionally, we have had several ATO
employees share their stories through the True Stories of Innovation Series, which are
cur rently being featured in Focus FAA and on the FAA Innovates web page.
Here are some examples. Jim Sims, Technical Operations Instructor at the
Academy, came up with a way to use Microsoft's Xbox Kinect so that technicians could
reduce their risk of electronic shock while training on critical - power distribution systems.
Wit h Kinect's motion sensors, technicians can easily look up information on the
