The National Committee will hold a training class at Atlanta ARTCC August 23 - 25. We
will announce FY17 classes sometime in early September. If your facility is need of a
new committee member or is currently without one, contact Professional Standards at
ps@natca.net and we will work to schedule a training slot.
For the most up to date data on the success of the program, go to:
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AIRSPACE TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATION 2 (ATD - 2): Pete Slattery (CLT) represents
the membership as the Article 48 Representative for ATD - 2. His report for this week is
below.
On Thursday June 16th, Mr. Slattery met with members from NASA, FAA ANG, FAA
AJM, FAA AJV, and FAA AJR in Washington , D . C . to discuss ATD - 2 and its integration
with existing FAA technologies such as Traffic Flow Management System ( TFMS), Time
Based Flow Management (TBFM) and electronic flight data (EFD). A key topic was the
NASA proposal to integrate the ATD - 2 surface system (TFDM stand - in) with TBFM
IDAC. This proposal gained support to proceed with more detailed planning among the
required parties targeting identification of the software changes required to enable this in
TBFM release 4. 7 scheduled for Spring of 2017.
If accepted, this integration approach will allow direct electronic negotiation of APREQs
with ZDC from CLT's ATD - 2 surface system with minimal impact to ZDC workload.
Another key area of discussion was the current status of AEFS software. Specifically
dates by which a readiness decision needs to be reached to successfully support ATD - 2
needs. If AEFS is not deemed s atisfactory for use in ATD - 2, NASA may explore other
EFD options for use at CLT. This deci sion will come later this year.
Finally, live data is flowing into the CLT ATD - 2 lab. This capability allows NASA to
display all existing ATD - 2 data on its prototype user interfaces. NASA will be formally
opening its ATD - 2 lab at Charlotte Douglas airport on June 24th. See th is tweet for more
info about NASA Administrator Bolden's visit to the lab .
Engineering shadow evaluations will begin occurring at the CLT ATD - 2 lab during the
month of July. Controller HIT Ls will follow soon thereafter.
RNAV and PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION (PBN) : Bennie Hutto (PCT) is the
Article 48 Representative for RNAV and PBN criteria work. Mr. Hutto's report for the
membership is below .
NextGen Integration Workg roup (NIWG) PBN
A briefing to the NAC was scheduled for June 17, 2016, for their approval of the
recommendations provided by this workgroup, which included se vera l of the topics listed
below.
Established on Departures (EoR)
