A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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SWIM VISUALIZATION TOOL (SVT) A configur ation control board (CCB) meeting was held June 16th to look at prioritizing the additional featur es list for any future builds. The agency got back with a cost and time estimate for each but it appears that, for the time being, due to a lack of additional funding , there will be no additional features added to the system. We will continue to look for ways to pay for such functions as pref - sets, auto - offset, and filtering by destination airport, but at this time it doesn ' t look as though that will happen thi s year. OPERATIONAL CONTINGENCY & CONTINUITY OFFICE (OCCO ): Tammy Norman (ZTL) is the Article 48 Representative for this project. Ms. Norman ' s r eport for this month is below: The OCCO h as identified 5 Phases of Work: Phase 1 : EnRoute in support of EnRo ute: Most of this phase was conducted by the Temporary Operational Contingency Office (TOCO). The office was created based on contingency needs identified by the major ATC - 0 events of ZLA, ZAU and N90. First, the 1900.47D was update to the .47E to inclu de the divestiture of airspace during ATC - 0 events. CONUS EnRoute centers and San Juan were brought together to create divestment plans to support ea ch other during these outages. The final part of Phase 1 is continued by the OCCO, validating technical re quirements. The OCCO ' s requirements team is visiting each fac ility to identify th eir needs. PHASE 2 : EnRoute in support of TRACONs: The OCCO hosted a planning meeting in June which included individuals from Air Traffic, Technical Operations, 2nd Level Engineering (ERAM/STARS), System Operations, Safety and Technical Tra ining, and the OCCO Core Team. This group is now the Ope rational Planning Team (OPT). This group was selected for their knowledge and expertise to develop and implement Traffic Manage ment Initiatives (TMI) to Baseline Tier 1 Facilities. They created a basic scenario and approach that each ARTCC could use to estimate its capability to execute the underlying TRACON ' s OCP. The OCCO ' s leadership (ATO VP s) has been briefed on the planned approach. T hese exercises will begin in FY 17. The OCCO has attended a local resiliency meeting, and will attend a national meeting in D . C . in August with the National Ent erprise Operation (NEO) group. These meetings are to establish ways to communicate work and establish goals to support the resiliency of the National Airspace System (NAS). The OCCO will also attend a briefing at the Command Center wit h the National Customer Forum. This meeting i nvolves the aviation industry. We continue to have monthly me e tings with the Command Center. The OCCO welcomes every opportunity to share information and gain knowledge to help in contingency, continuity, and the resiliency of the NAS. VOR MINIMUM OPERATING NETWORK (MON): John Vogelsang (P31) is the Article 48 Re presentative on the VOR MO N project. His update is below: The next big step in the VOR MON program will be taking place shortly. The Federal Register Notice (FRN) for the VOR MON program should be published within the next month, which will release the pr ogram waterfall to the public. We anticipate quite a bit of public input once the waterfall is released. Another issue that is a hot topic right now is the process that Tech Ops will be using to keep the remaining VORs in service and making sure that repai rs are accomplished in a timely manner as there will not be very much o v erlapping coverage in the MON.