A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Issue link: http://natca.uberflip.com/i/719223
having limited or completely obstructed views from the tower. The inability to observe aircraft exiting the run ways, or holding in position makes it difficult for BNA controllers to effectively control traffic. Current due date August 31st. Timely Airport Maintenance Notification CAR: This CAR was in briefed on June 21st. Research and outreach are currently being c onducted. Work is ongoing. Runway Safety Call 2 Action Communication Initiative – Runway Safety Best Practices Workgroup – We identified and reviewed Runway Safety best practices and will make recommendations for formalization where appropriate. The group in collaboration with the Runway Safety group and the Runway Safety Council will formalize the "best practices." I sit as the co - lead for this workgroup. Work is ongoing. Runway Incursion Prevention Shortfall Analysis (RIPSA) – RIPSA is funded by the Runwa y Safety group. This Runway Incursion Reduction Program (RIRP) is tasked to investigate, develop, test, evaluate, and deploy low cost runway incursion prevention technologies. This is the result of the NTSB recommendation to "require, at all airports with scheduled passenger service, a ground movement safety system that will prevent runway incursions; the system should provide a direct warnin g capability to flight crews." Currently, research is being conducted for 15 airports without any surface surveillanc e system, which should be completed at the beginning of 2017. The hope is to have a low cost technology solution to reduce the risk of runway incursions and be pr oduction ready within the next three years. NBAA podcast – I recently conducted a podcast wit h NBAA as outreach to corporate pilots to bring a heightened awareness to runway status lights (RWSL), which are currently at 15 of our busiest airports in the NAS. Additional outreach is being discussed. NTSB – the NTSB is commencing a special inve stigation into runway incursions. The plan is to develop a Special Investigation Report (SIR) initiating a comprehensive discussion on runway safety in the National Airspace System (NAS) focusing on runway incursion cause, effect and mitigation. The report would include an overview of runway incursion history, mitigation efforts to date, areas of concern, and recommendations and suggestions to reduce the frequency and severity of systemic NAS - wide and airport specific runway incursions. As the NATCA runway safety and RWSL subject matter expert, the NTSB h as requested my yet - to - be - defined support for this project.