A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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HUMAN PERFORMANCE SAFETY PROMOTIONS Align FAA human performance incident investigation tools and processes with international standards and CANSO activities. Investigate in ternational standards for lessons learned and best practices. Conduct outreach and education detailing how human performance factors pertain to safety and investigations. This is a business goal that was handed to us by someone. At this point I am monitori ng to see what it looks like. SAFETY CULTURE Identify and develop the methodology for ATO safety culture assessment to methodically and thoroughly understand the safety culture in the operation, the strengths to maintain and build on and the areas of risk to mitigate. Pilot test and subsequently refine the methodology for ATO safety culture assessment. Another HP business goal that just showed up on the doorstep. Much like the previous, not sure where we are going. CANSO/HP STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE Support CANSO Human Performance Activities including the Human Performance Standards of Excellence working group. I'm not sure where I fit into this. Jason has attended international meetings about this. So far nothing has dipped into the bargaining unit box, but I believe it is only a matter of time. SRM PANELS Support SRM Panels. We have seen a massive increase in requests to support SRM panels. Obviously I will coordinate any requests for my participation with Safety & Tech. So far ZOA's fatigue issue was the only one I was asked to participate in and was unable due to travel. INTERNATIONAL FATIGUE SURVEY We are building an International Survey of Air Navigation Service Providers to understand how they manage fatigue risk, how they schedule staff, how they edu cate staff, legal framework issues , etc. Hold an international meeting/workshop in FY17 to share lessons learn ed between participants. This will be a goldmine of information for us to compare what we do to the rest of the world. FATIGUE REVIEW Perform a w holesale review the regulations in place for Fatigue in FAA in tandem with a review of how we calculate fatigue risk and manage it/what approaches makes sense? Reduce or eliminate our reliance on utilizing the Fhz score to a more objective risk analysis th at lines up with SMS processes. HEALTH AND WELLNESS Design an educational program to help controllers understand how external life events/stressors influence performance on the job and how these issues can be managed. We want to do an in - depth collection of stress data and research to se e what , if anything , can inform our people in the future. In the new AJI contract the office has been provided with 2 HF FTE and a Fatigue FTE. This will lighten the load somewhat, but I think we might be obligated for more than we can actually deliver. INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM REPLACEMENT (IDS - R): Richie Smith (N90) leads NATCA's efforts on the IDS - R project as the Article 48 Representative. Below is Mr. Smith's report.