A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT HUMAN PERFORMANCE Jay Barrett (MIA) is the Article 114 Repres entative for Human Performance. His report is below. Human Factors Activities N90 : We have secured commitments from NATCA and FAA at the regional level that this project is not to be abandoned. Ed Donaldson from AJI will be personally managing the implementation of the standards going forward. We have had a number of telcons to finalize the checklists and training mate rials. We are pushing for a start date of Jan 30. There needs to be a meeting with all facility management, regional leadership , and the HPT and ANG - C1 in order to level set expectations for the activities. Hopefully this will take place this week or next. Team Resource Management W orkshop : The workshop is substantially complete. There is an outstanding module that needs completion, but we believe we should be able to deliver this early next year. There was a joint component in this workshop that involved the CF folks. It had to do with highlighting that teamwork is in fact a form of collaboration. We have run into a snag as to how this looks. More to follow. Academy T raining : We have received tentative approval to begin assembling materials for the new hi res at the academy. Our discussions now will center on when and how we can deliver the substance. We would like to do the first few in person and at the beginning of the input for a number of reasons. I am told money has been set aside to fund this effort. There have also been discussions around have a mo dule to deploy after graduation , but before facility assignment to level set expectations upon arriving at a new facility. Terminal CHI : I briefed and sat with the terminal CHI team last week. It was a go od discussion and made excellent contacts. I expressed a willingness to be the POC for HF activities, but that I do not need to be involved or micromanage any project. My goal is to act as a resource when problems arise and possess a clarity across all HF activities as they take place. Health & Wellness : Still working on the ATC survival guide. Plans are to distribute this to new hires as they transition from the academy to their first facility. Fatigue ZOA : W e have not started the sleep study yet. Appare ntly, there is a problem with purchasing actigraphs. COE : Tom Adcock and I have been involved with the COE projects and have asked to have Union POCs for each project. Karen has been very accommodating and I will be attending the third quarter meeting in DAB in March. INTEGRATED DIS PLAY SYSTEM REPLACEMENT (IDS - R) Richie Smith (N90) leads NATCA's efforts on the IDS - R project as the Article 114 Representative. Below is Mr. Smith's report.