A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Issue link: http://natca.uberflip.com/i/781770
We are in the final 100% design package preparation, with a planned hand - off to the Environmental staff to begin the next phase of the project. Lots of work has been done since we have been on hold since 2015. The project has been reviewed by AFS - 400, Airlines, MITRE, HQ, and our work groups. We have been the test bed for the agency Community involvement idea and the leaders creating our own path similar to the NEPA process. AFS - 430 played with it since the criteria changed last March and added many t hings that the pilot/airline community didn't want. We have run our plan through TARGETs 5.2 Beta version 1 thru 6 and then again in the recently released 5.2.0 version. This was very troublesome since removed several months of work because it was unrealis tic to modify or make someone fly. We hope to have all packages done and transferred to Environmental on February 6, 2017. DTW had several issues during a Chart change on November 10th. Most changes have been made in the published January chart date. The re are outstanding issues with the missed approach and chart notes. One issue is that headquarters is working on removing an LNAV chart notes that restricts RJ's and a few others from flying the procedure. The airport will begin running a triple arrival op eration as staffing permits. CLE has some spectrum issue with the new higher airspace. Spectrum would not pass in the current configuration with the current standards and a plan by the facility has come up with several solutions that are being reviewed i n the service area. Report submitted by Don Ossinger CLE/DTW Article 48 D & I liaison SoCal Metroplex The SoCal Metroplex Team has been preparing for the March 2 and April 27 Implementations. The Core team has been working with Glen Martin, Western Regional Administrator, and his staff on the following items: Completed E - Blast for webinars and community engagement in Spanish and English and sent to Congressional, key elected officials, airport management (utilized previous email list) Completed Con gressional, key elected official letters in Spanish and English for community engagement of webinars and community engagement and sent to Congressional, key elected officials, airport management (utilized previous mailing list) Completed a flyer announc ing webinars and community information briefings Coordination for posting of community engagement on the SoCal Metroplex and Beth White, FAA, for posting of community engagement on the Community Engagement website Completed 4 geographic specific PowerPoi nts for the 4 geographic specific webinars for the public that were conducted the week of January 16th Completed 3 new videos, North Downwind at LAX, New Offset Procedure at LAX and SNA departures. The new videos will be added to ATC 101, NextGen informati onal and SAN ZZOOO SID videos the team previously produced Updated the SoCal FAA Fact Sheet and Frequently asked Questions and Answers sheet to be distributed during community engagement Conducted 4 of 10 community engagement meetings January 23rd in Culv er City January 24th in Monterey Park January 25th in Pacific Palisades