A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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Nothing new CLT The cables have been run into the tower cab but the ha rdware has not been installe d. We are waiting on engineering services to complete their tower cab modifications, which are ex pected in the middle of March. Once that happens, we can test the CLT adaptation and connections on the mids in preparation for operational use. CLT has provi ded the program office with a very good training and transition plan. We will begin training around 4/10 with their cadres. We will then train their operational personnel fr om approximately 4/16 to 5/06. After training is complete, they plan to go operatio nal with the system w ithin the next couple of weeks. SWIM Visualization Tool (SVT) Local IT has not installed the additional three PM/Displays for SVT. System Wide Information Management (SWIM) PO has offered assistance to expedite that activity but we a re still awaiti ng a reply from PHL. We are still awaiting a demo from the surface viewer, NAS Operational Dashboard (NOD), currently in use by the Command Center. A dem o is planned later this month. I am still concerned whether TFDM will be able to match N OD ' s current capabilities in the future. Week of Feb. 18 - 24 AIRPORT CAPACITY DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (ADEST) Kristen Laubach represents the membership as the Article 114 Representative for ADEST. Her report is below. Over the past month, the Airport Capac ity Decision Support Tool (ADEST) team pa rticipated in several telcons. The programmers updated us on their continued work with the development of ADEST. Most of their time has been spent working on the manual override function of ADEST, but minor adjustme nts to the overal l design are still being made. The current ve rsion is still a working draft. Once complete, ADEST will be a tool used to support, monitor , and updat e Airport Arrival Rates (AAR). AIRSPACE Jim Davis (PCT) is the National Airspace Represent ative for NATCA. Below are reports from the various airspace team leads and Mr. Davis. Atlanta Metroplex February 2017 Attended meeting with ATO ESA En R oute Director, ATO ESA En R oute Deputy Director, Southern Region RVP, ZTL ATM, FacRep, A80 ATM, FacRep , DDSO East South. Finalize the Post Implementation design twea ks and changes. Agreed to do bi - directional STARS s from the north corners and d irectional STARs from the south sides. Team industry lead Delta will be using four of the slots to redesign the c urrent R NP s to set up for EORs and future NextGen. These procedures will be published on 10/12/17 and implemented on 10/17/17. Industry is good with the implementation date as long as we keep the automation of the old