A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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CSMM conditions present across all ERAM sites has been such that it is unreasonable to recommend enabling these aler ts in E RAM or STARS sites at present. The Agency continues to work on reducing the numbers. ADS - B IOCs have been completed at all En Route (ERAM and MEARTS) facilities. All but one ERAM site has promoted ADS - B to the top of their sor t cells. ZMA intends to wait until the end of FY17 to do so. 91 of 155 Terminal sites have reached their ADS - B IOC a nd 86 are operating on Fusion. The majority of the remaining Terminal sites are ARTS 2E sites awaiting an upgrade to the ELITE (STARS) bu ild. The Terminal ADS - B /Fusion tran sition proceeds in this order: Kickoff meeting, ADS - B Flight Inspection, ADS - B IOC, Fusion Operational Suitability Demonstratio n (OSD), and Fusion Operations. The most recent and upcoming Terminal events: West Palm Beach (PBI) Kickoff 2/7/2017 Colorado Springs (COS) Fusion Operations 2/7/17 Roswell (ROW) Flight Inspection 2/8/17 Columbia (CAE) Kickoff 2/9/17 Greensboro (GSO) Fusion Operations 2/9/17 Sioux Falls (FSD) Fusion Operations 2/13/17 Tallahassee (TLH) OSD 2/14/17 Huntsville (HSV) Flight Inspection 2/15/17 Fort Wayne (FWA) Flight Inspection 2/22/17 Tallahassee (TLH) Fusion Operations 2/22/17 Green Bay (GRB) Fusion Operations 3/1/17 Eugene (EUG) Flight Inspection 3/1/17 Portland (PWM) Flight Inspection 3/2/17 Bismarck (BIS) Flight Inspect ion 3/8/17 Roswell (ROW) OSD 3/15/17 Wilkes Barre (AVP) Flight Inspection 3/15/17 Fort Wayne (FWA) ADS - B IOC 3/15/17 Huntsville (HSV) ADS - B IOC 3/15/17 Roswell (ROWZ) ADS - B IOC 3/15/17 Huntsville (HSV) OSD 3/28/17 Charleston WV (CRW) Flight Inspection 3/29 /17 Roswell (ROW) Fusion Operations 3/29/17 NATCA SBS continues to work with the Agency toward a more proactive approach to ADS - B avionics issues. Though these are infrequent occurrences the Agency's approach to date has been hampered by a lack of resourc es, bureaucracy, and legal constraints associated with investigating avionics issues flagged by the SBS Compliance Monitor. These issues occur when standards for installation or configuration within aircraft or ground systems are not met. ADS - B is a coope rative surveillance source relying on the position information de termined onboard the aircraft. In order to reduce or prevent the number of safety compromising events in the NAS we nee d a proactive, timely response. NATCA SBS continues to prompt the Agency to reopen analysis of the risk associated with erroneous position in the ADS - B SRMD. In addition, an ATSAP has been filed cove ring the known issues to date. The Agency has indicated potential mitigations are being worked.