A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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When the pilot receives the clearance, they either load the new route information into the FMS with the touch of a button or just accept the clearance if it is a CAF. Once the pilot selects accept, the response is sent through the network and a Wilco is displayed on the Departure Clearance Application (DCL). TDLS will also send the pilot response to the AOC to keep everyone on the same page. Once the aircraft departs, ERAM sends a message to TDLS with the departure time of the aircraft. Fi ve minutes after departure, TDLS sends a session termination message to the aircraft and the session is ended and the logon is closed. NAS VOICE SWITCH (NVS) Jon Shedden (ZFW) represents the NATCA membership as their Article 114 Representative to the NVS project. His report is below. NAS Voice System (NVS) Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) Dry Run began the second week in April. Due to issues with travel funding, Mr. Shedden has not traveled to see the completed system. Mr. Shedden is scheduled to travel t o the Harris facility in Melbourne, F la., the first week of May. FAT is still scheduled to begin the week of July 18th. Mr. Shedden, Chris Bakke (SLC), and Chris Lloyd (ZDC) participated in an NVS latency demonstration at the WJHTC the week of April 18th. They participated in scenarios designed to hear and evaluate the latency for A/G and G/G calls. Next Generation Air - Ground Communication (NEXCOM) continues deployment of new CM300/350 V2 radios to terminal facilities across the country. Deployment is goi ng well. NAS Voice Recorder Program (NVRP) is the replacement for existing NAS voice recorders (DALR, DALR2, DVRS, DVR2). The Program Office presented to the JRC and received approval to proceed to Final Investment Analysis, leading up to the Final Invest ment Decision. Key site for NVRP will be Seattle Center in the 2018 time frame. Grand Rapids Tower/TRACON (GRR) is reporting multiple issues with their aging voice switch. There ' s one outstanding issue where a RADAR site is causing interference in the t ow er c ab. That issue continues to be worked. Potomac TRACON (PCT) is reporting a large number of tone events. This has also caused NATCA and the FAA to take a closer look at the headsets to determine if they provide adequate protection against these events. Meetings continue to occur regarding the FAA ' s memo for the handling of tone incidences. RUNWAY SAFETY Bridget Gee (DFW) is NATCA's Runway Safety Act ion Team (RSAT) Representative. She also serves as the Article 114 Representative to the Runway Status Li ghts (RWSL) Program. Below is her report to the membership. A Runway Status Lights (RWSL): ORD: Being conducted in three phases: Phase 1, Runway 10L/28R, was turned online April 27, 2016. Phase 2 and 3 are scheduled to come online 2017. Phase 1 (10L/28R ): ORD achieved 4/10/17.