A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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On May 31, a group of FAA headquarters personnel visited Charlotte to receive a first - hand briefing o n ATD - 2 from NASA. After that, the group toured CLT tower and TRACON to observe the equipment in place so as to gain a better understanding of how it will be used and how it is believed it will improve the efficiency of CLT airport surface operations. The group also visited the American airlines ramp tower and saw how automated communication and coordination between the ramp and the FAA will be vastly improved by using the NASA ATD - 2 technology. NASA engineers will be refining the software over the summer and will continue seeking input from end users of the system at both the CLT TMU unit and the American Airlines ramp tower. We will continue to look out for the best interests of the workforce as this research activity reaches the final stages before it go es into use at the end of September of this year. F LIGHT DATA INPUT OUTPUT (FDIO) Corey Soignet (LFT) is the F DIO Article 114 Representative. Also included in Mr. Soignet's duties is Article 114 representation for the Electronic Flight Strip Transfe r Syst em (EFSTS). Mr. Soignet forwarded the information below for the membership. FDIO Earlier in May I traveled to the Tech Center to view the new prin ter design submitted by BOCA. The Tech Center is evaluating the new print heads for longevity and maki ng the needed software changes. The final printer design that was delivered to the FDIO team at the tech center is still being rigorously tested and the results reviewed by all member s of the team as they come in. EFSTS Phase 2 kits were sent to all Phase 2 site s and all Phase 2 sites are completing install and the associated training. Chattanooga Air Traffic Control Tower EFSTS install is being coordinated by TSLE outside of the TFDM PMO. Currently dates for install and onsite training are tentative for July 10 t h for 10 days. FIDI There is nothing to update at this time. HUMAN PERFORMANCE J ay Barrett (MIA) is the Article 114 Repres entative for Human Performance. His report is below. Human Factors Activities There is a new workgroup called No - Experience Direct Hire Initial Screen (NDIS) . This is a collaborative workgroup working on a process to modify the throughput process to bring off the street hires into higher - level facilities. Tom Adcock is on the group and can provide a better update. My involvement curre ntly involves possible use of the certification standards that were developed at N90. The HP team is a SME at this juncture. Certification Standards/N90 : The training and implementation of the standards at N90 has stopped. My understanding is that the NDI S group I mentioned above is being done in lieu of. However, there still needs to be validation of the standards that were developed at N90. As a refresher, they are TRACON specific standards. The majority of