A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AIRSPACE TE CHNICAL DEMONSTRATION 2 (ATD - 2) Pete Slattery (CLT) represents the membership as the Article 114 Representative for ATD - 2. His report for is below: During the month of June there was only one meeting between NASA and local CLT stakeholders. The meeting was held at the CLT ATD - 2 lab and was attended by NATCA, representatives from the CLT Airport Authority, American Airlines Ramp personnel, and a representative from the American Airlines pilot union. The meeting covered the most recent software changes and modifications to the ATD - 2 syste m. NASA also laid out their plan for the remained of the summer prior to going live with ATD - 2 at the end of September of this year. Essentially, the plan for the remaind er of the summer is that NASA will turn on the equipment in both CLT ATC operating q uarters (tower & TRACON) and the CLT airport ramp tower (run by American Airlines), and we will begin some limited data sharing between local stakeholders only. The system will not send any information to either ZTL or ZDC TBFM systems, but it will reflect release times entered into each of those TBFM systems by the respective ARTCC TMCs. NASA refers to this period as Operational Shadow Evaluation 1 (OSE - 1). OSE - 1 will last until just prior to going live at the end of September. On June 9, 2017 , NASA host ed an ATD - 2 briefing and demonstration for over 60 stakeholders around the country. The meeting was virtual but NASA provided a web - based presentation available for all to follow along. Participants included FAA headquarters representatives from NextGen, th e Program Management office, System Operations, and System Requirements organizations . FAA and NATCA members of the Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) Operations Team were also in remote attendance. There were also air carrier representatives from the Cha rlotte Airport (CLT) ATD - 2 field demo site, as well as other pilot union representatives and various other industry stakeholders in attendance. NASA ' s briefing covered the entire ATD - 2 concept, including the process under which requirements were gathered from stakeholders, how Surface - Collaborative Decision Making (S - CDM) principles are being used in the ATD - 2 system, data exchange and integration features that facilitate collaboration, interchange between the sub - components, and analysis tools . NASA provi ded a demonstration of the ATD - 2 user interfaces and concept of use utilizing the latest software running with live CLT traffic. NASA plans to host future remoteATD - 2 demonstrations for any and all interested stakeholders. There is no set schedule for thes e virtual meetings, but they will be held on an as - needed basis in order to keep stakeholders informed and aware of progress. At CLT, our NATCA representative on this project, and other members participating in this activity, will continue to look out fo r the best interests of the workforce to ensure the best possible outcome. COLLAB ORATIVE DECISION MAKING (CDM) Kyle Andrews (ORD) is the NATCA Representative to the Surface Concept Team (SCT). Mr. Andrews forwarded the information below for the membership.