SAFETY AND TECH NOLOGY DEPARTMENT
SURVEY - TRAINING :
The FAA over the next year will be reviewing many aspects of air traffic training,
including proficiency a nd skill enhancement training. One goal is to identify training
topics that may need to be updated, while invest igating new and more effective methods
in program delivery. Your participation in completing the linked survey conducted by the
FAA ' s Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance will assist
them in identifying the topics and delivery methods to be examined.
NATCA recommends participation in this survey.
Click on the l ink below to start the survey. Participation is completely anonymous.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN56hSRDemzQEsSok1 -
CqTvy5AIIq8RU_7qbsr - bc_ovtBbw/viewform?usp=sf_link
SURVEY – IFR/VFR CONFLICTS
ATO's Safety and Technical Training group (AJI) has been asked to assess t he
effectiveness of awareness campaign material s related to IFR/VFR conflicts. The
purpose of this survey is to gather opinions on how IFR and VFR traffic is handled at
your facility. The goal at this time is to gather baseline information on the current c ulture,
attitudes, and behaviors related to managing potential IFR/VFR conflicts. The plan is to
provide a follow - up survey in about a year, to assess changes in attitudes or behavior
related to IFR/VFR conflicts.
This IVF/VFR Conflict Attitudes survey is voluntary and all responses are anonymous.
No identifiable informati on is included in this survey. NATCA has recommended
participation in this survey. Please click this link to take the survey:
http://s urvey.sogosurvey.com/r/bmp5mY
NATCA Safety & Tech Upd ate
Week of August 14 , 2017
AIRSPACE TE CHNICAL DEMONSTRATION 2 (ATD - 2)
Pete Slattery (CLT) represents the membership as the Articl e 114 Representative for
ATD - 2. His report for is below.
During the m onth of July NASA conducted another ATD - 2 Remote Demo for FAA a nd
Industry personnel. These on line meetings are held periodically and are designed to
keep all stakeholders advised of the progress that is being made with the project. These
meetings also kee p interested parties generally informed about how the system is
expected to work in the operational environment once it goes live in September of this
year. I participated in this demo remotely and answered a few questions about how the
system fit into our current way of doing things and how I thought it was going to help us
do our jobs more efficiently in the future.
I was able to speak about the potential benefits of ATD - 2 from a more informed
perspective since the system has been in CLT tower for a few weeks now and we have
been observing how it works and how it can be used in conjunction with current FAA
systems to more effectively manage surface operations at this airport. The system has
limited connection to other NAS systems currently and not all fea tures have been
