SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY 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 investigating new and more
effectiv e methods in program delivery. Your participa tion 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 de livery methods to be
examined.
NATCA recommends participation in this survey.
Click here to start the survey. Partic ipation is completely anonymous.
SURVEY – IFR/VFR CONFLICTS
ATO's Safety and Technical Training group (AJI) has been asked to assess the
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 th is time is to gather baseline information on the current culture,
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 informat ion is included in this survey. NATCA has recommended
participation in this survey. Please click this link to take the survey:
http://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/bmp5mY
NATCA Safety & Tech Upd ate
Week of August 2 8 , 2017
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & OCEANIC PROCEDURES (ATOP)
John Lenhart (ZOA) is the Article 114 Representative for Advance d Technologies &
Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) . Mr. Lenhart's report is below:
Items worked:
• CAR 2016 - 025 (WX Deviations, not complete)
• ZAN ATOP Dual Channel Failure
• ASEP HITL Dry Run
• ATOP Contingency
• ASEPS SRM
• Oceanic Offshore and Transition Meeting with ZN Y, ZMA, and ZSU
Same as last month, Car 2016 - 025 is still not satisfied. We are still working with AJV84
to expand on their Feb 2016 guidance in reference to WX Deviations in an Oceanic
environment. I am also using the Spaced Based ADS - B program to push t his issue
further.
On 8/23 ZAN experienced an ATOP Dual Channel failure. This was supposed to not be
able to happen but has twice at ZAN and twice at ZNY. The controllers at ZAN had to
