SAFET Y 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, w hile 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 an d 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 this 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 a bout 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
parti cipation in this survey. Please click this link to take the survey:
http://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/bmp5mY
NATCA Safety & Tech Upd ate
Week of Sept. 4 , 2017
FLOW EVALUATION TEAM (FET)
Tony Smith (DCC) i s the Article 114 Representative to the Flow Evaluation Team (FET)
for Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). His report is below:
The CDM/FET subgroup will be meeting next on Sept. 5 - 8, 2017, at the Air Traffic
Control System Command Center in Warrenton, V a., to resume work on our assigned
taskings. Our current tasking is identifying classes of scenarios and benefits of
submitting Trajectory Option Sets (TOS). This tasking will focus on what benefits can be
realized with the use of the Airborne Reroute (ABR R) and Pre - Departure Reroute
(PDRR) capabilities when they come on - line.
The team will also coordinate with Nancy Smith and her NASA team to talk about
Human in the Loop Testing (HITL) of the Integrated Departure Management (IDM) tool.
This project is wh ere the Ground Delay Program/Collaborative Trajectory Options
Program (GDP/CTOP), Required Time of Arrival (RTA) and metering (TBFM) work
together to provide end - to - end ( gate - to - gate) flow management. This next round of
HITL s will attempt to integrate add itional "complications" into the scenario, such as
variable winds, changing arrival rates and compliance issues.
