A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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ZDC TMU personnel on the ATD - 2 system will be accomplished d uring the week of Sept. 18 . On Sept. 27th the FAA/Industry Surface Concept Team (SCT) will hold a meetin g at the ATCSCC in Warrenton, Va . NASA and the FAA NextGen office are scheduled to provide a briefing on ATD - 2 progress during this meeting. I plan on attending this meeting and will be available to provide input about how the program is impacting operations at CLT and how it will affect the way CLT personnel do their job. As always, I will continue to look out for the best interests of TMCs and contro llers as this research project enters its next phase. RESILIENCY TEAM Tim Travis (ZID) is the Resiliency Article 114 Representative for NATCA. His upd ate for the membership is below: Resiliency is mainly a Tech Ops function. As of now the only Air Traffi c function is the coordination with ATOC. I have been on those weekly Telcons. The Tech Ops people and c ontractors have been doing virtual equipment assessments on f acilities even though they know most of the answers already. I will be traveling to Washi ngton, D.C. at the end of this month for a team meeting. RNAV and PERFO RMANCE BASED NAVIGATION (PBN) Bennie Hutto (PCT) is the Article 114 Representative f or RNAV and PBN criteria work. Mr. Hutto's rep ort for the membership is below: Standard Terminal Ar rival (STAR) Criteria WG Participated via telcon regarding criteria to shift two portions of STAR criteria from a "Waiver Requir ed" to an "Approval Required". These two issues deal with 1) No Terminus altitude and/or no common route altitude (possibly stip ulated published lost communications in lieu of, and 2) Deceleration Leg minimum length from a fix with an at/below (and no airspeed restriction) to a fix with a block altitude, at/above, or at altitude, if the multi - segment evaluation provides sufficient length. (Two consecutive maximum) Departure Working Group Criteria Helicopter Point in Space Departure Criteria The last time that there was substantial changes to the helicopter Departure criteria in Appendix F of the FAA Order 8260.46 was in 2012. At t hat time, the principal of the Point in Space departure criteri a was implemented into the .46. There were two basic types, the "Depa rt VFR" and "Depart Visually". The Depart VFR, like the "Proceed VFR" on the approaches was to allow the helicopter to depar t and proceed by own navigation to the IDF, by whatever track the pilot determines, and where the pilot is responsible for their own obstacle separation. There is also the Depart Visually type of departure where the pilot flies a specific track to the I DF from the heliport/departure area, and about which a visual segment evaluation has been conducted to identify any potential obstacles within a degree vertically of the helicopter departure climb (Visual Slop e Climb Area VSCA) to the IDF.