A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Issue link: http://natca.uberflip.com/i/872987
Washington National Airport (D CA) and Baltimore Washington International (BWI) Full Working Group Meeting based on Roundtable Recommendations There was a Full Working Group (FWG) tha t was conducted at PCT on Aug. 22 - 24 with additional meetings schedule for Sept . 26 - 28 and Oct. 17 - 19. These meetings deal with recommendation made by both Roundtables regarding community concerns with current Standard Instrument Departures (SIDS) as well as some Instrume nt Approach Procedures (IAPs). During the initial three - day meeting, a lot of informati on was discussed and some initial designs were created, but there is a lot more work required before any of the designs would be considered as a final design and presented to each Roundtable for con sideration. UN MANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) Steve Weid ner (ZMP) is the NATCA Artic le 114 Representative for UAS. Jeff Richards (ZAU) is assisting Mr. Weidner on this project due to the workload and activity associated with it. Below is the update for the membership : NATCA/FAA WORKGROUPS The NATCA/FAA Lost Li nk Standardization sub - workgroup will hold its first meeting in Washington , D . C . on Sept . 12 - 14. Five NATCA SME s (2 en route, 2 terminal, and 1 oceanic) were selected to participate in this activity. The SME s are Danny Watson (ZAB), Jeremy McGinty (ZAU), Jamie Sanders (COS), Joe Klimes (TRI ), and Abigail Anderson (ZOA). This workgroup will formulate recommendations to the FAA on standar dized UAS lost link procedures. Jeff Richards will be heading the group for NATCA along with Randy Willis (AJV - 115) for th e FAA. Our thanks to all who volunteered to participate in this workgroup. CHANGES TO UAS FACILITY MAPS (UASFM) A recent change to the 7200.23A has prompted Air Traffic Services (AJT - 22) to send out requests to some facilities to make chang es to their UAS Facility Maps. These requests are being sent to the facility manager. Please remember that the development of the UASFM for your facility was intended to be a collaborative effort. Any changes made to the map should also be done in a collaborative fashion . LOW ALTITUDE AUTHORIZATION AND NOTIFICATION CAPABILITY (LAANC) The vast majority of Mr. Richards and Mr. Weidner's time this past month has been spe nt on the development of LAANC. The project cont inues to move forward. Mr. Richards and Mr. Weidner part icipated in a SMS pa nel regarding LAANC deployment. The three - day panel was unable to complete its work and subsequent panel meetings will be required before a full safet y assessment can be completed. As a reminder, LAANC will automate the UAS authorizatio n (for Part 107) and notificatio n (Part 101/Hobbyist) process. The initial test version of LAANC will only in clude Part 107 authorizations. It is expected that Part 101 notification capability will be added within a few months of the initial site deployme nt. The Agency is working with several industry partners who will provide this service to the various UAS proponents. The Agency will provide UAS facility map data to the industry partners. The partners will, in turn, develop tools that will provide authorization and notification services to the proponents, on a real - time basis, base d on the UAS facility