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process in place we believe this problem will continue to grow and become more difficult to deal with. Submitted by Jim Davis NATCA National Airspace Rep . AIRSPACE TE CHNIC AL DEMONSTRATION 2 (ATD - 2) Pete Slattery (CLT) represents the membership as the Article 114 Representative for ATD - 2. His report for is below. After more than two years of preparation, design, training, and deployment, the NASA/FAA ATD - 2 IADS system is in use in the Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT), Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) and Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZDC). Additionally, NASA ATD - 2 hardware and software is also in use at the AAL Ramp Tower at the CLT airport. Together these systems will be used during the Phase 1 Field Demonstration to conduct departure metering later this fall. The change to departure metering from current day practice of first - come - first - served, was deeme d too great a change to undertake all at once. Therefore the full capabilities of ATD - 2 are being implemented in three micro - phases over the next 60 days. Full capabilities will be realized and utilized by the end of November of this year. The three phases can be briefly described as follows: Phase 1A. Data Exchange and Integration. (Between ATC and Ramp) Phase 1B. IDAC - style APREQ Negotiation w ith ZDC + Phase 1A Capabilities Phase 1C. Full Surface Departure Meterin g + Phases 1A & 1B Capabilities To further industries understanding of the Integrated Arrival Departure Surface (IADS) concept, NASA provides frequent seminars detailing ATD - 2 concepts and methodologies. I recently participated in one of these meetings. The meeting I attended was a joint meeting o f two government/industry Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) teams , The Surface CDM Team (SCT) and the CDM Automation Team (CAT). Both of these groups met at the Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) in Warrenton, VA on Sept . 27 . During the m eeting NASA presented a comprehensive overview of the activities taking place at CLT over the next three years. NASA described how their IADS system is expected to work and the benefits it is expected to bring to both the FAA and Industry. Topics discussed a t the meeting included the development of industry tools to allow flight operators to interface with future FAA systems such as TFDM, expectations for Earliest Off Block Time (EOBT) data sent by flight operators, and roles and procedures for establishing w hen surface departure metering is required at airports. The meeting went very well with some lively discussion that I was able to contribute to. Future A ctivities for ATD - 2: Oct . 12: Phase 1A: Data Exchange & Integration Status Meeting I Oct . 18 & 19: A TD - 2 support of TFDM Build 2 Kickoff Meeting Oct . 23: Software Release 3.0.6 deployed to field Oct . 24: Phase 1A: Data Exchange & Integration Status Meeting II Oct . 26: Phase 1B: IDAC Style APREQ Negotiation with ZDC target date