A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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could be significant loss of efficiency as ATC tried to make decisions with incomplete knowledge compared to the ramp. In a single dominant airline scenario like CLT, ATC could trust information being delivere d by that airline, but in a multiple airline airport (LGA, ORD?), ATC could be in a position of trying to arbitrate metering impact affecting the airlines without the high quality information that the airlines have through the RTC. On Oct. 11 the CDM Sta keholders Group approved SCT Task 79 "Data Element Provisions by Airport Authorities", to be jointly worked by the Surface Concept Team and the CDM Automation Team. Meetings between these teams are schedul ed for Nov. 15 and Dec. 6, but due to the budgetary restraints of the Continuing Resolution that the FAA is currently working under, travel to the meeting will be unavailable and NATCA representation will be done via telcon. VOR MI NIMUM OPERATING NETWORK (MON) John Vogelsang (P31) is the Article 114 Repr esen tative on the VOR MON project. His update is below. Not a whole lot going on in the program this month as we start the new fiscal year. We have had two on site briefings that were changed at the last minute to webinars due to the continuing budgetary issues. We conducted a webinar with ZID and surrounding facilities on Oct . 25 to bring them up to speed on the program and what they can expect in the next few years as we decommission more and more VORs. We were also supposed to have a scop ing meeting in Boise on Oct. 31 concerning the PVU & LIA VORs. This has also been changed to a webinar. I will be attending the VOR MON National Planning Meeting in November in Washington, D . C. The following VORs are currently undergoing NR studies for decommissioning: ULW - Elmira, N.Y. LDK - Crimson, Ala. MLC - McAlister, Okla. SUX - Sioux City, Iowa RBA - Robinson, Kan. JEN - Glen Rose, Texas MIP - Milton, Pa. CMK - Carmel, N.Y. DAN - Danville, Va. WAKE TURBULENCE Andy Marosvari (BOI) is the Article 114 Representative to the Wak e Tu rbulence Office for NATCA. His update for the week is below. The FAA has temporarily postponed any further Wake Re - categorization implementations until Air Traffic and the NextGen Wake Turbulence office can resolve differences affecting the categorization of the B757 and other aircraft in the upper large category. NATCA, AJV - 8 and AJT have been working on a plan to resume implementation for those facilities that were scheduled whil e simultaneously working towards a single Wake Recat standard for the NAS. I don't expect that any new facilities will implement Wake Recat for at least 2 - 3 months.