A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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AIRPORT CAPACITY DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (ADEST) Kristen Laubach represents the membership as the Article 114 Representative for ADEST. Her report is below. A couple months ago data feeds that supply Airport Capacity Decision Support Tool (ADEST) were updated. These feeds provide ADEST with flight schedule and NOTAM information. It initially appeared that ev erything had transferred successfully however; we recently discovered this was not the case and ADEST was not receiving the needed information. The programmers are work ing on resolving these issues. AIRSPACE Jim Davis (PCT) is the National Airspace Repres entative for NATCA. Below are reports from the various airspace team leads and Mr. Davis. Denver Metroplex Update The Denver Metroplex Project is ongoing and is currently involved in the Evaluation Phase of the project. The Denver Metroplex t eam along wit h the Regional Administrator briefed congressional staffers earlier this month on the upcoming EA activities and status of the project. The t eam continued to work on necessary training requirements, developing updated LOA's, and testing TBFM adaptations. Mark Ostronic Denver Metroplex Article 114 NATCA Lead Southern California Metroplex The SoCal Metroplex Team continues to respond to noise complaints received from Ombudsman, the Regional Administrator's office and Headquarters. The majority of the compla ints are legacy noise issues. The core team has been working with Legal from Western Pacific and Headquarters preparing mitigation proposals for the Petitioners. The proposals have been presented and the results are expected to be presented to the courts Nov . 17. The team created the JCKIE STAR to address concerns in the Lake Arrowhead area and provide safety benefits for aircraft operating in high terrain at night into ONT. The procedure passed the environmental screen. The team is waiting for the Regio nal Administrator to provide the messaging plan to elected officials so that we can move forward with implementation. The team is waiting for Headquarters and the Regional Administrator to provide a community outreach plan for the post - implementation pro cedures that will be implemented in February and May. The team produced analysis of procedures that overfly the Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park communities to address noise concerns from Congresswoman Brownley. A meeting to brief the analysis is being pla nned for the week of December 11th, but nothing has been finalized. ZLA conducted a successful meeting to address redesign of Sectors 54 and 55. There were two proposals developed. ISIM will be used December 5th and 6th to evaluate both