SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
SURVEY – TRAINING
The FAA over the next year will be reviewing many aspects of air traffic training,
including proficiency a nd skill enhancement training. One goal is to identify training
topics that may need to be updated, while investigating new and more effectiv e methods
in program delivery. Your participa tion in completing the linked survey conducted by the
FAA ' s Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance will assist
them in iden tifying the topics and delivery methods to be examined.
NATCA recommends participation in this survey.
Click here to start the survey. Partic ipation is completely anonymous.
SURVEY – IFR/VFR CONFLICTS
ATO's Safety and Technical Training group (AJI) has been asked to assess the
effectiveness of awareness campaign materials related to IFR/VFR conflicts. The
purpose of this survey is to gather opinions on how IFR and VFR traffic is handled at
your facility. The goal at this time is to gather baseline information on the current culture,
attitudes, and behaviors related to managing potential IFR/VFR conflicts. The plan is to
provide a follow - up survey in about a year, to assess changes in attitudes or behavior
related to IFR/VFR conflicts.
This IVF/VFR Conflict Attitudes survey is voluntary and all responses are anonymous.
No identifiable information is included in this survey. NATCA has recommended
participation in this survey. Please click this link to take the survey:
http://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/bmp5mY
NATCA Safety & Tech nology Department Upd ate
Week of Nov. 27 , 2017
FLOW EV ALUATION TEAM (FET )
Tony Smith (DCC) is the Article 114 Representative to the Flow Evaluation Team (FET)
for Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) . His report is below.
The CDM/FET subgroup did not meet in November. Our work on the assigned tasking of
ident ifying classes of scenarios and benefits with submitting Trajectory Option Sets
(TOS) has been put on hold due to budget issues restricting travel/meetings with the
FAA .
Starting after the first of the year we hope to resume work on the use of the Airborn e
Reroute (ABRR) and Pre - Departure Reroute (PDRR) capabilities when they come on -
line. We are also expected to participate in a Human in the Loop (HITL) testing of the
Integrated Departure Management (IDM) tool with NASA when workgroups resume
meeting.
NE XTGEN
Kevin McLaughlin (SCT) is the National NextGen Representative for NATCA. His report
to the membership is below.
