SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
SURVEY – TRAINING
The FAA over the next year will be reviewing many aspects of air traffic training,
including proficiency and skill enhancement training. One goal is to identify training
topics that may need to be updated, while investigating new and more effective methods
in program delivery. Your participation in completing the linked survey conducted by the
FAA's Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance will assist
them in identifying the topics and delivery methods to be examined.
NATCA recommends participation in this survey.
Click here to start the survey. Participation 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 Update
Week of January 15, 2018
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & OCEANIC PROCEDURES (ATOP)
John Lenhart (ZOA) is the Article 114 Representative for Advanced Technologies &
Oceanic Procedures (ATOP). Mr. Lenhart's report is below.
Items worked:
• Chapter 8 DCP
• ASEPS SRMP
• ATOP TR2
The holiday season was fairly uneventful in the ATOP world, which gave the A114 ATOP
Site leads time to catch up on things and prepare for the New Year. The Sites put
together their inputs for the Chapter 8 DCP and are ready for the initial SRM. As of now
the date is TBD.
John Fox and Todd Tourin (ZNY), Donald White (ZOA), Mark Crabtree (ZAN), and I
represented NATCA at the ASEPS SRMP in Orlando the week of Jan. 8. This was the
third SRMP with another proposed in late March/early April.
The ATOP Tech Refresh briefing was held 12/19 and 12/20. All three Oceanic Sites
were represented and NATCA provided several inputs for documentation.
