NATCA Bookshelf

collected and analyzed. Of that data, there has been zero false or nuisance alerts. This week a Flight Check Lear60 tested the ASDE-X taxiway lander enhancement this week. The system performed as designed and appropriately under the parameters. The National Workgroup is currently working on the final recommendations. I would expect this be completed next week. Runway Incursion Prevention Shortfall Analysis (RIPSA) Tentatively TUS, SAT, DAB have been selected as potential site locations. A new market survey is currently out. More information to follow once this market survey is finalized. •Commence test system(s) installation at test site(s) – Q2FY19 •Complete test system(s) installation at test site(s) – Q3/Q4FY19 •Commence testing and evaluation process – FY20 GAJSC CFIT workgroup The group is analyzing GA CFIT fatal accidents and developing safety enhancements aimed at reducing occurrence rates. The group in which many industry members are present including manufacturers, pilot organizations, MITRE, universities, etc., meet every six weeks to do this deep dive analysis. Special Focus RSAT SFO A Special Focus RSAT (Runway Safety Action Team) meeting will be conducted Feb. 27 – March 1. These meetings were prompted by the Wrong Surface SRM. The meetings will include ALPA, NBAA, IATA, FAA lines of businesses, and several airlines. Surface Safety Group (SSG) The next SSG meeting was Jan. 16-19. I am the co-lead of the group. The group is designed to identify and understand the contributing factors, analyze risks, and develop safety strategies to maintain the safest levels of surface operations. This group does a deeper dive into all of the Category A, B, and C runway incursions in the system. Originally this group was the Root Cause Analysis Team (RCAT). The RCAT only looked at Category A and B events when making recommendations to the Runway Safety Council (RSC) to change the NAS. The development of the SSG I believe will assist in making data driven recommendations and not recommendations based on specific events. Surface Safety Campaign Thru PFS, Runway Safety will begin a Surface Safety Campaign with a kickoff in the near future. This campaign will help bring controller awareness to the trending surface safety events in the NAS. One of my continued goals is to get more information to the field, and this is one of the techniques to do so. WEATHER Matt Tucker (ZTL) is NATCA's Article 114 Representative for Weather. His update for the membership is below. San Juan NEXRAD Hurricane Maria destroyed the NEXRAD in Puerto Rico and in the beginning of December the FAA and NWS finally got personnel to the site to look at it. The dome and the antenna array were destroyed and the estimate for restoration is at the earliest the

• Cover