• AOO-3/29/18
• BRD-5/24/18
• BUU-7/19/18
• DAK-7/19/18
• ECA-5/24/18
• FLP-9/13/18
• HLL-7/19/18
• HVN-9/13/18
• HZL-3/29/18
• IJX-7/19/18
• LAN-9/13/18
• LJT-7/19/18
• LWV-9/13/18
• PNE-7/19/18
• PSI-9/13/18
• RID-7/19/18
• RUT-7/19/18
It is possible that some of these dates could slip due to budgetary issues affecting the
PBN office's ability to get new procedures charted to replace the ones that will be going
away.
We will be having an educational briefing at ZFW on March 8 to discuss changes in the
Dallas area connected to the program.
WAKE TURBULENCE
John Murdock (PHL) is the Article 114 Representative to the Wake Turbulence Office for
NATCA. His update for the week is below.
We successfully concluded the SRM panel for the Consolidated Wake Turbulence
(CWT) separation standard for the NAS. The new standard combines the best of the
current wake turbulence standards used in the NAS. All the benefits from the 7110.65,
Wake Recat 1.5 and Wake Recat 2.0 Appendix A and B are combined. The belief is that
the CWT order will be completed and signed by the end of June 2018.
When the order is signed and ready to go, the Agency should immediately start
implementing the order at the identified Wake Recat facilities scheduled in 2018/19. The
hope is that the CWT will be incorporated into the 7110.65 within the next 18-24 months
and used at every air traffic facility nationwide. We have already begun preliminary
discussions on how to train the entire workforce on CWT, although nothing has been
decided or agreed upon on how to complete the training.
Currently DTW/D21 is ramping up to begin training the workforce on Wake Recat 2.0
Appendix B. Workforce training is scheduled to begin on or around February 26th and
conclude on or around March 23, 2018. IOC is scheduled for March 27 and 28, 2018 at
DTW/D21. The new order for the CWT separation standard will not be completed prior to
DTW/D21 going IOC.
