A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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HUMAN PERFORMANCE Jay Barrett (MIA) is the Article 114 Represe ntative for Human Performance. His report is below : N90 The implementation of training standards at N90 is hold until the fall of this year. The staffing situation is such that each area of the TRACON can only support approximately one person per day for training up until the prime - time leave starts in mid - June, then essentially none. As a result, we will not be able to begin training until after the prime time leave period. Deploym ent of the Training Standards informal discussions have taken place, but this will ramp up next week. Consensus is that a roll out facility by facility is not ideal or desired. What a larger roll out looks like is yet to be determined. Visual Scanning Research We'r e i n the process of trying to coordinate a study in support of Top 5 activities. This would be a CAMI study for tower controllers to see if we can detect patterns of commonality in scanning patterns that could then in some way b e formalized and taught at the FAA A cademy. We would travel to a select number of facilities with tower simulators and conduct the protocol on site. Performance Limits Research This is a research project we are working with NASA on to see if there are behavioral markers that veteran controllers exhibit when they are in a task intensive (high workload) situations. The goal of the research is to identify and then catalogue noticeable behaviors that could be compiled and used to inform controllers and supervisors on ways to preem pt or mitigate high workload situations prior to them stressing the resiliency of the system. ATC Field Training effectiveness This research project is a follow on from one CAMI recently completed in surveying controllers who were unsuccessful in training . This research would dig a little deeper into factors perceived by field training teams (training managers, front - line managers (FLMs) and on - the - job training instructors (OJTIs) and developmentals as contributing to failure in ATC field qualification tra ining. We would also like to Identify best practices in training effectiveness and make recommendations of interventions for mitigating possible field training failures. F11 We hope to have a functional database for use with the training standards very so on. This database will make it much easier to see how a trainee is doing graphically, track hours and timing of training team meetings and benchmark skills checks and the signing of all training forms electronically. Health & Wellness PFS This month's pr oduct will discuss the lingering physical and psychological effects of OTC medications and why there are exclusionary periods (unable to work control positions) associated with taking them.