2009 Annual Report - RTCA

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RTCA Committee Activities Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee The Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee (ATMAC), composed of executive level representatives from across the aviation community, advises the FAA on aviation policies and investment priorities for enhancing the safety, capacity, and efficiency of the National Airspace System. The ATMAC functions as a Federal advisory committee with meetings open to the public. ATMAC recommendations address the many critical challenges of planning, building, and running a safe and efficient air traffic management system. The ATMAC provides a single mechanism for the FAA to obtain consensus-driven input from a broad spectrum of the aviation community on topics ranging from operational requirements driven by unmet needs and associated with desired benefits, to overall investment priorities and policy considerations. The ATMAC met five times during 2009 and the major ATMAC initiative was to provide feedback and guidance to the NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force (highlighted in the following section) as it completed its work and to facilitate the post-Task Force integration of the Task Force recommendations and the FAA’s NextGen implementation plans. In 2009 actions, ATMAC agreed to establish the NextGen Implementation Work Group to provide a two-way communication between industry and the FAA, with industry providing clarification to the FAA regarding any aspect of the recommendations of the Task Force, and the FAA ensuring that industry understands fully how the Task Force recommendations are integrated into its NextGen Implementation Plan. Furthermore, the ATMAC agreed to establish the NextGen Business Case Work Group to provide critical input on how to close the business case for NextGen. Finally, in response to an FAA request, ATMAC established the Trajectory Operations Work Group to develop a concept of use for trajectory operations— a cornerstone of NextGen that represents a transition of air traffic management from clearance-based control to trajectory-based management of aircraft. 6 RTCA • 2009 Annual Report
RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force The NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force (Task Force 5), a Federal advisory committee, was established in January 2009 by the RTCA Policy Board in response to a request from the FAA; eight months later the Task Force submitted its final report to the FAA. Over 400 individuals expressed interest in the Task Force and 335 different individuals from 141 different organizations participated in one or more of the seven Task Force public meetings. The Task Force recommended NextGen operational capabilities to be implemented between now and 2018 and developed several overarching recommendations essential to any improvement. Operational capabilities recommendations were grouped into five problem areas (Surface Operations, Runway Access, Metroplex, Cruise, and Access to the NAS) and two cross-cutting capabilities (Data Communications, and Integrated ATM). The resulting list of recommended operational capabilities essentially lays out an airport/metroplex-centric approach to implementing NextGen. The Task Force followed a clearly defined set of guiding principles aimed at transparency and data-driven prioritization. Members first considered candidate operational capabilities that take advantage of existing equipage that could evolve to capabilities using more sophisticated technologies over time. All capabilities considered had at least one operator committed to invest in its implementation, and all capabilities identified the location and timeframe for delivery of benefit. For each capability recommended, the Task Force defined “What,” “Where,” “Who,” and “When,” for each operational capability; documented all known challenges to delivering the benefits of the capability; recommended strategies and means to accelerate operational benefits for NextGen; and recommended business strategies to facilitate delivery of benefits and encourage equipage. The report makes another critical point: closing the business case for those capabilities requiring substantial investments requires attention to the institutional processes such as certification, procedures development, operational approvals and training, as well as the purchase and installation of new technologies. Importantly, the FAA has accepted the Task Force recommendation that the FAA and industry establish institutional mechanisms to facilitate continued transparency and collaboration in the planning and implementation of future activities. 2009 Annual Report • RTCA 7
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