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OI No. OI Name 104207 Enhanced Surface Traffic Operations 104209 Initial Surface Traffic Management 105208 Traffic Management Initiatives with Flight Specific Trajectories 107115 Low Visibility/Ceiling Takeoff Operations 107117 Low Visibility/Ceiling Departure Operations 107118 Low Visibility/Ceiling Landing Operations 107119 Expanded Low Visibility Operations using Lower RVR Minima 107202 Low Visibility Surface Operations 109305 Improved Safety for NextGen Evolution 109402 Remotely Staffed Tower Services 102123 ADS-B Separation 107103 RNAV SIDS, STARS and Approaches Determine Comprehensiveness of Draft List of Drivers Reaching consensus regarding which OIs are most relevant for which facility types allowed researchers to focus on those OIs when evaluating the impact on the job for a specific facility type. Another challenge, however, was understanding how the specific changes to the ATCS work environment that AIR had already begun drafting related to this list of OIs. That is, AIR had already identified a list of technologies, automation, and procedures that have been proposed to occur in the NextGen mid-term and that will most likely and most directly affect the work environment (and hence the job) of the ATCS in the ATCT environment: • 4-Dimensional Weather Data Cube (4-D Wx Data Cube) • Airport Surface Detection Equipment-Model X (ASDE-X) • Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) • Data Communications (Data Comm) • Integrated Arrivals and Departures (IADS) • Terminal Automation Modernization and Replacement (TAMR) • Tower Flight Data Manager (TFDM) • Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Departures (WTMD) To ensure that this list of Drivers was comprehensive, AIR researchers independently assigned these Drivers to the OIs identified for the ATCT environment and then reconvened and discussed them to reach consensus. The results suggest that the list of Drivers was complete. All the ATCT Drivers were mapped onto at least one OI. With the exception of one OI (OI 105302- Continuous Flight Day Evaluation), each OI had at least one ATCT Driver mapped onto it. Although the strategic analysis required to support continuous flight day evaluation is likely to be the responsibility of system engineers, it is not clear whether or how line controllers will be required to contribute to this improvement. Note that some OIs require a Driver that will not be fully operational by 2018. For example, OI 102118 (Delegated Responsibility for In-Trail Separation) will require Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In (ADS-B In), which will not be widely available by 2018. 16
Account for Differences in Tower Facilities As discussed in Section I, the primary impetus for the NextGen initiative is increasing the capacity and efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS). Additional benefits include reduced environmental impact and noise. Although these benefits are relevant for all ATCTs, they are arguably most important for those facilities that have large volumes of commercial air traffic. Consequently, AIR presumed at this stage that NextGen mid-term Drivers will affect the work environment at ATCT facilities disproportionately, with the larger facilities that manage more dense and complex airspace—and hence the controllers working in those facilities—being affected most directly. AIR decided, where appropriate, to describe in the report which facility types (e.g., towers with complex airspace and dense traffic) will most likely be affected by the NextGen technologies, automation, and procedures. Conceptualize the Future Job AIR’s research plan for developing the concept of the future job involved combining the NextGen information gathered with existing information about the current job and then using the resulting knowledge as the foundation for considering the impact of each Driver on the job. A particular concern at this stage was ensuring consensus among AIR researchers regarding whether and how the NextGen Drivers will affect both ATCT job responsibilities and the KSAOs required to perform the job. To ensure this consensus, AIR researchers worked independently to complete a NextGen Driver by Activity matrix and a NextGen Driver by KSAOs matrix. These exercises required researchers to identify whether the implementation of each ATCT NextGen Driver will require adding to, deleting from, or modifying the language in the existing list of Tasks or the existing list of KSAOs. Second, researchers identified whether the NextGen Driver will change how an Activity, Sub-Activity, or Task will be conducted in 2018 or whether some characteristic or property will change. For example, researchers endeavored to identify whether and how the curriculum required to teach the Knowledges and Skills will change, whether the frequency with which an Ability might be required will change, or whether the relative importance of an Other Personal Characteristic will change. In each case, researchers were required to explain the rationale for their decision. After the researchers completed their exercises, they conducted a meeting where they discussed their independent results to reach consensus. The individual rating exercises and consensusbuilding meetings resulted in a shared vision of what the job will be like in the mid-term. These results were then used to write this ATCT NextGen job description. Present the Job Changes A final concern surfaced regarding the presentation of the synthesized data. AIR researchers had originally planned to describe the future job by following the hierarchy used for describing the current ATCT job, which uses Activities, Sub-Activities, and Tasks to describe increasingly detailed work statements. However, it became clear during early drafts that the report would be repetitive and likely confusing if AIR explained how the job will change by Activity. For example, when describing ATCT Activity 1, Establish Situation Awareness, AIR would be required to list and describe Driver impacts that would need to be repeated in other job Activities (e.g., Activity 5, Resolve Conflicts). Consequently, the team decided to first present information 17
Page 1: J OB DESCRIPTION FOR THE NEXTGEN MI
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Driver Impact Summary Overall, the
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while determining the appropriate d
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working properly, because they will
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creates a threat to safety due to t
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and Skills required to support basi
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Risks Associated With the New Work
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References American Institutes for
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Potential Risk to ATCT Driver Matri
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Reviewed References ADS-B Aviation
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http://www.slidefinder.net/f/faa_wa
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U.S. Department of Transportation,
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