1. CENTER FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING (CDM) Testimony before the National Civil Aviation Review Commission Testimony of Chris Pear Manager of Flight Dispatch Operations United Airlines Testimony of Rich Falcone Manager Technical Operations American Airlines Reviewer: Jianfeng Wang (Jeffrey) George Mason University February 2, 2005

2. CATSR Outline COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING (CDM) Background What is CDM? Why CDM? How CDM works? Conclusion

3. CATSR Background The White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security has called for "a strong government-industry partnership...needed to develop and integrate the research, standards, regulations, procedures and infrastructure needed to support the aviation system of the future." (Final report to President Clinton, February 1997).

4. CATSR What is CDM? CDM is a philosophy of business, based upon information exchange and collaboration between government and industry, used to create a safer and more efficient (NAS).

5. CATSR Why CDM? Main purpose: safety The potential benefits of this type of collaborative effort are significant both economically and functionally.

6. CATSR How CDM works? the CDM Implementation Group oversees three sub-groups to conceptualize and implement specific aspects of CDM Ground Delay Program Enhancements (GDPE) NAS Status Information Collaborative Routing

7. CATSR How CDM works? All CDM incentives rely on information exchange and collaboration between government and industry AOCnet Airline Operational Control Centers (AOCs) Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) Volpe National Transportation Center

8. CATSR GROUND DELAY PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS (GDPE) Most mature, scheduled to go into prototype operations at San Francisco and Newark airports this winter Applications to determine what changes are needed in policies and procedures, as well as modifications and enhancements to the actual infrastructure (i.e. FSM, ETMS database, AOCnet). Flight Schedule Monitor (FSM), enables NAS users to view operational constraints and information from the AOCnet Both AOCs and ATCSCC can perform "what if" analyses The safety benefits are still being realized –To allow controllers more time to view varied NAS scenarios and choose the safest method to avoid constraints. For example, airlines are using FSM to predict flight fuel needs

9. CATSR NAS STATUS INFORMATION To provide critical safety related information that is currently not available to all users or is currently not disseminated in a timely manner. Through the AOCnet, information can be rapidly distributed to all necessary parties, so that ATC and flight operators and crews may make necessary changes to flight operations.

10. CATSR COLLABORATIVE ROUTING To make FAA explore alternative technologies and techniques which will allow FAA flow managers and aircraft operators to engage in a more effective collaborative decision making process than verbal communications (1) create a system allowing ATC and the users to negotiate routes which avoid congestion and delays in the NAS (2) allow users and ATC to negotiate routes that avoid adverse weather while minimizing negative impacts on the NAS

11. CATSR Conclusion The CDM concepts are destined to become the first initiatives of the Free Flight Action Plan to come to fruition and they establish a new philosophy in air traffic management through a cooperative decision making approach. Never before have such positive and mutually beneficial accomplishments been witnessed than what has occurred because of the collaboration between FAA and airlines in recent years.