By: Aviation System Standards, Flight Inspection Services Date:November 21, 2011 Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Organization Technical Operations Services Aviation System Standards
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 2 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Aviation System Standards ATO, Chief Operating Officer Flight Inspection Services Group Douglas Vaz Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Group (Franchise Program) Joe Doubleday Senior Vice President Operations Vice President Technical Operations Services Teri Bristol Director of Aviation System Standards Edward W. Lucke Vice President Technical Operations Services Teri Bristol Flight Inspection Operations Group Pete Gretsch
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 3 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Aviation System Standards Locations Headquarters Flight Procedures Offices (FPO) AeroNav Services – Silver Spring, MD Flight Inspection Offices FAA Command Center AVN Liaison
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 4 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Flight Program - Aircraft 18 King Air BE Challenger CL-600 Series 6 Learjet LR-60 DC-3
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 5 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, Challenger 605s added to fleet; FAA/USAF
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 6 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 FAA & USAF Partnership FAA Military Partnerships –AFFSA Det 1 active duty collocated –USAFR unit assigned Purpose is to receive training and share assets for Military Contingencies –Iraq –Afghanistan –Military Exercises
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 7 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 AVN Function Realignment Effective October 2010 Created Mission Support Services (AJV-0) Primary Group involving Tech Ops is now Aeronautical Products (AJV-3); Known to us a NFPO or AVN-100 –NOTAMS –Procedure cancelation –Alternate missed Procedures
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 8 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 AVN Function Realignment AVN (AJW-3); Flight Inspection, Remains in Tech Ops IFP Development, Production and Publication now resides in MSS (AJV-0) –Aeronav Products (AJV-3) –The AIRNAV database now in Aeronautical Information Managament (AJV-2) –Flight Procedure Offices (FPO), now at Operational support Groups in the Service Areas
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 9 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Purpose of Flight Inspection Evaluate signal in space – correlate ground measurements to airborne reference Evaluate obstacles within flight path area Evaluate flight procedures for pilot workload, flyability and infrastructure support
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 10 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Types of Flight Inspection Commissioning New Installations optimally configured New Instrument Procedures Periodic Facilities and Obstacle Assessments Specials Post Accident Facility Maintenance User Complaints (e.g., Wind Turbines) Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Combat/Contingency/Shipboard TACAN NextGen Implementation ADS-B, RNP, LPV/LP WAAS, LAAS, ASDE-X
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 11 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Aircraft are equipped with a Spectrum Analyzer and Direction Finder to identify RFI AVN works closely with the Spectrum Office to determine whether a Flight Check can help in finding RFI sources Many successful RFI missions have been flown since the Program was Initiated
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 12 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Nextgen Initiatives ADS-B Coverage Wide Area MultiLat (WAM) LAAS/GBAS ASDE-X PBN Procedures (RNP; LPV; LNAV; VNAV)
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 13 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Scheduling Process Specials generate itinerary –Congressional/ High Air Traffic Impact –Return to service –Provide new service Periodic inspections are the filler (dates not a factor) Maximize on-facility/minimize enroute
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 14 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Periodic Procedure Requests NAS Requests FOMS Database FOMS User Interface Mission Workload Aircraft Available Crew Available Schedule Aircraft Schedule Crew Create Itinerary Perform Flight Inspection Met Requirements Assign Priority Determine Requirement Determine Requirement Determine Result Low (Filler) High (Driver) Did Not Meet Requirements
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 15 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Geo display: Balance of Efficiency and Response Time
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 16 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Assign Priority Priority NAS Impact Efficiency Political Impact Weather Risk Management Human Resources Timeliness Of Request Low, (Filler) High, (Driver) Low Priority (Filler) – More weight is given to Scheduling Efficiency. Scheduling will be fitted in with other Workload, while trying to minimize Enroute time High Priority (Driver) – More weight is given to Response Time. Schedules will be created for A priority response Publication Cutoff Date Air Traffic Flow Technical Ops Support
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 17 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Service Area Outlook GOAL 60
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 18 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Service Area Outlook GOALS: Eastern 400 Central 500Western 250 Goal
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 19 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011
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ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 22 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Statistics for FY 2011 Periodic Special Procedural Misc (training, ferry, test)1854 DoD *16,450 Total Flight hours Flight Hours* Count
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 23 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Flight Inspection Measures Number of IFPs inspected in the cycle Flight Inspection Lead time Flight Inspection IFPs Completed By Number of Days Flight Inspection Results Feedback Categories for UNSAT and Change Requirements (Does not include military related data) Custom Database Use Rate
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 24 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Flight Inspection Number of IFPs Inspected
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 25 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Flight Inspection Lead Time 619 Pkgs Received 432 Pkgs Received 474 Pkgs Received 446 Pkgs Received 339 Pkgs Received 547 Pkgs Received 778 Pkgs Received
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 26 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Flight Inspection IFPs Completed By Number of Days Goal: 80% with 45 days 619 IFPs Completed 432 IFPs Completed 474 IFPs Completed 446 IFPs Completed 339 IFPs Completed 547 IFPs Completed 778 IFPs Completed
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 27 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Flight Inspection Results Feedback (UNSAT or Change required)
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 28 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Flight Inspection Categories for Unsatisfactory or Sat w/Changes
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 29 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Custom Database Use Rate
ATO – Technical Operations - Aviation System Standards 30 Federal Aviation Administration November 21, 2011 Questions?