1. Federal Aviation Administration GOLD Amendment Program By:Tom Kraft tom.kraft@faa.gov tom.kraft@faa.gov Date:8 February 2012 Presented to:SOCM/2 Seminar GOLD

2. GOLD 8 February 2012 2 Federal Aviation Administration GOLD GOLD change process Described in Foreword of GOLD –Anyone can submit a change –Regional document, but will be maintained globally GOLD Working Group to facilitate cross- regional coordination of changes at least until 1 st Quarter 2013

3. GOLD 8 February 2012 3 Federal Aviation Administration GOLD GOLD amendment program November 2010 – EANPG endorses program to accept GOLD in EUR Region Amendments are needed –Data link implementation, referred to as Link 2000+, is applicable in certain domestic airspace rather than oceanic and remote –Based on ATN Baseline 1 rather than FANS 1/A Ensure amendments are globally acceptable GOLD/4 meeting (Paris, October 2011), successful outcome GOLD, 2 nd Edition, target completion – 1 st QTR 2013

4. GOLD 8 February 2012 4 Federal Aviation Administration GOLD GOLD amendment program In January 2011, the GOLD Working Group solicited input to establish a work program for follow-on work to amend the GOLD –The group received a number of items regarding its application and interpretation, the need for additional material, considerations for adoption in other Regions, such as the European (EUR) Region, and other changes needed to support the planning and implementation initiatives in the North Atlantic (NAT) Region

5. GOLD 8 February 2012 5 Federal Aviation Administration GOLD Examples to consider Chapter 3, service provision –Improving guidance on service agreements with CSPs to establish performance criteria for service outages, degradation, notification and restoration –Improving guidance on reporting such information to ANSPs and operators/flight crew

6. GOLD 8 February 2012 6 Federal Aviation Administration GOLD GOLD website If you are providing or plan to provide data link services, it is important that you participate in the GOLD and obtain access to the GOLD web site ICAO Secure Portal Website supports GOLD Working Group To participate in the GOLD amendment program, you need to subscribe to the GOLD website –Maintains current working draft version of GOLD and the change proposal matrix –Maintains member list used to notify participants of updates

7. GOLD 8 February 2012 7 Federal Aviation Administration GOLD GOLD website access If you are already registered on the ICAO Secure Portal website, you need only to request a membership to the group GOLD through your Profile link. If you do not have an account with the ICAO Secure Portal web site, follow the instructions below to subscribe and gain access to the web site: a)Access the ICAO Portal at the following link: http://portal.icao.int;http://portal.icao.int b)Since you do NOT have a Portal username/password, click the REQUEST AN ACCOUNT option; c)Click the OK button on the pop-up message to indicate this is your first Portal account. In the pop-up window, enter the group name (all caps and no spaces) GOLD in the SUBSCRIBE TO field; d)Click the OK button; e)Enter the necessary information in the New User Account form; and f)Click the SUBMIT REQUEST button g)You will then receive confirmation that you have been granted or denied access (if granted, the email will include your username and password)

8. GOLD 8 February 2012 8 Federal Aviation Administration GOLD EUR Region adoption of GOLD Since November 2010, GOLD Working Group has been coordinating with EANPG Amendments are needed to support EUR implementing rule for data link services –Data link implementation, referred to as Link 2000+, is applicable in certain domestic airspace rather than oceanic and remote –Based on ATN Baseline 1 rather than FANS 1/A Ensure amendments are globally acceptable

9. GOLD 8 February 2012 9 Federal Aviation Administration GOLD GOLD/4 meeting 10-14 October in Paris at ICAO EUR/NAT Office 27 participants from ICAO, 11 States (NAT, APAC & EUR), IFATCA, Eurocontrol, 2 aircraft operators and an ATS system supplier Meeting provided input to produce a GOLD Working Draft v1.1, dated 31 October 2011 All agreed it was an invaluable effort and participants from Europe agreed to continue supporting the merge of LINK2000+ guidance material into the GOLD

10. GOLD 8 February 2012 10 Federal Aviation Administration GOLD Next steps Regions participating in GOLD amendment program –North Atlantic (NAT) Region –Asia-Pacific (APAC) Regions –European (EUR) Region –South American (SAM) Region –African-Indian Ocean (AFI) Region Others – IATA, IBAC, CANSO and more

11. GOLD 8 February 2012 11 Federal Aviation Administration GOLD Schedule EventGOLD/4Web 4.1GOLD/5Web 5.1GOLD/6 Actions/ comments due 10 Jul 20119 Feb 201228 May 201210 Oct 20129 Jan 2013 Pre Meeting GOLD update 30 Aug-2011 (Matrix only) 15 Feb 2012 (V1.2.1) 4 Jun 2012 (v1.3.1) 17 Oct 2012 (v1.4.1) 16 Jan 2013 (v1.5.1 Meeting10-14 Oct 2011 22 Feb 2012 (1300 UTC for 2 hr) 11-15 Jun 2012 (5 days) (Miami) 24 Oct 2012 (1300 UTC for 2 hr) 28 Jan – 1 Feb 2013 (5 days) (San Diego) Post Meeting GOLD update 21 Oct 2011 (v1.1) 29 Feb 2012 (V1.2.2) 22 Jun 2012 V(1.3.2) 31 Oct 2012 (v1.4.2) 27-Feb 2013 (v1.5.2) Desk Review (approx) (3 months) (4- months)(2+ months)13 Mar 2013 (Edition 2)

12. GOLD 8 February 2012 12 Federal Aviation Administration GOLD Summary GOLD is proving to be a significant activity to converge data link implementations worldwide We all need to provide data link services in compliance with GOLD We all need to contribute to improve GOLD usefulness

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