By: Aviation System Standards, Flight Inspection Services
Date: November 21, 2011
Federal AviationAdministration
Air Traffic Organization
Technical Operations ServicesAviation System Standards
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Aviation System Standards
ATO, Chief Operating Officer
Flight InspectionServices Group
Douglas Vaz
Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Group
(Franchise Program)
Joe Doubleday
Senior Vice President
Operations
Vice PresidentTechnical Operations
ServicesTeri Bristol
Director ofAviation System Standards
Edward W. Lucke
Vice President
Technical Operations Services
Teri Bristol
Flight Inspection Operations Group
Pete Gretsch
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Aviation System Standards LocationsAviation System Standards Locations
Headquarters
Flight Procedures Offices (FPO)
AeroNav Services – Silver Spring, MD
Flight Inspection Offices
FAA Command Center AVN Liaison
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Flight Program - Aircraft
18 King Air BE-300
18 King Air BE-300
4 Challenger CL-600 Series
4 Challenger CL-600 Series
6 Learjet LR-606 Learjet LR-60
DC-3DC-3
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2 Challenger 605’s added to fleet; FAA/USAF
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Nextgen Initiatives• ADS-B Coverage
• Wide Area MultiLat (WAM)
• LAAS/GBAS
• ASDE-X
• PBN Procedures (RNP; LPV; LNAV; VNAV)
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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
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Periodic
Procedure Requests
NAS Requests FOMSDatabase
FOMSUser
InterfaceMission
Workload
AircraftAvailable
CrewAvailable
ScheduleAircraft
ScheduleCrew
CreateItinerary
PerformFlight
Inspection
MetRequirements
AssignPriority
DetermineRequirement
DetermineRequirement
DetermineResult
Low(Filler)
High(Driver)
Did Not MeetRequirements
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Geo display: Balance of Efficiency and Response Time
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AssignPriority
8200.1PriorityNAS
Impact
Efficiency PoliticalImpact
Weather
RiskManagement
HumanResourcesTimeliness
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
PublicationCutoff Date
Air TrafficFlow
Technical OpsSupport
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30 Day Outlook - Periodic
14 17 2034 35 36 3637 34 31 31 24 28 2524 22 15 10 15 17 21
020
406080
100
120140160
180200
8/7 8/14 8/21 8/28 9/4 9/11 9/18
Eastern Central Western
Service Area Outlook
GOAL60
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120 Day Outlook - Periodic
555 542 560641
690 685 683
495 510559
621 598 620575
310 325 297 309255 251 218
0100
200300
400500600
700800
9001000
8/7 8/14 8/21 8/28 9/4 9/11 9/18
Eastern Central Western
Service Area Outlook
GOALS: Eastern 400 Central 500 Western 250
Goal
Goal
Goal
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Week of 9/ 18/ 11 Total Mission Impact
(363.4 Hours Scheduled)
Hrs Flown, 68%248.7 hrs
Hrs Not Flown, 32%114.7 hrs
Hrs Flown Hrs Not Flown
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17.3
67.0
30.4
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
Ops Issues Weather Aircraft Availability
Week of 9/ 18/ 11 Actual Hrs Impacted(114.7 Hrs Impacted)
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0.05.0
10.015.020.025.030.035.040.045.050.0
ACY ANC ATL BTL OKC INTL SAC
Week of 9/ 18/ 11 Mission Impact By FIFO
Weather Tech Ops Support Air Traffic Crew
Schedule Planning Mission Planning Schedule Effectiveness Admin/Trng
Signal Availability Airport Services Crew Duty Data / Procedures
FI Software Enviro-Impacts Aircraft Availability
29.5
7.3
34.2
19.0
4.410.69.7
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Statistics for FY 2011
• Periodic 4775 8561• Special 5630 5247
• Procedural 2279 3135
• Misc (training, ferry, test)1854• DoD 1912 1909
*16,450 Total Flight hours
Flight Hours* Count
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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
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Flight InspectionNumber of IFPs Inspected
619
432474
446
339
547
778
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
9/23/10 11/18/10 1/13/11 3/10/11 5/5/11 6/30/11 8/25/11
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Flight Inspection Lead Time
52.3%
40.1%
4.5%
3.1%
59.1%
31.5%
6.0%
2.8%
58.1%
25.3%
12.3%
2.3%
57.4%
30.0%
11.2%
1.3%
63.0%
18.0%
15.0%
3.0%
65.0%
28.0%
7.0%
1.0%
61.0%
26.0%
13.0%
0.3%
09/ 23/ 10 11/ 18/ 11 01/ 13/ 11 03/ 10/ 11 05/ 05/ 11 06/ 30/ 11 08/ 25/ 11
45+ Days 26 - 44 Days 11 - 25 Days 0 to 10 Days
619 Pkgs Received
432 Pkgs Received
474 Pkgs Received
446 Pkgs Received
339 Pkgs
Received
547 Pkgs
Received
778 Pkgs
Received
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Flight InspectionIFPs Completed By Number of Days
Goal: 80% with 45 days
619 IFP’s Completed
85.0%
7.0%
2.0%5.0%
1.0%
73.1%
10.0%
9.7%4.6%
2.5%
47.1%
15.3%
28.1%
7.0%
4.0%
67.9%
15.7%
3.1%
9.9%
3.4%
73.0%
12.0%
1.0%11.0%
3.0%
84.0%
5.0%2.0%6.0%
3.0%
86.0%
6.0%2.0%5.0%
2.0%
09/ 23/ 10 11/ 18/ 10 01/ 13/ 11 03/ 10/ 11 05/ 05/ 11 06/ 30/ 11 08/ 25/ 11
Within 45 Days Between 61 - 90 Days Between 91 - 120 DaysBetween 46 - 60 Days Over 120 Days
432 IFP’s Complete
d
474 IFP’s Completed
446 IFP’s Completed
339 IFP’s Completed
547 IFP’s Completed
778 IFP’s Completed
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Flight Inspection Results Feedback(UNSAT or Change required)
619 432 474 441 339 547 778
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Flight InspectionCategories for Unsatisfactory or Sat
w/Changes42 58 40 52 53 93 86
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79.0%
10.0%
1.0%
9.0%
68.0%
21.0%
11.0%
70.4%
18.7%
10.8%
81.0%
2.0%
13.0%
93.0%
1.0%6.0%
87.0%
2.0%
10.0%
11/ 18/ 10 1/ 13/ 2011 3/ 10/ 2011 5/ 5/ 2011 6/ 30/ 2011 8/ 25/ 2011
Custom DB Used Custom DB Not UsedData Issue Found Unsat or Required Changes
Custom Database Use Rate
154 175 187 203 88 395
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