agenda
| DAY ONE — Wednesday, August 5, 2009 | |
| 7:15 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. | Chairman’s Welcome
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| 8:15 a.m. | Keynote Presentation - Bringing NextGen to Fruition: From Concept Development to Concept Execution
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| 8:30 a.m. | Accelerating NextGen’s Ready Capabilities to Drive Early Benefits and ROI Realization If the public and aviation stakeholders begin to realize the benefits of NextGen soon, then the NextGen business case improves dramatically. United Airlines would be interested in accelerating the benefits of NextGen into near-term deliverables. Near-term, we see immediate returns in an accelerated RNAV procedure development program at the OEP top 35 airports, as well as an expansion of Tailored Arrivals and Optimized Profile Descents. United is also accelerating its internal RNP program. United currently has RNP capable B747-400, B777, and A320 family aircraft and intends to upgrade the remainder of the fleet to RNP capability by the end of 2011.
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| 9:00 a.m. | Networking Refreshment Break |
| 9:15 a.m. | NextGen Implementation Update: Meeting Near-Term Commitments and Targeting Mid-Term Priorities The FAA is working ardently to make the development and implementation of NextGen a reality now. En route to that objective are numerous challenges that include:
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| 10:30 a.m. | Pioneering RNP Flight Validation at Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines introduced the application of RNP technology during the mid ‘90s to help aircraft land in remote and geographically challenging airports in the state of Alaska. The airline has since become the first airline to gain FAA approval to conduct its own RNP flight validation, laying the groundwork for faster RNP procedure approvals. To date, Alaska has implemented RNP procedures into 23 airports throughout its system, nine of which were developed at Alaska Airlines. The airline hopes to add five more RNP approved airports in 2009. This session will highlight the airlines current and upcoming PBN initiatives.
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| 11:15 a.m. | Networking Refreshment Break |
| 11:30 a.m. | Extracting Benefits from RNP in the Near-Term – A Multi-Disciplinary Approach RNP is a central tool among the NextGen technologies that will produce fuel savings, emissions reduction, relieve airspace congestion, and noise relief and safety improvements. In Brisbane, Australia, Air Traffic Managers used a combination of existing airspace automation tools, RNP, GPS/RNAV procedures and new ways of thinking about air traffic management to begin to engineer and sequence arrivals that yielded fuel and emissions savings for all participants. To derive benefits, RNP designers considered aircraft types, existing traffic flows, air traffic control issues, noise sensitive areas on the ground and airport and aircraft operator issues before designing the final path. Once the initial paths are designed, it is important for RNP procedure designers to monitor and improve the paths over time as aircraft equipage, operator capabilities and community interests evolve. Takeaways of this presentation include:
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| 12:15 p.m. | Progress Report on Southwest Airlines RNP Demonstration Flights and Route Development Southwest Airlines successfully completed its first RNP demonstration flight on March 8, 2009. In support of the FAA's Roadmap for Performance-Based Navigation, Southwest is investing $175 million during this six-year project to implement RNP procedures, retrofit aircraft and train pilots. The demonstration flight yielded exceptionally promising results quantifying RNP’s value and potential for achieving superior emissions, fuel-burn reduction and greater aircraft operating efficiency. During this session, you will learn about Southwest’s most recent PBN initiatives including short-term and long-range objectives.
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| 1:00 p.m. | Networking Luncheon |
| 2:15 p.m. | Evaluating the Benefits of RNP and Performance Based Navigation Proven evaluation methodologies will be presented that enable operators to effectively quantify the value of RNP and make the business case for broad scale implementation. Specific learning points will delve into:
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| 3:00 p.m. | Proven Bottom-line cost savings through Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) in southern California CDO/CDA is in use full-time at the Los Angeles Airport for about 50% of all LAX arrival traffic, over 100,000 aircraft to date. During this presentation we will describe the development and successful implementation of full time CDO for the Los Angeles Airport and specify ways to translate our CDO success to other airports, and upcoming CDO implementation in San Diego. Key takeaways of this session will include:
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| 3:45 p.m. | Networking Refreshment Break |
| 4:00 p.m. | Leveraging Current Technologies at Delta Air Lines During this session, learn how Delta Air Lines is capitalizing on current technologies, including RNP, to improve operational efficiency, achieve greater navigational accuracy, gain cost savings through superior fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. Key learning points of this session will zero in on:
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| 4:45 p.m. | The Canarsie VOR Approach: Lessons Learned at JetBlue Airways JetBlue Airways incorporates a fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft and Embraer 190 aircraft to serve 33 cities in the United States and Caribbean. During this session we will touch on the Canarsie VOR approach and address its draw backs and the reason the RNP procedures were developed. A side-by-side comparison of the approach charts and slides depicting before and after effects of RNP, from both lateral and vertical perspectives, will be included. Takeaways from the application process and AIRBUS specific issues will also be addressed, along with:
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| 5:30 p.m. | Pilot Training for Performance Based Navigation Learning points will address:
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| 6:15 p.m. | Networking Reception |
| DAY TWO — Thursday, August 6, 2009 | |
| 7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. | Remarks from the Chairman
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| 8:05 a.m. | Progressing Towards PBN and RNP/SAAAR Capability in Today’s Environment: An American Airlines Case Study The process of becoming RNP/SAAAR authorized and the requirements placed upon the operator to meet the regulatory authorizations for Ops Spec approval are very onerous today. The regulators, operators and the manufactures/suppliers all play a role in contributing to the difficult process. This presentation will center on American’s lessons learned and experiences in dealing with the authorization requirements. Key discussion points will include:
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| 8:50 a.m. | Air Traffic Modernization and PBN: Aligning the Stakeholders to Drive Efficiency and Speed Development What is the answer to the ATC conundrum? What else is needed in order to maximize the opportunity for change in today’s system? During this session we will examine opportunities for improvement and viable strategies for aligning operators and carriers, FAA and Air Traffic Management. Specific discussion points will include:
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| 9:35 a.m. | Networking Refreshment Break |
| 10:00 a.m. | AIRPORT & AIR TRAFFIC Leveraging RNAV/RNP Approach and Departure Procedures Learn how some of the industry’s leading airports are capitalizing on the value of PBN to improve efficiency and significantly reduce airspace congestion and delays.
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| 11:00 a.m. | Integrating GBAS and RNP This presentation will study the fusion of RNP and Ground Based Augmentation Systems (GBAS) which can create a curved path, “multi-mode approach.” GBAS supports NextGen Airspace Architecture and provides a mechanism to fly a non-linear trajectory to a precision approach with a future path to autoland. This session will provide an in-depth orientation on GBAS and GPS Landing Systems (GBAS/GLS). Key learning points include:
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| 11:30 a.m. | Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Performance Based Navigation Boeing fully supports Performance Based Navigation as a key component of the NextGen development process and modernization of the national air space. During this session we will address the steps and initiatives that Boeing is leveraging to promote and foster RNAV/RNP and ADS-B. Discussion points will focus on:
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| 12:00 p.m. | Leveraging the Full Benefits of Performance Based Navigation Controlling time is the key factor in leveraging the full benefits of Performance Based Navigation. Through trials with all key stakeholders in the ATM and airline industry and by pioneering new technologies, several key solutions are about to be rolled out. Learn about the benefits and cost advantages of adapting time to suit your needs.
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| 12:30 p.m. | Closing Comments and Conclusion |
