Summer Meeting 2008

NTSB Conference Center – Washington, D.C. Beneath L’Enfant Plaza Promenade

Sponsored by National Business Aviation Association

July 15, 2008

The Goal of this meeting is for the JPDO Weather Working Group (WWG) and Agencies to share with the broader aviation-weather community of interest the status of “NextGen Weather”.

The aviation-weather community of interest will have an opportunity to provide feedback to the JPDO Weather Working Group and Agencies on the overall plans and activities for transforming how the Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Weather communities work together to mitigate the impacts of weather in the NAS. 

The scope of this Vision meeting is the medium and long term R & D and implementation of ATM-Weather operational solutions. Short-term (12-36 months) operational issues and the resultant solutions are the scope of the 9 October, 2008 FPAW forum at NBAA in Orlando.

8:00 - 8:45 Welcome 

  • Bruce Carmichael - NBAA, Weather Committee Chairman
  • Don Eick - NTSB
  • Vicki Cox - FAA/ATO, Sr.Vice President,
    NextGen & Operations Planning
  • Charlie Leader - JPDO Director
  • Jack Hayes - Director, National Weather Service
  • Fred Lewis - Director, Air Force Weather

8:45 - 10:00 Segment One - A Day in the Life of the Aviation System under NextGen

    • Presenter: Bill Leber - Northwest Airlines 
    • (assist from Gene Wilhelm - Mitre)
  • User Panel Discussion Leader: Leo Prusak - FAA

10:15 - 11:15  Segment Two - 4D Weather Cube and Single Authoritative Source

    • Presenter: Tom Ryan - FAA, Jason Tuell - NWS
  • User Panel Discussion Leader: Adam Giraldes - ADF

11:15 - 12:15 Segment Three - Legacy System Conversion Plans

    • Presenter: Ken Leonard - FAA,
    •  Kevin Johnston - NOAA, 
    • Bruce Lambert - DOD
  • User Panel Discussion Leader: Bill Phaneuf - ALPA

1:15 - 2:15 Segment Four - Agency/Industry Roles/Responsibilities

    • Presenter: Hank Krakowski - FAA           

 

  • User Panel Discussion Leader: Matt Fronzak - Delta Air Lines

2:15 - 3:15 Segment Five - Plans for Integration into 4D Trajectory Tools

    • Presenter: Bob Beard - JPDO, 
    •  Steve Bradford - FAA, 
    •  Karlin Toner - NASA 
    • User Panel Discussion Leader: Joe Burns - United Airlines 

3:30 - 4:30 Segment Six - Hurdles to the Future - Elephants in the Room

    • Presenters: Nick Stoer, 
    •  Al Kaehn
    • User Panel Discussion Leader: Tom Fahey - Northwest Airlines 

4:30 - 5:00 Segment Seven - What the JPDO WWG Heard You Say Today

    • Presenter: Mark Andrews - JPDO WWG 

PANEL OF USERS OF WEATHER INFORMATION

Leo Prusak - FAA/ATO - LaGuardia Tower 
Adam Giraldes - American Dispatchers Federation
Bill Phaneuf - Air Line Pilots Association
Matt Fronzak - Delta Air Lines
Joe Burns - United Airlines 
Tom Fahey - Northwest Airlines
Danny Sims - FAA
Dale Wright - NATCA
Matthew Tucker - NATCA
Dave Frame - JTA, Inc.
John White - Air Line Pilots Association
Pete Lehmann - AOPA
Dave Lotterer - Regional Airline Association
Mike Cetinich - Jeppesen
Pratik Jha - Lockheed Martin
Agam Sinha - Mitre/CAASD
Gene Wilhelm - Mitre/CAASD 
Mark Huberdeau - Mitre/CAASD
Craig Wanke -Mitre/CAASD
Ian Wilson - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Bob Maxson - National Weather Service
Rob Honch - Meteorological Service of Canada
Warren Qualley - Harris Corporation
Tom Hicks - Harris Corporation
Eric Lugger - Air Methods Corporation
Jim Block - DTN Meteorologix
Geoff Bing - Vaisala
Don Phillips - Aviation Correspondent
John McCarthy - Affiliation Aviation Weather Associates, Inc.
T. K. Gwen - Colorado Department of Aviation
Ernie Dash - SAIC