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FLIGHTFLIGHT OPERATIONS OPERATIONSTECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGYInnovations in flightInnovations in flight

FANS-1/A involvement and futureFANS-1/A involvement and future

Captain Joe Burns Director – Flight Operations

Technology

United Airlines - FANS-1/A involvement and futureUnited Airlines - FANS-1/A involvement and future

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FLIGHT OPERATIONSTECHNOLOGYInnovations in flight

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FANS as a building block

• United Airlines pleased with FANS experience

• Would like to see worldwide expansion• FANS-1 a first step in long journey to

airspace improvement!


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FANS-1 Value to United

• Core knowledge of what technologies and procedures work – key in moving forward!

• Experience, acceptance, and even reliance for our flight crews and dispatchers

• Change to the traditional ATC “paradigm”

• No significant $ savings yet, but increasing opportunities for savings


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FANS Expansion

• Long standing CPDLC/ADS operations:– Pacific– Australia, NZ, Tahiti, Japan

• New operational entrants:– North Atlantic– Canadian Northern, Iceland, China, India,

Iran

• Coming soon..– Gander CPDLC, Shanwick?, NYC,…– South America (at least in RNAV

implementation

• Airline benefits – Requests and Clnc faster!


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FANS Lessons learned

• Major cultural shift from HF/Reporting/ATC

• Extended training required!• Human Factors far more important than

envisioned• Implementation coordination essential!• Success so far? – our crews initially

rejected, now cannot live without!• Leadership from Boeing/Brad Cornell;

Europe/Rob Mead for ATN


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FANS Lessons learned/2

• Single standard for all CNS/ATM in both flight decks and workstations– Ex: more than 16 standards for LAT/LONG– Call Signs

• Different protocols now required for various cockpit applications


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FANS Lessons learned/3

• Installation schedules must be better managed.

• Must be prepared for contingencies• Industry bias must support new vs. old• Remember the paying customer..• Other mechanisms must be used to

encourage expansion


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Single Standard examples:

• Actual messages for same directive:– CROSS 100S AT AND MAINTAIN FL350, REPORT

REACHING 350– VERIFY YOULL BE CROSSING 01 SOUTH AT 350 FOR

TRAFFIC

• Other example from Center:– CTAM 350– Meaning “Climb To And Maintain FL 350”– Our crews are not trained in this acronym!


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Multiple protocol examples:

• Flight ID’s– UA123– UAL123– UA0123– UA 123– UAL 0123

• Current ADS trials in Atlantic– Crews signing on as ADS but still making HF voice

reports!


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Looking Forward:

• Seamless Worldwide operations• Global Harmonization• Standard Procedures• Improved Human Factors• We must change the “old way is good

enough” way of doing business• Reduce pilot/controller workload• Reduce voice channel congestion• Enhance Pilot/Control sector

coordination


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Looking Forward/2:

• No change for change’s sake• During transition from FANS-1 to

CNS/ATM-1• Seamless Airspace transition• United equipping for ATN (new delivery)• Current participation in PETAL II• Potential participation in CPDLC 1/A


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Looking Forward/3:

• More compelling business cases for retrofits– VDL/2 – AOA– VDL/2 – ATN– CPDLC on VDL/2 ATN– VDL/3?

• UAL looking forward to working with development of CNS-ATM and Free Flight


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FANS in CPDLC Build 1/A:

• Significant amount of FANS Aircraft:– All US DOD Aircraft– UAL – All B747-400’s, All 777’s– A330’s, A340’s

• ATN Aircraft equipage:– 24 AA Domestic B737 Aircraft– 4 AA International 767’s– 2 other European Aircraft


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FANS in CPDLC Build 1/A, cont.:

• Dual Stack issue– Needs gateway -> DLAP ->FANS

• Not seen as being ATN compliant• Less cost for installation, easier cost-benefit

analysis• PETAL II – demonstrated feasibility• Latency – VDL/2 tests• NATCA concerns• ATN flight deck interface

– B-777, B747-400, A320-DCDU


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Concept of Future ATSP:• Controller will have full “electronic

visibility” of airspace• Airspace managed by Minimum

Required Performance for CNS. All aircraft required to be at this level

• All Aircraft will be free to maneuver as long as intentions are communicated

• Controller’s workstation includes conflict probe capability

• In emergency, A/C position to be determined within min. RNP standards


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Why FANS and ATN?

• Cooperation in the use of the world’s airspace is essential to meeting future growth needs of the public travel sector

• Safe, efficient transportation getting harder to deliver in gridlock due to max'd-out older systems and policies

• UAL encourages all in industry to join those of us in expanding FANS and beyond to create the next generation of Air Traffic Systems


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Contact Information:

Captain Joe BurnsDirector – Flight Operations TechnologyUnited Airlines7401 E. Martin Luther King Blvd.Denver, Colorado, USA 80207DEN (303) 780-5178ORD (847) 700-4166

[email protected]

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