NASA ATD-2 Phase 3 Stormy 2021 Training for Envoy Airlines
August 5, 2020
The NASA Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) team provided two sessions of virtual training to Air Traffic Coordinators at Envoy Airlines in July 2020. Envoy Airlines will be a new flight operator participant during Stormy 2021 and accounts for approximately twenty percent of the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) airport daily operations.
The site and equipment surveys have been completed to place the ATD-2 equipment inside the Envoy Airlines operations center. However, due to COVID-19 and associated visitation restrictions, the equipment has not yet been installed in the Envoy operations center and will be scheduled when visits are once again permitted at the Envoy operations center.
The virtual training covered all aspects of the ATD-2 Metroplex client with emphasis on how to evaluate and submit Trajectory Option Set (TOS) opportunities that are beneficial for Envoy. Envoy has identified five subject matter experts who will be the focal points for use of ATD-2 during Stormy 2021. Additionally, after the training was completed, the ATD-2 team provided Envoy with their own training web site link that contains multiple videos and slide shows that provide through explanations on various components of the ATD-2 client. The ATD-2 team also has plans to provide face-to-face on-site training at Envoy when the aforementioned visitor restrictions are no longer in place.