ATO Operations Planning All Hand’s Meeting
By Tammy J. Lusk, Esq.
On July 9, 2007, ATO Operations Planning Vice President, Vicki Cox held an All Hands Meeting at the Technical Center with an “all star” appearance including, Vicki Cox (via pre-recorded message), Director of Systems Engineering and Safety, James Williams; Director of Performance Analysis and Strategy, David Chin; Acting Director of Research and Technology Development, Barry Scott; Manager of Operational Evolution Partnership Integration and Implementation, Giselle Mohler; Director of International Office, Carey Fagen; Manager of Comptroller Office, Molly Vorce; Manager of Administration, Brenda Willingham and finally our own Technical Center Director, Wilson Felder. A Video highlighting thoughts on NextGen was shown. This featured the reasons given to Congress for needing NextGen and the importance of the NextGen project as we are about to enter a new fiscal year.
The meeting started with Leroy Dickerson and Gerry Berry receiving 50 Year Service Certificates.
Then, a presentation entitled “Ensuring A Viable Future: Our Restructure” was given. The presentation stated that today’s Air Transportation System is ground based, human-centric and un-automated with a single channel voice control and aging infrastructure. OEP is the bridge to NextGen defining the framework for FAA’s Implementation Plan and defining how FAA’s integration and implementation will be executed. OEP also aligns R& D with NextGen objectives, provides “big picture” content and initiates industry collaboration. Reasons given for needing NextGen included the fact that there is an increased demand on our airspace and an average of an 18-minute delay in flights. The new organizational chart was shown with the Directors in attendance. Each Director highlighted their functions and NextGen objectives.
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