McGuire AFB Controllers Visit the Technical Center

By Ginger Cairnes

Chris Smith shares some of his experiences from when he was at McGuire

In early spring, a group of about 20 Air Traffic Controllers from McGuire Tower/RAPCON visited the Technical Center under the leadership of Michael Davis, TSgt, USAF, Air Traffic Control (ATC) Craftsman. The focus of their interests was ATC surveillance, separation standards, and how the Technical Center fits into the FAA.

Lori Faber describes the purpose of our “flying laboratories” (test aircraft).

In addition to the above subject matter presentations, demonstrations were conducted in the following areas: Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS), Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS), Advanced Technologies Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) Laboratory, Weather Labs, Automated Dependant Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) System, Flying Laboratories in the hangar, and the Human Factors Laboratory.

Jack Beilmann discusses the efficiency and other benefits of the ADS-B system.

The group would like to thank Stan Pszczolkowski, Sheila Franklin-Smallwood, Ed Gaguski, Dave Cognata, Dave Pagan, Lee Wong, Madurai Vaidyanathan, John Lawson, Rich Mendell, Terry Fisher, Chris Smith, Bill Benner, Tom Carty, Try Nguyen, Jack Beilmann, Deepak Chauhan, Lori Faber, Earl Stein, Al Macias, Ben Willems, and Mike Mcanulty as well as any other support for the laboratories visited.