1. Friends / Partners in Aviation Weather
October 13, 2004
Process Improvements
Paul Fiduccia, Facilitator

2. Changes From 2003 FPAW Format Changes
Strategic Issues Keynotes: Multiple Perspectives
Combined Forecasting and Product Generation
Changed “Ground-based Dissemination Display” to “Weather Information Management and Dissemination”
Changed “Cockpit-based Dissemination/Display” to “Weather Information Display, Integration, and Evaluation”
Focus: Fewer, most important issues

3. Criteria For User Issues and Action Items
Important – A high priority user need of many members of an association
Broad-based – important to multiple associations and segments of civil aviation
High-level – An issue appropriate for senior FAA, NWS, and NASA managers
Strategic – Typically 1 year for completion

4. Action Item Process Generation Process Review Process: in each Segment
Users write proposed Action Items during panel discussions: What-Who-When
Submit to Executive Committee:
Segment 1 – 3 items at end of Segment 3
Segment 4 – 5 items at end of Segment 5
Develop Action Items in Segment 6; with Conclusions / Recommendations
Review Process: in each Segment

5. Friends / Partners in Aviation Weather
2004 Over-Arching User Issues
and Action Items
Paul Fiduccia

6. FPAW 2004 User Panel Associations Agencies Airlines Unions ADF AOPA
AOPA/ASF
NBAA
SAMA
Agencies
DOD
FAA (FSSs)
NASA
Airlines
American
Northwest
Southwest
United
UPS
Unions
ALPA
NAATS
NATCA

7. Over-Arching User Issues
Continue Process Improvement: AWTT
User-Driven requirements, participation
Systems Approach to products development: Users – What; Developers – How
Development of “suites” of products for each type of user and weather phenomena.
Enhance participation: Go to users, meet jointly dispatch, met, ops, pilots, to get full involvement in road maps, ConUses
Parallel steps to provide access to minimize time delay for user benefits

8. Overarching User Issues, 2
Regulatory compliance / enforcement aspects of new product use clarified
Process & effort for unrestricted pilot use
PIREPs for new product evaluation, forecast confirmation, warnings
New Product Access: QICP for ADDS; graphics for FSS.
Changes in user needs because of airlines financial stress: Cost of Use Issues.

9. Overarching Issue Action Items
FPAW segment on graphics use, procedures, guidance: Done.
Include product use procedures, guidance, training factors in setting research requirements.
Plan for core of weather training on new graphics for all users.