1. Collaborative Decision Making “Developing A Collaborative Framework”
Module 2
“Developing A Collaborative Framework”

2. Challenges We Face Demand growth without added capacity
Regional and commuter airlines
General aviation (GA) and military flights
Complexity versus predictability
Equipment (aircraft and systems)
New technologies
Balance between safety and efficiency
Class discussion

3. common prime objective--
Primary Objective
CDM Partners have a
common prime objective--
Maintain a safe, smooth and efficient air transport service for the benefit of passengers and cargo.
CDM Partners have a common prime objective, namely to maintain a safe, smooth and
efficient air transport service for the benefit of passengers and cargo. In order to achieve this prime objective there are many supporting objectives.

4. CDM COMMON OBJECTIVES Improve predictability
Improve on-time performance
Optimize airport infrastructure and reduce congestion
Reduce ATFM slot wastage
Flexible predeparture planning

5. Managing the ATC System
PRIMARY GOALS
OPERATORS
ATC
Managing the Schedule
Managing the ATC System
CDM
Each stakeholder may have dissimilar goals, different views, varying capabilities. Each makes autonomous strategic and tactical decisions to achieve their individual goals. Sometimes these decisions run counter to ATC decisions…affecting the entire system in ways not known to ATC.
Collaboration can provide Shared Situational Awareness and Collaborative Resolutions for Win-Win Solutions for both ATC and Stakeholders

6. ATC Goals Stakeholders Goals Safe Flight Safe Separation
Maximum Throughput
Efficient use of Capacity
Controller Workload ManagedEquitable service
Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Stakeholders Goals
Safe Flight
On-time arrivals, Mission objective accomplished
Minimal delay
Passenger Connections
Crew Connections
Aircraft Connections
Minimize turn times
Fuel Savings
Class Discussion
During the mid 1990’s the director of Air Traffic Services for the FAA, in an effort to improve service to its airline customers, visited most of the large airlines to ask the following question: “What is the most important thing the FAA can do to help improve your performance during irregular operations?” The goal of this set of interviews was to create input to a TFM simulation tool that would be run several times daily, and determine the best departure times for all flights for all users. What the FAA director learned, instead, was that airlines have different objectives than the FAA. Further, and perhaps more importantly, every airline gave a different answer to the question, and most said that it depended upon the time of day, the airport, the timing of the problem with respect to their hub operations, and many other variables. Airlines spend substantial money and resources optimizing their schedules. (See Appendix A.) They must take into account numerous constraints, including passenger, crew and aircraft connections, overnight maintenance, fuel conservation, and many more. It is interesting to note that it is a rare event that an airlines actually flies the entire schedule on any given day without perturbations. Weather, maintenance, crew, catering, are just a few of the reasons for delays. Weather and ATC are the most common causes of delays. The FAA’s TFM job is to ensure safety of flight, to utilize NAS resources efficiently, and to ensure that controllers do not get overloaded. Clearly, the FAA can never know what is the best solution for a given airline to a capacity problem, since it is so dependent upon the variables listed above. This realization led the FAA to rethink its approach to TFM, and introduce expanded collaboration to enable the airlines to have a voice in developing a viable solution and, therefore, better managing the economics of their operations.

7. Working Goals
Provide all decision-makers with a common picture by allowing them to look at the same data.
Allow decisions to be made by the person in the best position to make it, all things considered.
Make decisions in an open manner so that all know what is happening and can contribute as necessary or desired.

8. Eventual Result
Better traffic flow management decisions are made since each decision is made by the right person, with the best data and with valuable input from others.

9. CDM Partners
The purpose of the ATA is to support and assist its US airline members by promoting the air transport industry and the safety, cost effectiveness and technological advancement of its operations. It advocates common industry positions before state and local governments; conducts designated industry-wide programs and assures governmental and public understanding of all aspects of air transport.