FAA: Data Comm comes to New York

Data Comm, the NextGen technology that enhances safety and reduces delays by dramatically improving the way air traffic controllers and pilots talk to each other, is up and running at five airports in the New York metropolitan area: JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Teterboro and Westchester. These airports were among the first to receive the critical system upgrade.

Hoʻopili ka ʻenehana hou i ke kamaʻilio leo leo leo, hiki i nā mea hoʻoponopono a me nā pailaka ke hoʻouna i nā ʻike koʻikoʻi e like me ka ʻae ʻana, nā hoʻolālā lele i hoʻoponopono ʻia a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo me ke kaomi ʻana i kahi pihi.

"Ke kōkua nei ʻo Data Comm i ka mālama ʻana i nā mokulele e haʻalele ana i ka manawa ma ka wahi o New York," wahi a FAA Hope Hope Administrator no NextGen Pamela Whitley. "Hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi kēia i nā hana mokulele a puni ka lewa o ka ʻāina, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapakolu o nā mokulele a pau o kēia ʻāina i kēlā me kēia lā e lele ana i, mai a ma o New York airspace."

Members of the media today toured the air traffic control tower at JFK and a jetBlue aircraft for a working demonstration of Data Comm from the perspective of controllers and pilots. Officials from the FAA, jetBlue, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association and the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists were on hand.

ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi ʻana i hāʻawi ʻia e Data Comm e mālama i ka awelika o 13 mau minuke no ka lele ʻana ma New York i nā manawa o ka paʻa ʻana o nā kaʻa, ma muli o ka ʻino. ʻOi aku ma mua o 7,500 mau huakaʻi e loaʻa nā pōmaikaʻi o Data Comm i kēlā me kēia mahina ma nā kahua mokulele o New York - kahi helu e ulu mau ana. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Data Comm i ka makahiki i hala i ka ʻike lele no 10.6 miliona mau kaʻa ma 70,000 mau mokulele e haʻalele ana mai New York.

The technology is being used by eight other U.S. operators in New York – American, Alaska, Delta, Fed Ex, Southwest, United, UPS and Virgin America – and 22 international airlines. Data Comm is installed in 31 different types of aircraft.

Hiki i ka leo ke hoʻopau i ka manawa a me ka hana. No ka laʻana, ke kali nei nā mokulele i ka lele ʻana, pono nā mea hoʻokele e hoʻohana i kahi lekiō ʻelua ala e hoʻopuka i nā ala hou i nā pailaka e kōkua iā lākou e pale i ka wā ʻino. Hiki i kēia kaʻina hana he 30 mau minuke a ʻoi aku paha, ma muli o ka nui o nā mokulele i ka laina no ka haʻalele ʻana. Hoʻokomo pū ia i ka hiki no ka miscommunication i kapa ʻia ʻo "readback/hearback" hewa.

Ma ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, loaʻa i nā hui mokulele ma nā mokulele e hoʻohana ana i ka Data Comm i nā hoʻolālā lele i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokele ma o nā leka uila. Nānā nā luina i nā ʻae hou a ʻae i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hou me ke kaomi ʻana i kahi pihi. Mālama nā mokulele i ko lākou mau kiko ma ka laina hoʻokuʻu - a i ʻole e lawe ʻia i waho o ka laina a hoʻouna ʻia i mua - hiki iā lākou ke haʻalele i ka manawa.

Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo Data Comm i kēia manawa ma 55 mau hale kiaʻi hoʻokele kaʻa lewa ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, ma hope o ka holo ʻana ma lalo o ka waihona kālā a ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua a me ka hapa makahiki ma mua o ka papa kuhikuhi. ʻO ka mālama kālā e hiki ai i ka FAA ke kau i ka Data Comm ma nā mokulele ʻehiku ma kahi o ka 55 i helu ʻia ma lalo nei.

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