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.

Teknolojia mpya inaongeza mawasiliano ya sauti ya redio, kuwezesha watawala na marubani kusambaza habari muhimu kama vile vibali, mipango ya ndege na ushauri uliobadilishwa kwa kugusa kitufe tu.

"Comm Comm inasaidia kuweka safari za ndege kwa wakati katika eneo lote la New York," alisema Naibu Msimamizi Msaidizi wa FAA wa NextGen Pamela Whitley. "Hii inaboresha sana shughuli za kukimbia katika anga ya taifa, kwani theluthi moja ya ndege zote nchini hii kila siku huruka kwenda, kutoka au kupitia anga ya New York."

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.

Ufanisi ulioboreshwa uliotolewa na Data Comm huokoa wastani wa dakika 13 kwa ndege huko New York wakati wa msongamano mkubwa wa trafiki, ambao husababishwa na hali mbaya ya hewa. Zaidi ya ndege 7,500 hupokea faida za Data Comm kila mwezi katika viwanja vya ndege vya eneo la New York - idadi ambayo inaendelea kuongezeka. Data Comm mwaka jana iliboresha uzoefu wa kuruka kwa abiria milioni 10.6 kwa ndege 70,000 zinazoondoka 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.

Mawasiliano ya sauti inaweza kuchukua muda na kazi kubwa. Kwa mfano, wakati ndege zinasubiri kuondoka, watawala lazima watumie redio ya njia mbili kutoa njia mpya kwa marubani kuwasaidia kuepukana na hali mbaya ya hewa. Utaratibu huu unaweza kuchukua dakika 30 au zaidi, kulingana na ndege ngapi ziko kwenye foleni ya kuondoka. Pia inaleta uwezekano wa mawasiliano yasiyofaa inayojulikana kama kosa la "kusoma tena / kusikia".

Kwa upande mwingine, wafanyikazi wa ndege kwenye ndege wanaotumia Data Comm hupokea mipango iliyosasishwa ya ndege kutoka kwa watawala kupitia ujumbe wa dijiti. Wafanyikazi hukagua idhini mpya na wanakubali maagizo yaliyosasishwa na kushinikiza kwa kitufe. Ndege huweka matangazo yao kwenye laini ya kuruka - au zinaweza kutolewa nje ya mstari na kupelekwa mbele - zikiwawezesha kuondoka kwa wakati.

Data Comm sasa inafanya kazi katika minara 55 ya kudhibiti trafiki angani kote, kufuatia uchapishaji ambao ulikuwa chini ya bajeti na zaidi ya miaka miwili na nusu kabla ya ratiba. Akiba ya bajeti itawezesha FAA kupeleka Data Comm katika viwanja vya ndege saba pamoja na 55 iliyoorodheshwa hapa chini.

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