Speaker Biograghy: Paul helps develop strategies for surface management in coordination with air traffic control and local airport airside operations. With over 32 years' commercial airline and military flight operations and training experience, he has extensive knowledge of air traffic operations and airport technology, and maintains worldwide experience in aircraft navigational aids and airport capacity planning. Paul holds a BSc in Civil Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy and an MSc in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska. He is also an Assistant Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, teaching courses in domestic and international navigation, dispatch procedures, air traffic control and advanced cockpit avionics systems. Paul currently serves as a Primary Panel Member for ACRP of the National Academies of Science for Project 03-33 covering NextGen – Airport Planning and Development.


Day 2 - 16 March
Session: Management & Operations

09:05 - 09:30 - CDM procedures at Phoenix Airport reduce radio communications by 50%
Synopsis: In June 2015, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport introduced new collaborative procedures between the FAA, ramp control and the airlines to better handle the arrival flow of aircraft on the ground. Prior to introducing the new concept, the process of managing arriving aircraft required a significant amount of back and forth radio communications between ATC, the flight deck and ground operations, which led to regular taxi delays and additional workload for all stakeholders. The solution utilises a common CDM platform with shared situational awareness, and has proved a great success, reducing radio communications, taxi times and the associated costs.

Audience will learn:

• Collaboration between stakeholders at the airport leads to benefits for all
• New ways to apply CDM processes
• Common efficiency problems can be solved with procedures and system support