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.

Ubuchwephesha obutsha bongeza unxibelelwano lwezwi lomsakazo, okwenza ukuba abalawuli kunye nabaqhubi badlulise ulwazi olubalulekileyo olufana nokucoca, izicwangciso zendiza ezihlaziyiweyo kunye neengcebiso ngokucofa iqhosha.

"I-Data Comm inceda ukugcina iinqwelomoya zihamba kwangexesha kulo lonke ummandla waseNew York," utshilo uSekela Mlawuli oNcedisayo we-FAA kwi-NextGen Pamela Whitley. "Oku kuphucula kakhulu ukusebenza kwenqwelomoya kulo lonke ilizwe, kuba isinye kwisithathu sazo zonke iinqwelomoya ezikweli lizwe suku ngalunye zibhabha zisiya, zisuka okanye zidlula kwinqwelomoya yaseNew 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.

Ukusebenza okuphuculweyo okubonelelwa yi-Data Comm kugcina umyinge wemizuzu eyi-13 ngenqwelomoya nganye eNew York ngamaxesha okuxinana kwezithuthi, okubangelwa yimozulu embi. Ngaphezulu kwe-7,500 yeenqwelomoya zifumana izibonelelo ze-Data Comm nyanga nganye kwizikhululo zeenqwelo moya zaseNew York - inani eliqhubeka likhula. I-Data Comm kunyaka ophelileyo iphucule amava okubhabha kubakhweli abazizigidi ezili-10.6 kwiinqwelomoya ezingama-70,000 ezisuka eNew 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.

Unxibelelwano ngelizwi lunokutya ixesha kunye nomsebenzi onzima. Ngokomzekelo, xa iinqwelo-moya zilindele ukunduluka, abalawuli bamele basebenzise unomathotholo oneendlela ezimbini ukuze bakhuphe iindlela ezintsha eziya kubaqhubi beenqwelo-moya ukuze baphephe imozulu embi. Le nkqubo inokuthabatha imizuzu engama-30 nangaphezulu, kuxhomekeka ekubeni zingaphi na iinqwelo-moya ezisemgceni wokunduluka. Kwakhona yazisa unxibelelwano olungalunganga olunokwenzeka olubizwa ngokuba yimpazamo ye-"readback/hearback".

Ngokwahlukileyo, abasebenzi beenqwelo-moya kwiinqwelomoya ezisebenzisa i-Data Comm bafumana izicwangciso zokubhabha ezihlaziyiweyo kubalawuli ngemiyalezo yedijithali. Abasebenzi baphonononga iindawo ezintsha zokukhutshwa kwaye bamkele imiyalelo ehlaziyiweyo ngokucofa iqhosha. Iinqwelo-moya zigcina amabala azo kumgca wokunduluka-okanye zinokukhutshwa emgceni zize zithunyelwe ngaphambili- zikwazi ukuhamba ngexesha.

I-Data Comm ngoku isebenza kwiinqaba zolawulo lwezithuthi zomoya ezingama-55 kwilizwe lonke, kulandela ukukhutshwa okwakuphantsi kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali kwaye ngaphezu kweminyaka emibini enesiqingatha phambi kweshedyuli. Ukugcinwa kwebhajethi kuya kwenza ukuba i-FAA isebenzise i-Data Comm kwii-airports ezisixhenxe ngaphezu kwe-55 edweliswe ngezantsi.

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