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[Oakum_Boy]

Yet it seems like the FAA has, regarding a few things, been behind the rest of the world.

Not always, the U.S. has led the way with aeronautical advances many times over, but when it comes to airspace and ATC, we seem to be behind other 1st world countries and unions.

Just my 2 cents, let the flames begin

Okay. Just try flying in Southern Europe. Totally incompetent. US ATC is the best in the world, bar none. The British are very good, however.

 

[TransMach]

Timed Approach/Time Based Metering

This is nothing new guys.

In OKC to qualify as a non-radar approach controller circa 1982 (post strike) we had to master timed approaches ... metering from the final approach fix ... as well as outer fixes.

Old stuff ... wuzzup? This was pre-radar ...

TransMach

 

[ericpj14]

I am an ATC at Jacksonville Center in florida and we use time based metering going to clt and atl. TBM is basically a tool to place each aircraft on final at a certain time to enhance efficiency. This is all computer generated. A lot of controllers do not like metering because they don't understand it completely. They have been using tbm at dfw for a while and it has worked great. The east coast has been behind in getting it do to the fact that there is a lot more traffic on the east coast so things get implemented last. Overall, tbm is much better than miles in trail because we don't end up vectoring aircraft all over. There are several metering points beginning up to 100 miles from the airport and at each one u have to have a certain time. I might get my aircraft over a specific fix on time, but the next sector might have to lose 2 minutes still. Sometimes if there is a large delay we will swap the aircrafts position with another one that is farther from the airport. The overall goal is to not have to turn an aircraft and use speed control overall. Hope this is clear as mud!

 

[BigMotorToter]

I am an ATC at Jacksonville Center in florida and we use time based metering going to clt and atl. TBM is basically a tool to place each aircraft on final at a certain time to enhance efficiency. This is all computer generated. A lot of controllers do not like metering because they don't understand it completely. They have been using tbm at dfw for a while and it has worked great. The east coast has been behind in getting it do to the fact that there is a lot more traffic on the east coast so things get implemented last. Overall, tbm is much better than miles in trail because we don't end up vectoring aircraft all over. There are several metering points beginning up to 100 miles from the airport and at each one u have to have a certain time. I might get my aircraft over a specific fix on time, but the next sector might have to lose 2 minutes still. Sometimes if there is a large delay we will swap the aircrafts position with another one that is farther from the airport. The overall goal is to not have to turn an aircraft and use speed control overall. Hope this is clear as mud!

Just an FYI but all Jetblue Airbuses have the software that if the controller gives us a time to be at a fix, we just type that time in the FMS and the plane automatically adjusts the speed to make that time at that fix. Pretty cool stuff. Maybe all Airbuses have this I don't know, but I thought I would pass this along. Please tell your other co-workers that the Jetblue guys should be able to work with you pretty well in regards to TBM. I'm not sure if our E-190's can do it though.