Focus Group

ATS Data Link


Mission: To provide a high level economic analysis of the value of equipping with an advanced data link to support ATS and AOC applications.

Group Chairs: Russ Chew (American Airlines), and Dave Jones (United Airlines).

Group Director: Kathleen Pirotte (Boeing Company).

The work of the ATS Data Link Focus Group has been completed! (A new European Data Link Focus Group has been formed.) Now that the primary report and databases have been produced, the ATS Data Link Focus Group has entered a 'dormant' mode until such time as new initiatives may require a reactivation of the group. The final version of the U.S. Data Link Investment Analysis report is now available in either Word or PDF format. Also available are the database models which formed the sensitivity analysis for the report. To examine the databases in Microsoft Excel, please select from the spreadsheet options below. There is also a 'readme' text file that explains the development and use of the models, and a Powerpoint presentation.

Want some help in understanding the Influence Diagrams and "Tornado" Diagrams in the report? Read Interpreting Business Analysis Results.

Minutes of all ATS Data Link Focus Group Meetings and Telecons are to be found here.

Team Members

Other reports and presentations:

Data Link Facilitation Task Force reports! The DLFTF, sponsored by IATA, held its first meeting on February 9, 1999, at which it proposed to adopt the C/AFT methodology for data link analysis. See the following files to read the minutes of the report and view the presentations (in Powerpoint 4.0) of the LINK 2000+ data link program: Minutes of Meeting - Word or PDF formats; Pre-Requisites for a Practical LINK 2000+ Program | LINK 2000+ Infrastructure | LINK 2000+ Implementation Program | Data Link Services within LINK 2000+ | Business Case for LINK 2000+ | Operational Requirements for Air/Ground Data Communication Services - ODIAC ORD & Future Activities

Contact Kathleen Pirotte with any questions about the CNS/ATM Focused Team: kathleen.pirotte@boeing.com

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