This document provides the table of contents for the proceedings of the 40th Annual Air Traffic Control Association Convention held in September 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The proceedings included over 40 presentations on various topics related to air traffic control systems, technologies, and operations. Presentation topics included human factors, automation, surveillance, communications, training, maintenance, and more.

1. 40th Annual
Air Traffic Control Association
Convention Proceedings
FALL 1995
Las Vegas Hilton Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada
September 10-14, 1995

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Human Factors In Aviation Maintenance And Inspection: Technology 1
Transfer From Aircraft To Airways Facilities Maintenance
William B. Johnson, William T. Shepherd
Automated Voice Testing 8
Don Rickerson, Mark Rhoads
Safety And Life Cycle Considerations For ATC Graphics Subsystems 13
Kevin R. Kinsella
Department Of Defense (DoD) Efforts In Air Traffic Control Modernization 19
Frank Colson, Mark A. DePlasco, MSgt Brian Durham
The Use Of The Canadian Airspace Management Simulator (CAMSIM) 24
For Developing Concepts In Airspace Management
Ivor Allen, David Jones
Vertical Flight Operations In A GPS World 31
Brian M. Sawyer
Simulation Training In South Africa 36
William Coyne, Arthur Gerstenfeld, Peter Marais
FAA Telecommunications In The 21st Century 41
David Tuttle, Jerome D. Barnla, Ronald Cournoyer, Gary Olson
Cost-Effective Advanced Technologies To Provide Radar And Flight Data To 46
Remotely-Located Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs)
Michael D. Ross, Thomas F. Mann
Evolving A System Architecture 51
Jonathan D. Dehn, Brian Nettleton
DIA's Fiber Optic System Reduces Maintenance Cost And Will Interface 57
To The "FAA-Wide" Remote Maintenance Monitoring System
Jim Martinez, Paul Pokier, Steven L. Stretch
New Technologies And Emerging Private/Public Sectors Capabilities 62
In Meeting Aviation Weather User Needs
Agam N. Sinha, Sadegh Kavoussi, Carl P. McCullough
Bridging The Gap Through Rapid Prototyping: A Case Study 67
Charles Raab
Automatic Dependent Surveillance Air Traffic Services (ADS-ATS) 71
Benefits From New Systems Approach
Lonnie Bowlin, Shawn O'Donnell
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3. Rapid Communications -
The Backbone Of The ATC System 76
Al Kulikowski, Richard N. Pitts
Data Link And The Voice Switching And Control System (VSCS): 82
A Human Factors Analysis
Sherry Courington, James Harwood
The Human Factors Design And Application Of Virtual Reality To Augment 87
ATC Systems
David C. Dunkle, James Hale
TCCC: An Open System Environment For FAA Tower Applications 92
Donald E. Brewer, Robert Voss
Open Systems Server As An Approach To Integration Of Air Traffic 99
Control Systems
John Zuna, Don Smith
Applying Quality Function Deployment To Air Traffic Control Curriculum 105
At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Esa M. Rantanen, Glenn L. Spach
Weather Detection Design Issues For A Solid State ASR 110
Michael Martineau, E, Lee Cole
A Framework For Evolving An Open Air Traffic Control System 116
N. Vasudevan
Incremental Transition Approach For STARS 121
Daniel J. Magoon
Open Systems And Network Management Of Complex Real-Time Systems 125
Brad Culbertson
Description Of Automatic Dependant Surveillance As Shown In Loral 131
RDP System
Brad Culbertson, Laura Gruber, David Miller, Don Smith
Use Of COTS Software In Air Traffic Control Systems 137
Diane F. Wynne, Robert M. Beard
Departure Sequencing Engineering Development Model (DSEDM) 143
Joint Applications Development (JAD) Methodology
John G. Richardson
Utilizing The NAS Simulation Driver To Maintain Today's System 148
Robert W. Lincoln, Mildred B. Strenger, Linda Pasquale
Building Maintainable And Extensible ATC Automation Software Systems 154
Rich Berg, Joel Lindsey, Ray Ahlberg
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4. Air Traffic Control Sector Resource Management (SRM) 159
A Companion Human Factors Concept To Ensure The Success Of A
Data Link-Based Air Traffic Control System
Harry J. Hodges, III
A Comparison Of METAR And SA Coding 164
James W. Tauss, Steven R. Albersheim
Alternatives For Low Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS) Sustainment 170
Michael Kaufman, John Randall Hickman, Anthony Coggins
Human Factors Considerations For The Use Of Color Electronic Displays In ATC 175
Daniel J. Hannon, Michael W. McVeigh
A Flight Data Management Method Using A Graphical User Interface 180
James W. Ellert
Failure Tracking, Reporting, And Resolution For FAA Acquisitions During 185
Operational Testing & Evaluation
Katherine K. Sideris, Mark DeNicuolo, Larry D. Rovani
Using Available Data And Technology To Address Eastern Region Air Traffic 190
Management Analysis And Planning Needs
Ron Haggerty, Mark Novak, G, T. Sicilia
Low Cost Surveillance Of Aircraft And Weather For The Terminal Area 195
Clyde L. Humphrey
Precise, Unambiguous, Machine-Readable ATC Standards: Use Of 200
"Formal Methods" In The ATC Industry
Kalman C. Toth, Jeffrey J. Joyce, Jonathan Masters, Gerry Pelletier
Automating Conflict Prediction 205
T. Adrian Alleyne, Connie E. Elder, Drasko Sotirovski
The Changing Support Environment For Modern ATC Systems 210
Mark P. Cope
Human-Centered Interfaces For Air Traffic Control 215
Michael J. Daily, Jimmy A. Krozel
GPS NOTAM Procedures 220
David Phinney, Karen Van Dyke
Say Again? How Complexity And Format Of Air Traffic Control 225
Instructions Affect Pilot Recall
Judith Bfirki-Cohen
A Generic Remote Maintenance Subsystem To Service Small Airports 230
Gerald A. Schmid
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5. Solving Training Problems Using A Real ATC System 235
D. M. (Don) Smith, R. E. (Roger) Boyd, G. Ratzer
Improving CTAS Through The Use of Distributed Processing 240
John H. George, Jan Collins, David Ross, Eddie Bugg,
Howard Abrams
ASOS Dispatch Visual Range (DVR) Demonstration 246
Final Performance Report
Peter Sypher, Kevin M. Starr, Stephen M. Imbembo
A Demonstration Of Mode S Low Latency Data Link, Surface Target Tracking 252
And Controller-To-Aircraft Data Transmission
Glenn R. Snape, Peter F. Stevens
Final Monitor Aid 257
Michael R. Saltsman
"The Glass Tower Cab" -
Automation Before The Year 2000 262
Richard H. Grischkowsky, William J. Bergman
Just In Time Money 268
Gerald A. Trenholm, Jr., Pamela S. Freni
Environment For Development Of DSR Software Specifications 274
Bob Wiese
Computer-Based Cockpit Resource Management Training System 279
Massood Towhidnejad, James Leondike
NAS Infrastructure Management System 284
Rethinking Maintenance Automation
Thomas O. O'Keefe, Robert Krahe
Quadrant Altitudes And Free Flight -
A Comparison 289
Kevin Cain
Bridging The Future -
Cost Effective Terminal ATC Modernization 293
Through The TSD Contract
Dorothy M. McGehean, James Magee
Application Of Simulation To The Development And Analysis Of The 297
Aeronautical Data Link System
H. S. Gabrieli
Multifunction Phased-Array Primary Radar For Terminal Area Surveillance 303
N. J. Bucci, S. L. Katz, J. D. Lupnacca, C. A. Walker
China's Modernizing Air Traffic Control System 310
Elizabeth E. Keck
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6. An Advanced System Analysis And Evaluation Environment For Air Traffic 315
Control Systems
H. S. Gabrieli
Tracking Algorithm Alternatives For ATC 321
Keith Kastella, Mark Biscuso
Immersive Virtual Reality Technology Applications To Air Traffic Control 326
Mark W. Smolensky
Strategic Information Displays For Strategic Jobs: Matching Information 331
Displays To Task Structure
Mark W. Smolensky
A Useful Tool For Predicting GNSS Augmentation System Performance 336
Dennis L. Shaver, Andrew G. Johnson
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