GENOT RWA 6/13
Subject: Amendment to TIPH Procedures
Effective: March 20, 2006
Background: TIPH operational errors continue to occur. We reviewed these events and determined that changes to FAAO 7110.65 are needed to mitigate significant risk factors that commonly occurred in these events.
Please amend FAAO 7110.65R paragraphs 3-9-4G, and 3-10-5B as follows:
Paragraph 3-9-4C: When an aircraft is authorized to taxi into position and hold, inform it of the closest traffic that is cleared to land, touch-and-go, stop-and-go, or unrestricted low apporach to the same or parallel runway separated by less than 2,500 feet.
"United five, runway two four left, position and hold. Traffic a Boeing seven thirty seven, six mile final runway two four right."
Do not authorize aircraft to taxi into takeoff position to hold simultaneously on intersecting runways.
Paragraph 3-10-5B: "USN not applicable." Inform the closest aircraft that is cleared to land, touch-and go, stop-and-go, or unrestricted low approaches when there is traffic authorized to taxi into position and hold on the same or parallel runway separated by less than 2,500 feet.
"Delta one, runway two four right, cleared to land. Traffic holding in position, runway two four left."
GENOT 6/15 Notice N7210.622
Ammend FAAO 7210.30 as follows:
ADD PARAGRAPH 10-3-8, TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD (TIPH) OPERATIONS
A. THE AT MANAGER MUST DETERMINE AN OPERATIONALNEED EXISTSBEFORE CONDUCTING TIPH OPERATIONS, TO INCLUDE SUCH FACTORS AS CAPACITY, EFFIEIENCY, USER INPUT, ETC.
B. BEFORE AUTHORIZING TIPH OPERATIONS AS SPECIFIEDIN FAA ORDER 7110.65, THE AT MANAGERS MUST ENSURE THE FOLLOWING:
1. REVIEW THE IMPACT THAT AIRPORT CONFIGURATION AND LOCAL CONDITIONS MAY HAVE ON THE APPLICATION OF TIPH PROCEDURES.
2. PREPARE A FACILITY DIRECTIVE:
(A) PRESCRIBING LOCAL PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING THESE OPERATIONS.
(B) PRESCRIBING METHODS TO ASSIST THE LOCAL CONTROLLER IN MAINTAINING AWARENESS OF AIRCRAFT POSITIONS ON THE AIRPORT, SUCH METHODS MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, READING BACK THE PILOT'S STATED POSITION, ANNOTATING FLIGHT PROGRESS STRIPS, POSTING OR ARRANGING FLIGHT PROGRESS STRIPS ACCORDING TO AIRCRAFT'S INTENDED TAKEOFF POSITION, OR MARKING THE LOCATION OF AIRCRAFT WITH COLOR-CODED CHIPS ON A MAGNETIC DIAGRAM OF THE AIRPORT.
(C) PRESCRIBING THE CONSOLIDATION AND STAFFING OF POSITIONS.
(D) PRESCRIBING THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SAFETY LOGIC SYSTEM TO OPERATE IN THE FULL CORE ALERT RUNWAY CONFIGURATION.
3. LOCAL CONTROL POSITION SHALL NOT BE CONSOLIDATED/COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER POSITION. FOR EXAMPLE, LOCAL CONTROL POSITION SHALL NOT BE COMBINED WITH ANOTHER LOCAL POSITION, CIC, LOCAL ASSIST, GROND CONTROL, CLEARANCE DELIVERY/FLIGHT DATA, ETC.
4. WHERE THE TOWER ASSOCIATE (LOCAL ASSIST) POSITION OR A LOCAL MONITOR POSITION IS ESTABLISHED, THIS POSITION SHALL BE STAFFED. THIS POSITION IS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL TO THE OPERATIONAL INTEGRITY AND SAFETY LEVELS REQUIRED TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR SURFACE ERRORS AND LAND-OVER INCIDENTS.
5. SUPERVISOR/CIC POSITION SHALL NOT BE COMBINEDWITH ANY OTHER POSITION.
6. AT THOSE FACILITIES WITH SAFETY LOGIC SYSTEMS, THE SYSTEM SHALL BE OPERATING IN THE FULL CORE ALERT RUNWAY CONFIGURATION.
7. ENSURE WATCH SUPERVISORS/CIC'S REVIEW FAA ORDER 7210.3, PARAGRAPH 2-6-1 A, WATCH SUPERVISION, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MAINTAINING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT WITH A GOAL TOWARD ELIMINATING DISTRACTIONS.
C. AT MANAGERS MUST SUBMIT OPERATIONAL NEED FOR TIPH AND FACILITY DIRECTIVE TO THE APPROPRIATE TERMINAL SERVICE UNIT AREA DIRECTOR FOR APPROVAL.
D. TERMINAL SERVICE UNIT AREA DIRECTORS WILL CONDUCT AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF FACILITIES CONDUCTING TIPH OPERATIONS.