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Weather Training

Weather Training. Rick Heuwinkel , Manager (A) Aviation Weather Division August 8, 2012. Weather Training Is:. Critical to effective operational decision making Complex Expensive, especially in terms of taking controllers, dispatchers, and pilots off position or flight deck

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Weather Training

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  1. Weather Training Rick Heuwinkel, Manager (A) Aviation Weather Division August 8, 2012

  2. Weather Training Is: • Critical to effective operational decision making • Complex • Expensive, especially in terms of taking controllers, dispatchers, and pilots off position or flight deck • Often under funded, because of 2 & 3 above AND/OR • Conducive to highly intuitive Decision Support Tools to reduce training time/costs

  3. Aviation Weather Training Activities • Aviation Weather Division in NextGen is initiating a small service analysis effort to: • Assess current level of controller training – the “as is” • Identify high level training needs in a NextGen context of automated/semiautomated Decision Support Tools -- the “to be” state. • Assess the gap • ATO components continue to assess, develop and conduct near-term operational training • NWS continues to provides important weather training support to FAA

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