Aviation Noise and Emissions Reduction Symposium (ANERS): Panel on Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) Implementation John-Paul Clarke Georgia Institute of Technology
Presenters 2 Robert Root ² RNP Project Engineer, Boeing Airspace Solutions Jason Schwartz ² Senior Noise Analyst, Port of Portland Ian Jopson ² Head of Environmental and Community Affairs, NATS UK James Allerdice ² Managing Partner, ABCx2
Robert Root 3 Rob Root is an RNP Project Engineer with Boeing Airspace Solutions. His primary responsibility is working with airline customers to implement Reuired Navigation Performance (RNP) operations, and to evaluate airplane performance in support of new RNP AR approach and departure procedure designs. Rob also brings twenty years of experience as a Boeing Flight Operations Engineer and Performance Training Instructor. Rob graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and he also holds a private pilot s license with instrument rating. Rob currently serves as an advisor to ICAO Performance-Based Navigation Study Group ICAO (PBNSG), representing the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations (ICCAIA), and he also represents the Boeing Company on the FAA Performance-Based Navigation NextGen Integration Working Group (PBN NIWG)
Jason Schwartz 4 Jason is a Senior Noise Analyst at the Port of Portland in Portland Oregon. Jason has over 20 years of airport management experience including airport operations, noise management, stakeholder engagement, and unmanned aircraft systems. Jason is the Port's lead on performance-based navigation and has been involved with PBN procedure design, implementation, and stakeholder engagement multiple airports. Jason is a passionate advocate inclusive stakeholder engagement especially in the design of performance-based navigation. He is also active within the aviation industry. Jason has participated on a number of Airport Cooperative Research Program projects and most recently chaired the ACRP Project 03-34 panel: Understanding the Airport s Role in Performance-Based Navigation. Jason was a member of the NextGen Advisory Committee PBN Blueprint for Success task groups I and II and serves on multiple CAEP task groups including Working Group 2, Task Group 1: Environmental Community Engagement for PBN.
Ian Jopson 5 Ian is currently Head of Environmental and Community Affairs at NATS, which provides air traffic services to 2.2 million flights a year and to the 15 biggest airports in the UK. He has more than twenty years experience in the sphere of environmental aviation issues in Europe and beyond, working for the Civil Aviation Authority and an independent consultancy. Ian is part of the environmental research team in the Single European Sky ATM Research programme, SESAR. He is chair of the UK Sustainable Aviation coalition focused on cleaner uieter smarter flying and a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society's Greener by Design Steering Group. Ian advises the UK state member of ICAO's Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection and works with ICAO's Operations environmental working group.
James Allerdice 6 Jim Allerdice is the Chief Consultant for Terminal Operations for Allerdice, Boyce, Chambers & Clarke, LLC, and an expert in the design and implementation of Performance Based Navigation (PBN) Systems. He began his Air Traffic Control career in the United States Air Force, then spent 31 years as a controller in the FAA, with over 22-years at Atlanta Tower/TRACON. Mr. Allerdice was the Chief Designer of the Area Navigation (RNAV) infrastructure for the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). He pioneered new and innovative designs such as the Euivalent Lateral Spacing Operations (ELSO) that have increased departure capacity at ATL by between 8-13 operations per hour. He was also heavily involved in the research and development of Optimized Profile Descent (OPD) procedures in the Atlanta TRACON. He was presented with the Secretary of Transportation's Award for Excellence on November 15, 2012.