Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee
Distribution: ZAT-464, ZAT-721 Initiated By: AJR-0Vice President, System Operations Services
Effective Date:
October 31, 2008
SUBJ: Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee
1. Purpose of This Order. This order renews and constitutes the charter for the Air Traffic
Procedures Advisory Committee (ATPAC) as required under the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., appendix 2).
2. Audience. This order applies to the following Air Traffic Organization (ATO) service units:
En Route and Oceanic, Terminal, Safety, and System Operations Services; and aviation industry
representatives.
3. Where Can I Find This Order? This order is available on the MYFAA employee Web site at
https://employees.faa.gov/tools_resources/orders_notices/.
4. Cancellation. This order cancels Federal Aviation Administration Order (FAAO) 1110.76R,
Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee, effective October 26, 2006.
5. Background.
a. On January 28, 1975, the Secretary of Transportation established a task force to examine the
overall organizational structure and management approach of the FAA, including the FAA’s use of
delegations in carrying out its statutory safety mission, and to examine the relationship of the safety
mission to the FAA’s other missions. On April 30, 1975, the task force submitted its report to the
Secretary of Transportation. The report contained a recommendation for establishing a standing group
composed of air carrier, controller, general aviation, military, and pilot representatives to review ATC
procedures and practices. The FAA established ATPAC in response to the recommendation.
b. ATPAC serves the public interest by providing a forum for interaction among the FAA, the
military, the airlines, airline pilots, ATC personnel, general aviation pilots, business pilots, and their
representatives. The level of expertise and balanced viewpoint of this committee have enabled early
identification of potential problem areas and accelerated early corrective actions, thereby creating greater
safety and public confidence in the Nation’s air transportation system.
6. Objective and Scope.
a. ATPAC, consistent with its original charter, is to review present air traffic control (ATC)
procedures and practices.
b. The committee, as additional tasks, may:
(1) Analyze new or significantly revised ATC procedural concepts.
(2) Review the adequacy of charts, diagrams, and illustrations used to convey information
concerning the application of ATC procedures and their relevance to current, revised, or proposed
ATC procedures and concepts.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
National Policy
ORDER
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(3) Identify aviation regulations that have an impact on present, new, or significantly revised
ATC procedures and concepts.
7. Duties.
a. The committee makes recommendations, by consensus, for standardizing, clarifying, and
upgrading terminology and procedures, as a result of its review of present ATC procedures and
practices.
b. The committee provides advice and makes recommendations, by consensus, concerning
those terms reviewed under paragraph 5b of this order.
c. The committee acts in a solely advisory capacity in accomplishing its duties.
8. Organization and Administration. ATPAC is comprised of a general membership, an
executive director, and a chairperson.
a. The committee consists of representatives of organizations selected by the FAA as most
representative of the various viewpoints of aviation and airspace users. The FAA will ensure a
membership that is fairly balanced in terms of points of view of those represented and the functions to
be performed by the committee. To ensure the recommendations of the committee have taken into
account the needs of diverse groups served by the department, membership must include, to the extent
practicable, individuals or organizations to represent minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
Each member organization must designate one representative and an alternate. The current member
organizations are as follows:
(1) FAA
(2) U.S. Army
(3) U.S. Navy
(4) U.S. Air Force
(5) Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
(6) Allied Pilots Association
(7) Air Line Pilots Association
(8) Air Traffic Control Association, Inc.
(9) National Business Aviation Association, Inc.
(10) National Air Traffic Controllers Association
(11) Helicopter Association International
(12) Aviation Safety Reporting System Office
(13) Continental Airlines
(14) Professional Women Controllers, Inc.
(15) American Airlines
(16) Airline Dispatchers Federation
b. The FAA Administrator is the sponsor of the committee. The ATO Chief Operating Officer
receives all committee recommendations or reports. The ATO Chief Operating Officer must appoint an
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executive director and an alternate. The executive director serves as the Designated Federal Official of
the committee. The committee may not meet in the absence of the executive director. However, in case
of an emergency, the alternate will serve as the executive director. The executive director must adjourn
any committee meeting whenever he or she determines adjournment to be in the public interest. The
executive director must:
(1) Provide administrative support for the committee and must provide a secretariat.
(2) Formulate an agenda for each meeting, which will be approved in advance by the sponsor.
(3) Provide for the taking of minutes at each meeting.
(4) Distribute information to each member and alternate member at least 30 days before each
scheduled meeting. The information must include at a minimum:
(a) Notification of the time and location of the scheduled meeting.
(b) Agenda for the meeting.
(c) Copies of each new area of concern (AOC) received to date.
c. A chairperson must be elected upon each charter renewal by a majority vote of the designated
representatives. Meetings must not be conducted in the absence of the chairperson; however,
in case of an emergency, the chairperson may designate a committee member to serve as chairperson.
The chairperson should be promptly notified of any changes in representation. The chairperson:
(1) Determines, in coordination with the executive director, when a meeting is required and
where it will be held.
(2) Conducts the meeting, including determination of priority and time allowed for discussion
of AOCs and other committee business.
(3) Ensures the committee only makes recommendations that fall within the scope of the
charter (that is, deals with ATC procedures).
(4) Serves as a facilitator during the discussions. The chairperson will ensure that all points
of view are heard and will take an impartial role in the discussions, especially when working to achieve
consensus on a recommendation.
(5) Certifies the accuracy of the minutes.
d. Meetings must be held, as needed, approximately once each quarter.
e. Detailed minutes must be kept of each committee meeting. The minutes must include the time
and place of the meeting; a list of committee members and staff and Agency employees present at the
meeting; a complete summary of matters discussed and conclusions reached; copies of all reports
received, issued, or approved by the committee; a description of public participation, including a list
of the members of the public who presented oral or written statements; and a description of the public
statements.
f. The committee meetings will be open to the public, and timely notice of such meetings must be
published in the Federal Register at least 15 calendar days before the meeting, except in emergency
situations. The proposed agenda, as well as the time and place of the meeting and information that the
meeting will be open to the public, should be included in the notice which should be forwarded to the
Office of the Chief Counsel, Attention: Rules Dockets, AGC-10, 800 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20591, approximately 30 days before the meeting. Other forms of notice, such as press
releases, are to be used to the extent practicable.
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g. Representatives of the nongovernmental member organizations serve without government
compensation and bear all costs related to their participation on the committee.
9. Estimated Cost. The estimated annual operating cost (including pro rata share of salaries
of Department of Transportation employees) is $60,000. Approximately .55 person-years will be
required to support the committee.
10. Public Participation. Each committee meeting must be open to the public and interested persons
must be permitted to attend and appear before the committee, subject to reasonable limitations of space
and time. Meetings may be closed to the public only as authorized by section 10(d) of the
FACA, 5 U.S.C., App., as amended, and applicable regulations. Meetings or portions of a meeting
should be closed in accordance with subsection (c) of section 552(b) of title 5, U.S. Code. Any such
determination must be in writing and contain the reasons for the determination. If such a determination
is made, the advisory committee must issue a report at least annually setting forth a summary of its
activities and such related matters, as would be informative to the public consistent with the policy of
section 552(b) of title 5, U.S. Code. Interested persons may file written statements with the committee
at any time.
11. Availability of Records. Subject to section 552 of title 5, U.S. Code, records, reports, transcripts,
minutes, appendixes, working papers, drafts, studies, agendas, and other documents that are made
available to or prepared for or by the committee must be available for public inspection and copying at
the office of the ATO Chief Operating Officer, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington,
D.C. 20591. Fees must be charged for information furnished to the public in accordance with the
fee schedule published in part 7 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
12. Public Interest. The continued use and existence of ATPAC are determined to be in the public
interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law.
13. Effective Date and Duration. Renewal of this committee is effective October 31, 2008, which is the
filing date of this charter. The committee must remain in existence for 2 years after this date unless sooner
terminated, renewed, or extended.
14. Distribution. This order is distributed to the following ATO service units: En Route and Oceanic,
Terminal, Safety, and System Operations Services; the Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service; and
aviation industry representatives.
Robert A. Sturgell
Acting Administrator 10/31/08
Date Signed
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