{"id":3962,"date":"2018-03-23T05:58:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T09:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=3962"},"modified":"2019-11-02T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T17:41:20","slug":"notams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/notams\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing Notams &#8211; we&#8217;re on it. Help us."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Update: <em>November 1st, 2019<\/em>:<\/span> <strong>The Notam Team is up and running<\/strong> &#8211; we&#8217;re fixing Notams.<br \/>\nFollow our progress at <a href=\"http:\/\/fixingnotams.org\">fixingnotams.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fixingnotams.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8359\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fixing-notams-banner-1024x388.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fixing-notams-banner-1024x388.png 1024w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fixing-notams-banner-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fixing-notams-banner-768x291.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK. We&#8217;re done writing <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/the-problem-of-bullshit-notams\/\">articles<\/a> about it, and making <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/the-notam-goat-show\/\">goat jokes<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; we&#8217;ve moved the &#8220;<strong>Fixing Notams<\/strong>&#8221; job to the top of our list..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/opsgroup2018.com\">OpsGroup<\/a> is all about information &#8211; getting the <strong>essential risks and changes<\/strong> that flight ops personnel need to know about into their hands without delay. Our group agrees &#8211; plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/heres-what-pilots-and-controllers-really-think-about-notams\/\">colourful comments<\/a>\u00a0on Notams from members.<\/p>\n<p>Now we want your <strong>ideas and opinions<\/strong> on the fix.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s our ask<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Rate the current system<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0and then click the things you would like to see.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fsb1.typeform.com\/to\/irZiFM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3964\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Notams-survey-1024x319.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Notams-survey-1024x319.png 1024w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Notams-survey-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Notams-survey-768x239.png 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Notams-survey-676x211.png 676w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Notams-survey.png 1572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. If you&#8217;re <strong>in charge<\/strong> of a group of people &#8211; whether you are the Chief Pilot at Lufthansa, the Tower Chief in Shannon, or manage an Ops team of two &#8211; <strong>Get this out to your <\/strong><strong>people and ensure everyone has their say<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Forward this to your team of ATCO&#8217;s, Pilots, Dispatchers:<\/h3>\n<p>We especially want to hear from pilots, controllers, and dispatchers, and if you read on, you&#8217;ll see why.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do it like this<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Send them the survey link:\u00a0<strong>https:\/\/fsb1.typeform.com\/to\/irZiFM<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>OR, click here for a <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Notams&amp;body=Hey, saw this at FSB about Notams - they are looking for people to tell them what the new Notam system should look like. Check out https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/notams\">magic pre-written email<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OR, send them a link to flightservicebureau.org\/notams<\/li>\n<li>OR, share this\u00a0<strong>facebook <\/strong>post:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fflightservicebureau%2Fposts%2F2004589789554385&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"587\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The survey direct link is:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fsb1.typeform.com\/to\/irZiFM\"><strong>https:\/\/fsb1.typeform.com\/to\/irZiFM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Solution<\/h2>\n<p>If you took the survey, you saw this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fsb1.typeform.com\/to\/irZiFM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3966\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln1-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln1-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln1-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln1-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln1-676x390.png 676w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln1.png 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That part is pretty easy &#8211; presenting the <strong>Output<\/strong> of the system is a straightforward enough task.<\/p>\n<p>The I<strong>nput<\/strong> part &#8211; that&#8217;s where the real work is.<\/p>\n<p>First, we are working on an Artificial Intelligence answer to finding Critical Notams in the current legacy system. This will allow us to present the data flow in order of what matters, and leave those cranes, birds, and grass cutters right at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Second,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fsb1.typeform.com\/to\/irZiFM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3967\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln2-1024x257.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln2-1024x257.png 1024w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln2-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln2-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln2-676x169.png 676w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Soln2.png 1612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you read my article on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@markzee\/mh17-a-darker-truth-21dc21879fa7\">MH17<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a darker truth<\/strong>, you&#8217;ll understand why it&#8217;s important to open up the system to allow a trusted group to shape the information flow.<\/p>\n<p>That begins with <strong>Pilots, Air Traffic Controllers, and Dispatchers<\/strong>. I have the great fortune to be all three, and it&#8217;s very clear to me that just like Trip Advisor &#8211; and our own &#8220;<em>Airport Spy<\/em>&#8221; in OpsGroup &#8211; this idea will work. We&#8217;ve already seen in OpsGroup how much we trust the information from other users in our group.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s key to the future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidclements.me\/2016\/11\/15\/why-institutional-trust-has-vanished-and-distributed-trust-is-soaring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trust<\/a> of the Notam system. Which we should rename, but that&#8217;s another days work.<\/p>\n<p>If you got this far, thank you for being part of the solution! You can always write me a note at mark@fsbureau.org<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<br \/>\nMark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: November 1st, 2019: The Notam Team is up and running &#8211; we&#8217;re fixing Notams&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,319],"tags":[1079,869,1058,792,1078],"class_list":{"0":"post-3962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings","8":"category-news-item","9":"tag-distributed-trust","10":"tag-mh17","11":"tag-notam","12":"tag-notams","13":"tag-survey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3962"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8361,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3962\/revisions\/8361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}