PASCO Board Meeting Agenda
Meeting – March 9, 2009 Special Airspace Meeting Agenda
See PDF Document of Meeting Agenda for best viewing.
Participants/Invitees
SSA
Phil Umphres Chairman of the SSA Board of Directors & SSA Region 10 director
Steve Northcraft SSA Region 8 Director and Chair of the Government Liaison Committee
Cindy Brickner SSA Region 12 Director, Vice Chair and Secretary of the Executive Committee,
Chair of the Commercial Operators and Business Members Committee
Chair of the Airspace and Pilot Certification Sub Committees,
Stew Crane SSA State Governor for Nevada
Marc Ramsey SSA State Governer for Northern California
Jay McDaniel SSA Region 11 Director , treasurer Las Vegas Valley Soaring
PASCO
Peter Deane President Larry Roberts Director
Bruce Roberts Vice President Mike Mayo Director ( Truckee )
Hans Van Weersch Treasurer Joel Klein Director
Karol Hines Director Fred Lasor Safety Officer
Rolf Peterson FAA Liaison Ramy Yanetz Awards Chair
Tyler White Membership Chair, AirSailing President
Concerned Region 11 Pilots
Peter Kelly (Williams) Jim Herd ( Minden ) Bill Ludlow ( Minden )
Laurie Harden (SoaringNV) Mike Moore (SoarMinden) Darryl Ramm
Kempton Izuno John Morgan ( Minden ) Dave Bingham (Minden)
Pre-briefing reading material (to follow)
PASCO procedures and pilot card.
PASCO WestWind article about procedures.
Jon Hannans letter to FAA .
Peters graphics of jet traffic routes and glider routes around Reno .
Goal of Meeting
Bring all meeting SSA, PASCO and concerned Region 11 pilots up to date with current glider-jet traffic safety situation around Reno – provide a forum for understanding the key factors and capacities for action at the national, regional and local level.
Clarify history of PASCO work with Reno TRACON to define current PASCO recommended practices and the reasons why this agreement exists
Clarify SSA position (long term and short term) on transponder rule making and FAA liaison
Discuss and clarify short term options for reducing glider-jet near miss occurrences near Reno
Discuss and clarify long term solutions for reducing glider-jet near miss occurrences near Reno
Define short term actions that can improve safety in the Reno airspace.
Roles & Responibilities
Timekeeper TBD Secretary TBD
GroundRules
No personal attacks. Expect different views to be shared.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Allow others points to be finished.
Request the floor from the Chairman before speaking during discussion segments (large meeting)
No grandstanding.
Agenda
15 mins Participant introductions - review of agenda and process Peter
10 mins Brief History of the PASCO procedures - Karol statement
10m mins Role of SSA and SSA position on transponder rulemaking - Steve/Phil/Cindy
10 mins Summary of Current Situation and events- Peter statement
10 mins Events after the near miss, local implications - Fred statement
10 mins Events after the near miss, FAA implications - Karol statement
5 mins Problem Definition - short and long term - Peter statement
15 mins Short and near term options for improving safety Rolf, Fred
statements
20 mins Open floor for new options and inputs on proposals Peter chair.
10 mins Action items for the short term Peter chair
5 mins Summarize and Next steps Peter chair
2 hrs total