摘要: |
As a result of monitoring and modeling efforts by Eurocontrol and the FAA, two change proposals have been created to change the TCAS II V7.0 logic. The first, CP-112E, addresses safety issues referred to as SA01 events have to do with the reversal logic contained in the TCAS algorithm, e.g. when TCAS reverses the sense of an RA from climb to descend. Typically, reversals occur to resolve deteriorating conditions during an encounter. V7.0 contained reversal logic based on certain assumptions and engineering judgment, but operational experience obtained since deployment has compelled a re-evaluation in areas of that logic, specifically having to do with late reversals. The second change proposal, CP-115, rectifies observed confusion surrounding the aural annunciation AVSA during an RA by replacing it with the annunciation LOLO, and changing the TCAS V7.0 display and logic to appropirately support the change. Collectively, the changes to the TCAS logic in both CP-112E and CP-115 are referred to as TCAS II V7.1. Including in this document is a safety study that considers V7.1 as a whole, and also the first safety study that uses the U.S. correlated encounter model developed by Lincoln Laboratory for testing TCAS. |