Case study · Flagship program
FAA SMART/FMDS Compliance
2026 · live Sep 21, 2026·Program lead: stood the program up from zero
Led an airline's readiness for a new FAA data-sharing and flight-management program with a fixed regulatory go-live, delivered on the date while carrying the platform migration.
Challenge
A new FAA program arrived with a fixed regulatory deadline and no existing program structure inside the airline: no documentation, no tracking, no scoped workstreams.
Approach
- Built the foundational program documentation and tracking structure from scratch.
- Scoped the workstreams: FAA portal account provisioning, flight-plan filing integration with the flight planning system (NavBlue NFP), and a fleet-wide CPDLC/ACARS datalink equipage inventory.
- Coordinated delivery across SRE/infrastructure, datalink engineering, and vendor contacts.
Outcome
- Live on the regulatory date, September 21, 2026.
- Program stood up from zero with clear workstreams and owners.
Systems involved
- FAA SMART/FMDS
- NavBlue NFP
- ACARS / CPDLC
Milestones
- Sep 2026FAA SMART/FMDS live on the regulatory date