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overview of what the Ops team has already accomplished and a plan moving forward to impro ve the arrival system for PHL. The group collectively worked on prioritizing work to be add ressed during this site visit. The highest priority was to review the "Trapping" issue with PHL arrivals. The Trapping issue refers to the way certain aircraft were "hard coded" into the TBFM system to be assigned the secondary runway. Extensive work was accomplished on the runw ay decision tree and appears to have solved this issue. There will be future visits needed to work on Nominal Interior Routes, TBFM configurations as well as refining the Matrix to go along with these configurations. The Ops Team also had members in ZOA t o observe the new IDAC adaptation and customization files that were loaded onto the TBFM system. This is in preparation for the IDAC Training and turn - on scheduled for the last 2 weeks of July at SFO, SJC, OAK, RNO and SMF. TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TFMS) Brian Campos (DCC) represents the NATCA membership as their Article 114 Repre sentative to the TFMS project. His report is below: Due to heavy thunderstorm events for the entire month of June, no time - off was available from the operational floor to conduct any meeting or discussions relating to TFMS Deployment topics currently in process. Current topics waiting further interactions are with the Surface Viewer, TFMS Tech refresh deployment, regression testing overhaul and AIMs ticket review. TFMS DT team meeting at the WJHTC (Tech Cen ter) was canceled due to summer time staffing unable to support it. TFMS DT will try to continue to conduct Go - to meetings to address tasks. There was a short discussion with some team members on the TFMS Tech refresh deployment, addressing some early thinking on content for ELMS course development. Since we are changing from current state, which is REDHAT 5 looking like REDHAT 3, to REDHAT 7, it has a notic eable different look and feel. Because of this, points were m ade that the training should also contain how you do things today paired with how you would do th at task with the new REDHAT 7. This information was shared with WJHTC training for inclusion. The June TFMS DT meetings in June were canceled and as of toda y, July has also been canceled due to facilities unable to release personnel from the operation to support the activity. WAKE TURBULENCE John Murdock (PHL) is the Article 114 Representative to the Wa ke Turbulence Office for NATCA. H is update for the week is below: The Consolidated Wake Turbulence (CWT) order received final approval and is published as FAA JO 7110.126.