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National Office Departmental Update, Sept. 10, 2018

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8/27 Participated in EoR/MARS Leadership Team meeting. Participated in TBO Change Strategy meeting. 8/28 Attended TFDM demo by Leidos 8/19 Participated in NEC CI discussion 9/6 Participated in NEC procedures discussion/update with LGA ATCT and N90 Phil Hargarten, NATCA NEC CWG Article 114 PBN/METROPLEX DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION LEAD MONTHLY REPORT Metroplex: Florida Metroplex re-design work has begun on the Florida Metroplex SIDs/STARs. Part of the current Florida Metroplex re-scoping option is to incorporate a portion of the original Atlantic Coast Routes Project (ACRP) Q/Y routes from ZJX and ZMA. The Florida Metroplex team will work to connect the Q routes to the existing SIDs and STARs for a November 8, 2018 implementation. The team will then reconnect the future Metroplex SIDs and STARs to the Q routes at a later date. The northern ACR Q routes (ZDC and north) have been incorporated into the NEC initiative with a dedicated set of Co-Leads from the Eastern Service Center OSG PBN team. Detroit/Cleveland Metroplex has worked towards a September 13, 2018 implementation. The Denver Metroplex team began the re-start of the project the week of June 8. The Denver Metroplex team will also begin LOA work with the local facilities towards the end of September. The Las Vegas Metroplex is now moving forward with the project as originally scoped and continues to work its' way through the design phase of the project with 75% of the design complete. FAA leadership has been made aware of the resource constraints at L30 with the lack of training, airspace, and automation support structure. The Metroplex Leads meeting scheduled to take place in Cleveland on August 6-10, 2018 was cancelled and future meetings are TBD. PBN Policy and Support (AJV-14) is currently working with Flight Standards (AFS), Aeronautical Information Services (AIS), Service Center Operational Support Groups (OSGs), Flight Inspection, and PASS on a workgroup to look at ways to streamline the Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP) development processes to improve the way we validate incoming IFP requests. This work group will also look at ways to better prioritize valid requests that align better with safety needs and the PBN NAS Nav Strategy. This work group kicked off on March 28, 2017 with a week-long meeting in Seattle. The timeline for completion of the draft implementation plan was June 2018 and now has stood up an additional workgroup to define function and roles/responsibilities to incorporate into the new JO 7100.41B for IFP implementation. The next F2F for the IFP Process WG is scheduled for September 18-20, 2018. They will continue the weekly

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