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However, we are equally excited to have the opportunity to move this program forward into its next phase. Lydia Baune has been an excellent addition to the team and brings along some great ideas for improvement. We have finished training the bulk of our District Chairpersons with a class at ORD on Sept. 19 and 20. This covered the implementation of the RESPECT initiative along with restructuring of the PS program. We still have a few people to train in this role. We have one empty seat from the ZFW area, and we had a bit of a struggle getting one off the schedule (LAX) for training. We also had one last minute change as Lydia Baune moves onto the national team, and we replaced her district chair position with Deanna Folsom form BOI. To date, the Professional Standards program has received 2,790 submissions with 90 percent of those being resolved. That's 2,518 issues that NATCA was able to resolve at the lowest level, peer to peer, without management involvement in the outcome. Approximately 70 percent of those cases are submitted by management, demonstrating the FAA's belief that the peer to peer method used by the program is working. The recidivism rate is very low, indicating that the one on one discussions between committee members and controllers has a long-lasting, positive effect on the safety of the system and the professionalism of our controllers. We now have an active PS tab on the NATCA website. It covers information for FacReps, members, and PS members, with contact information for all active Professional Standards Committee members and District chairpersons. We also have a link to email us directly. Please take a moment and check it out! If you have any questions about the Professional Standards Program, please do not hesitate to contact any of the NATCA National Professional Standards committee members at ps@natca.net. REMOTE RADIO CONTROL SYSTEM (RRCS) Corrie Conrad (PDX) is the RRCS Article 114 Representative. Her report is below: AWI (All Weather Inc.) is on the third version of the SSS (System Subsystem Specification) document because the content does not meet procedural requirements. They cannot move forward with the PDR (Preliminary Design Review) until this document is approved. PDR has been moved to March 2019. SURFACE CONCEPT TEAM (SCT) Kyle Andrews (ORD) is the representative to the Surface Concept Team (SCT) for Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). His report is below: The SCT came out of the summer hiatus with a telcon on Sept. 17 to review the current tasking (78 & 79) and discuss the schedule for upcoming Collaborative Site Implementation Team (CSIT)

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