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airspace, since the same delays have not been seen at other sites. ZKC is planning on running 1100-1800 runs starting on Oct. 18, which will also help determine if the delays are isolated to ZID airspace. When a controller enters a command into ERAM to uplink a clearance to an aircraft, the message is usually delivered in a few seconds. The pilot would then open the message and view the instructions and respond with either a Wilco or an Unable. The response back from the aircraft would also be delivered within a few seconds. The time it takes a pilot to open a message, understand and execute should be the only variable of how long the message takes to be responded to. In most cases, when you send a frequency change to an aircraft, the response should be received in about 30 seconds. Clearances that include loadable route information can take longer to receive a response because of actions the pilot must take to load and review the new route, however the delivery time of the message is still delivered within a few seconds. ENROUTE AUTOMATION WORKGROUP (ERAW) Julio Henriques (ZNY) leads the ERAW efforts for NATCA. Rex Jackson (ZDC) provides the report below: FTRs continue to support CPDLC Expanded DFV testing at ZID and Limited DFV testing at ZKC and ZME. All three keysites are progressing towards IOC by the end of CY 2018. EAE130 Ops Eval testing exposed two critical issues that require a rebuild prior to beginning keysite TTL and Ops testing. The new release will be tested at the Tech Center the week of Oct. 15. Based on successful testing EAE130 will be TTL tested at ZLC, ZME, and ZSC Oct. 22-27. The team was briefed and reviewed the updated 8-1-1 guide for EAE130. Changes included terminology updates from DataComm to CPDLC, and additional information in the CDPLC Down outage and CPDLC Query Service outage. The Typing Buffer task team completed the awareness item and it is now being distributed to all sites. The new functionality is delivered in EAE121. The National User Team attended a quarterly meeting Sept. 18-20. The following items are an example of issues worked and decisions made: • Controller Card: The team reviewed and agreed to the changes for the EAE130 release version of the Controller Card. This version will include more DataComm functions. The new document will be released electronically and in print version. • ER 191218 CS 0 (ZERO) Command: This ER will be delivered via a PRED in the EAE130 release. The new functionality will require extra steps to help prevent accidental opening of all sectors with a single command.

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