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• Integrated Departure Manager (IDM) Tasking: beginning work with NASA to discuss the addition of PHL to the IDM HITL's being conducted to seek the potential benefits of a more gate to gate process. • The FAA Co-lead, Al Mahilo from ZOB, is retiring and the new co-lead will be Mark Holben from the Command Center. • The FET Team will meet next on Nov. 5-8 at the Delta Air Lines AOC in Atlanta, Ga. TERMINAL AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR) Aaron Rose (NCT) is the TAMR Article 114 Representative for NATCA. His report is below: In the past four weeks, we have completed four Initial Operating Capacities (IOC) in collaboration with the agency. Tri-Cities, Tenn., Greenville, N.C., Little Rock, Ark., and Jacksonville, Fla. all transitioned. Thanks go out to each NATCA local, for welcoming myself and each NATCA TAMR SME on-site to ensure a smooth transition. Rose visited Greenville, Las Vegas (for CFS), and Washington, D.C. While in D.C., Rose attended the Initial Trajectory Based Operations (iTBO) kickoff meeting. This was a comprehensive meeting about how each program (TSAS, TFDM, TBFM) will interact to produce a time-based schedule to move aircraft from aerodrome to aerodrome. This will start in the Northeast corridor, then to the Denver and Atlanta regions. He also visited and attended meetings with the TAMR program manager and the FAA Requirements department. The Greenville visit was for the IOC transition from ARTS 2E to STARS. Joining Rose from the TAMR NATCA team was Jon Bealles (A80), Anthony Loguidice (ABE), and Richard Thomas (GEG). This is Richard Thomas's 20 th site visit as the NATCA TAMR facility lead. Thank you Chris Clack (GSP FacRep) for working with the SMEs to ensure a smooth transition. There was an in-person TAMR Article 114 meeting held in Washington, D.C. Topics ranged from software issues to how we integrate Terminal Spacing and Sequencing (TSAS) software prior to Operating System (OS) migration. The OS will be upgraded to Linux RedHat in 2021. Software will be delayed due to the migration to the new OS. Additionally, there was an Article 114 telcon on Oct. 25. Discussions revolved around keyboard issues at OMA and how replacements are shipped from the vendor. Keyboards which have been refurbished have been coming out of the depot with debris inside, TSLE (FAA second level engineering) is working with the vendor to ensure this does not happen in the future. Binghamton tower and approach have yet to ORD (Operational Readiness Decision) on their STARS equipment due to writing surfaces not being replaced when promised. The Program Management Office (PMO) is working with Engineering Services (ES) to ensure steps are taken to install and provide a timeline to the facility. As well Greenville, which just transitioned, did not have the writing surfaces delivered and PMO is working on a timeline. NATCA TAMR will keep an eye on these endeavors to ensure what was promised is delivered.

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