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• PCPSI Terms of Reference (TOR): PCPSI Co-Chair Kathy Abbott gave a briefing on the workgroups TOR and asked for recommendations by our next meeting regarding any changes to the language based on the various issues this workgroup is involved with. • NAV CANADA PBN Update: Yan Picard of NAV CANADA provided an update. • FAA's Class B Excursions SRM Panel progress: Charlotte Boyd of AJI-314, Safety Engineering, gave an overview of the work that has been recommended by the Class Bravo Excursion SRMP. It is still in draft form and she would not release it but said she would talk with the FAA about getting this group a summary of the recommendations. • Phraseology Subgroup Update: Bennie Hutto of NATCA and Michael Cipriano of UAL are the Co-Leads of this subgroup and the first face-to-face meeting occurred on Oct. 30. The subgroups task is to evaluate and discuss the differences between the phraseology used within the FAA and ICAO concerning "Climb and Descend VIA," and see if there is any possibility of harmonizing it. • Runway Transition Assignment and Changes Update: Andrew Duda of AJV-8 gave an update based on the FAA 7110.65, Section 4-7-1 Document Change Proposal from the Safety Risk Management Panel (SRMP), where a change in requirements and phraseology was allowing controllers to issue runway changes if required, without having to provide radar vectors, provided the lateral and vertical path of the runway transition was identical. Although industry provided the requirements during the SRMP on what they could accept, and this change incorporated those changes, it was met with opposition by Gary McMullin of SWA even though he had participated in the simulator exercises for this change. He requested that a study be accomplished using line pilots to gain a better understanding of the impacts. He believes if it continues as written, then it will have major impacts on pilots as well as the potential to create problems within the NAS. AJV-8 wanted to continue with sending the DCP out to the field for comments, and then look at whether or not a study would be required. • Clearance Altitude – Expectations on Visual Approach Go Around: Marc Henegar of ALPA gave a presentation regarding an aircraft going around on a visual approach, where he advised that based on the information contained within the AIM and Part 121 aircraft not having easy access to the traffic pattern direction and altitude, it could create an issue between the pilot and ATC. He would like have ATC provide the traffic pattern direction and altitude if ATC is placing the aircraft into the local traffic pattern. Rune Duke of AOPA advised they are required to know this information prior to departing or obtain it once airborne if they are executing a visual approach and Part 121 should not be treated any different. I advised that this information should be provided by the airlines to their pilots and when they brief the approach, then they should also brief the traffic pattern direction and altitude. This may be discussed further at future meetings. • A-RNP Update & AFS-400 Reorganization: The group received a briefing from Jeff Kerr (AFS) on the restructuring of Flights Standards. • Visual Separation Applied to Takeoff Clearances: The LAS ATCT/TRACON was supposed to give a presentation but they could not make it due to staffing. However, a discussion still took place, and industry pilots asked questions about when ATC accepted pilot

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