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group supports the plan, but we still have two levels of AJT to brief before final approval and support can be achieved. We were given approval to submit a request for 16 part-time National Training Cadre Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in November. The cadre will make up approximately 25 percent of the total team of NATCA, Management, and contractors we anticipate will be needed to successfully roll out and train TFDM. Developing the system and training concurrently continues to be a risk with TFDM, not only with the length of the courses but with any slips in the testing schedule. The current date for IOC is November 2019 in PHX, but the date is constantly at risk, with even minor adjustments to the testing schedule having huge impacts on the development of the training documents. We are continuing to work to stay on schedule, but if the training can't be completed on time, a slip in the IOC date will have to occur. CFS was held the week of Oct. 22, and Leidos brought out a recent build of TFDM to demo in their booth. Thank you to all of the controllers who stopped by to get a demonstration of the current capabilities and offer their suggestions on how we can make TFDM better. The team looks forward to getting back to work next week to continue the process and finish Build 1 and electronic flight strips. Also, a special thank you to the NATCA TFDM team and their tireless efforts this week, both at CFS covering the booth as well as back in D.C. attending the meetings and ensuring the work continued getting done. None of this would be possible without their dedication, professionalism, and sheer will. Advanced Electronic Flight Strips (AEFS) Although the system continues to run in CLT, a loss of service for approximately 30 minutes in mid-October is causing the delay of a suitability call for the 5.5 build. This build has interface additions to ATD-2 and ARMT which may be causing the issues. The tech center is looking into the logs of AEFS from that week to see if they can pinpoint the issue. Once they find the cause, a fix will be made and installed as soon as possible. Once Terminal Second Level Engineering has been able to schedule a timeframe to visit LAS, they will update their system so that LAS personnel can look at their last adaptation from 2 years ago to see if it's still a fit. This adaptation was a build prior to them moving into their new tower, so adjustments will likely have to be made to fit within their new operations. Once that is completed, LAS will make a determination of whether to move forward with the install, training, and eventual usage of AEFS. • CLT: Some lag and one freeze of the system has led NATCA and the FAA to hold a suitability call until the issues can be found and fixed. • PHX: Upgrade of PHX to the 5.4 build is currently scheduled for the week of Feb. 18.

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