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LABOR RELATIONS DEPARTMENT EMP-1.37 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST HIRING On Dec. 14, 2018, the Agency briefed NATCA regarding EMP-1.37 Air Traffic Control Specialist Hiring. EMP-1.37 outlines the Agency's policies for recruiting, assessing, and selecting candidates for ATCS positions. It cancels and replaces Policy Bulletin 90: Air Traffic Control Specialist Hiring for New Appointments. EMP-1.37 addresses numerous aspects of ATCS hiring, including: recruitment; maximum entry age; mandatory separation; qualifications and other requirements; position level and setting salary; training; external recruitment of entry-level candidates; reinstatement of certain former ATCSs; and reemployed annuitants. NATCA is carefully reviewing EMP-1.37 and will determine whether to submit bargaining proposals to the Agency. POCs: National Training Lead Tom Adcock, Chief of Staff Dean Iacopelli, Special Counsel to the President Eugene Freedman, Director of Labor Relations Ryan Smith, and Labor Relations Attorney Grant Mulkey BRIEFING REQUESTS On Dec. 13, 2018, NATCA requested a briefing on the FAA Enterprise Network Service (FENS). We are currently waiting for a response from the Agency regarding our request. POCs: Labor Relations Attorney Grant Mulkey and Labor Relations Coordinator Kendal Manson On Dec. 6, 2018, NATCA requested a briefing on HRPM EMS-11.2: Guidance on Pay Issues Related to Disaster/Emergency Situations. We are currently waiting for a response from the Agency regarding our request. POCs: Labor Relations Attorney Grant Mulkey and Labor Relations Coordinator Kendal Manson

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• ERAW received a briefing from Second Level Engineering and the Program Office on the Alternate Display Path in support of R-side Tech Refresh. The goal is to allow the AIX processor to provide data to the glass in the event of an MDM failure due to th...
• SE2 Use Case Updates
• o 4th Line – The team reached agreement on the 4th Line use case referencing the ON/OFF switch functionality. Once all team members concur, the use case will be sent to SLE.
• o Airspace Transfer – The team discussed the changes to the use case and a section was added for the "Push" function. The team also decided that language should be added to capture review of national procedures.
• DataComm CHI
• o The uplink type for Speed and Route Generic Uplinks was discussed. A recommendation was made to modify the classification of the Confirm Speed (uM134) and Confirm Assigned Route uplinks from Temporary Generic Uplinks to Permanent Generic Uplinks. Th...
• ER 195554 AHI and Point Outs
• o The team reviewed and reached agreement on the problem statement, "The desired behavior is to add system functionality that will insert an AHI (Auto Handoff Inhibit) for an aircraft from the initiating sector to the receiving sector after the receiv...
• ER 194653 Pending Font and Brightness
• o The team discussed and reached consensus on the problem statement, "Its desired behavior is to change the button functions on the SAA Filter Menu so that both hot and pending airspaces can be changed independently."
• Altimeter CAR
• o The team discussed updating altimeters at a more frequent rate. A task team has been created to work the issue with SLE and respond to the CAR.
• ER 186070 Weather Updates
• o The ER describes a situation where the weather report for a specific station did not update and the old weather remained displayed. A draft problem statement will be created with a desired behavior of reporting weather observations as missing, if th...
• PDRR/ABRR
• o Critical AIMS 196440 was written against PDRR and a software fix is needed to correct the issue. The ERAM fix will be delivered in April 2019, and the TFMS fix in 2020 or later. The initial suggestion is to disable PDRR at the facility level until t...