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implementation plan was June 2018 and now has stood up an additional workgroup to define function and roles / responsibilities to incorporate into the new JO 7100.41B for IFP implementation. The next F2F for the IFP Process workgroup is scheduled for Jan. 29-31, 2019, in Washington, D.C., but will continue the weekly telcons for the workgroup. The PBN office continues to work with the VOR MON Program Office to integrate and coordinate PBN activities with the VOR MON waterfall schedule through 2025. The next PBN co-leads meeting is scheduled for Jan. 15-17, 2019, in D.C., with co-leads represented from all three service centers to continue to work on prioritization of single site projects. AUTOMATED TERMINAL PROXIMITY ALERT (ATPA) Mike Sanders (SCT) is the Article 114 Representative for ATPA. His report is below: ATPA is now available for any facility operating under a STARS platform. To enable ATPA, Air Traffic will determine airports / runways they wish to utilize and then work with the OSF on adaptation. Training is required for all controllers at facilities using ATPA, through an eLMS course and a brief lab demonstration of ATPA entries and features. Please provide feedback on training. ATPA is voluntary for controllers at his/her display. Facilities are not permitted to make any portion of ATPA mandatory. There were several questions I received this month on adaptation options for STARs facilities and Micro EARTs. Keep the questions coming; it's a great tool for all to use. If you have any question on training or adaptation, please contact me below: Mike Sanders SoCal TRACON National ATPA Lead atpa@natca.net 913.904.6937 ENTERPRISE-INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM (E-IDS) Amanda Richardson (ZOA) is the Article 114 Representative for E-IDS work. Her report is below: Background: The E-IDS project aims to replace all existing IDSs in the NAS, providing the Agency with one enterprise solution across facility types. While some customization is necessary and should be available, one system will reduce overall costs for upkeep and training and resolve the upcoming end-of-life issues we have with our current IDSs in the field (IDS-4, ERIDS, etc.). Current domains without an IDS will also be addressed (Oceanic, FSS, etc.) The project is working towards finalizing requirements by the end of this year, with a contract scheduled to be awarded in 2020. The Human Factors and Integrated Test team's work continues every two weeks. They discovered a need for additional time with the SMEs and was able to utilize the ITT's block of time to accomplish some of this work. That will occur again in the beginning of

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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...