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The Professional Standards program is in its eighth year of existence and continues to have a positive impact on the professionalism of controllers nationwide. The program has about 530 active members, with a total of over 850 trained to serve as committee members representing every facility in the National Airspace System. Committee members receive training on communication skills and conflict resolution during a three- day course taught by NATCA. Our last class was held in Washington D.C., Dec. 3-5. Our next class is scheduled at Houston Center, February 5-7, 2019. To date, the Professional Standards program has received 2,892 submissions with 90 percent of those being resolved. That's 2,607 issues that NATCA was able to resolve the issue at the lowest level, peer-to-peer, without management involvement in the outcome. Approximately 70 percent of those cases are submitted by management, demonstrating the FAA's belief that the peer-to-peer method used by the program is working. The recidivism rate is very low, indicating that the one-on-one discussions between committee members and controllers has a long-lasting, positive effect on the safety of the system and the professionalism of our controllers. We have recently filled the two vacant Professional Standards District Chair positions with Robert Yeo (ACY) and Patrick Carter (D10). We are scheduled to hold our final training for RESPECT in Boise, Idaho, Feb. 20-21 with the four remaining District Chairs that require training. The RESPECT roll-out is approaching quickly. We are planning a staggered roll-out with Alaska Region, Southern Region, and I90 to begin implementation of RESPECT in February. If you have any questions about the Professional Standards Program, please don't hesitate to contact any of the NATCA National Professional Standards committee members at ps@natca.net. Update for the Week of Dec. 24, 2018 TERMINAL AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR) Aaron Rose (NCT) is the TAMR Article 114 Representative. His report is below: All good things come to an end and new opportunities present themselves on a daily basis. Jim Van Zee (GRR), who has been the deployment lead for NATCA TAMR, has moved on and Richard Thomas (GEG) has replaced him for the remainder of TAMR deployment and implementation. Jim will be missed by all the SMEs, especially me. It is a busy time for Section 804 consolidations and the Kalamazoo cut over is approaching fast. Jim will be the lead for NATCA in that region and I wish him the best. This departure has paved the way for Richard to conclude the final deployments and with his NATCA TAMR background over the last six years, we are in good hands.