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• 56532: Unable to apply 30/30 or D50 until an ADS-C and CPDLC connection has been established. • 51586: Weather deviation follow-up to 51050. • 56179: 20NM longitudinal separation. • 56397: Failure mode enhancement. • 56398: Performance enhancement and improved monitoring capabilities for communication and surveillance network performance. AIRSPACE Jim Davis (PCT) is the National Airspace Representative. Reports from the various airspace team leads and Mr. Davis are below: The Denver Metroplex team conducted five select official briefings in early December to update the project timelines and brief the environmental process. Work continues on the TBFM adaptation with the request to utilize resources at the FAA Tech Center in parallel with TSAS work being conducted there. The team also continued to refine the implementation plan and scheduling along with fixing criteria issues on proposed procedures. The Las Vegas Metroplex Design Workgroup spent most of October and early November working with MITRE to develop and validate TBFM and operational procedures. The team developed six scenarios and was able to simulate all four configurations at KLAS. TMU attended during the HITLs and was able to develop new flows into KLAS. The workgroup also worked with BridgeNet to develop outreach material for our upcoming public outreach. The outreach was originally scheduled for early January 2019 but has been delayed until early March 2019 at the request of Clark County Department of Aviation. Work with BridgeNet will resume after the holidays. In November, the Design team met with members from the industry to discuss findings from the HITLs. Procedural changes were made during the meeting to correct issues that were identified while at MITRE. The industry agreed to take changes back and simulate to validate workability. In December, the Core team worked on an updated schedule for FY2019 due to some changes made with public outreach and slipping timelines for environmental hand off. They worked with WSC to develop conventional procedures and missed approaches, and also worked with EEG and Nellis Air Force Base to develop new routings in and out of KLAS for Janet aircraft. These are the following ongoing project issues dealing with facility staffing and support: • L30 is currently below their goal number for CPCs and are working an extensive amount of operational overtime. Due to the restructuring with the new terminal GMs, L30/LAS are very short-staffed in their support offices, particularly for L30

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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...