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There are a number of pressures on the production pipeline and many FAA Orders that mandate how instrument flight procedure work is approved, completed, and implemented. NATCA has been working (for the better part of two years) with the Operational Support Groups (OSG), the PBN Program Office, Aeronautical Information Services (AIS), and Flight Standards (AFS) on a singular instrument flight procedure (IFP) process that could bring all procedure development into one consistent process and move forward in supporting national level priorities and strategies. NATCA's vision for these changes ensure facility collaboration and eliminate changes to the NAS that aren't appropriately coordinated in the field. These recent efforts have been abandoned by AIS and AFS. AFS and AIS are ready to implement a new 8260.43C that doesn't have the appropriate infrastructure and planning in place to simplify the process, reduce timelines for publication, or ensure complete air traffic facility collaboration. The current version being implemented does not match earlier drafts that were collaborated on. There has been considerable work going into preparations for a singular IFP process. The new 8260.43C mandates how projects are approved and scheduled. Because the new .43C is completely changing how potential projects are approved, work on the new IFP process has had to stop and change focus to adapt to the new .43C. If given the appropriate time and development, both the new IFP process and the new Prioritization process could co-exist and complement each other. We are currently reaching out to the remaining CSA ARTCCs for meeting dates in the first and second calendar quarters of 2019. These activities need to remain a priority for us and getting them on the schedule now helps us keep these activities from being over-run by other competing PBN requests. The immediate goal for the next six months is to have packages submitted for each ARTCC that cover all VORMON impacts anticipated through Phase I of VORMON (FY2021). PBN East submitted by Joey Tinsley, NATCA PBN Co-Lead East We have spent most of our time recently trying to regroup after the shutdown ended. Most of that time has been spent on the TDG project, PXT project, and NEC ACR. The TDG VORMON project has been turned in and is being prepared for publication for October 2019. The PXT project has also been turned in and is being prepared for publication for October 2019. We are going to OKC to work on the waivers that have been developed for these STARs. There is also ongoing work the ESC environmental specialist on the three PXT STARs that are currently turboprop only. The new design has a note that allows jets to be assigned these STARs on an ATC assigned-only basis. There is concern over adding jets to current turboprop only procedures, but we are in talks on the different options available. Part of the NEC ACR responsibility is removing some of the jet routes for ZMA, ZJX, ZTL, ZDC, ZNY, and ZBW. We have coordinated with ZMA, ZJX, and ZTL to remove most of their jet routes on Jan. 30, 2020. National coordination for these removals still needs to occur so that the TMU and FAST teams can make the appropriate adaptation changes. The remainder of the NEC ACR project has taken a step back. There was a push to keep the publication of the NEC ACR routes in the fall of 2019, but due to new extended timeline requirements, it was decided too risky to keep pushing for fall of 2019. We had our first full workgroup meeting this week with ZNY, ZBW, ZDC, ZJX, and ATSCC since the shutdown. There was a lot of discussion around what our new implementation dates will be, but this

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