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conversation was tabled until we receive the new DataComm waterfall. The dates we are looking for now are in the Fall of 2020 or Spring 2021, all depending on the east coast DataComm waterfall. At the NEC ACR Full Work Group meeting, the facilities did a lot of great work on what our new preferred routes will look like when we publish. The dispatchers at the airlines and general aviation are providing us a list of city pairs they use today between Florida and Maine, which we are using to make sure that we capture as many route changes as possible. The NEC ACR team meets again the week of May 13 to come up with official implementation dates and further discuss future routes and LOAs. Northeast Corridor/TBO submitted by Phil Hargarten, NATCA NEC CWG Article 114 Rep Following the partial government shutdown, work has been ongoing to reassess the status of NEC milestones, as well as restarting TBO efforts. Dependences with DataComm reprioritization and adjustments to the DataComm waterfall will have effects on NEC projects affecting NEC ARTCCs, including slippage to Atlantic High-Altitude routes, which will most likely slide to Fall 2020. Several NEC NIWG milestones will also slip to the right as a result of the shutdown as well. The NEC team is continuing to assess that status of all projects to determine new timelines. The following meetings and events happened over the past month: • Feb. 6 – Participated in HQ NEC Extended Group meeting. This was the first post- shutdown meeting, so the primary concentration was shutdown triage. • Feb. 7 – Participated in NEC/TBFM discussion. • Feb. 8 – Participated in iTBO integrated schedule meeting to begin evaluating scheduling challenges post-shutdown. • Feb. 12 – Participated in iTBO Change Strategy meeting with AJT and MITRE. • Feb. 13 – Participated in monthly iTBO coordination meeting and participated in NEC Traffic Management Task meeting. • Feb. 14 – Participated in NEC Enroute Metering Sequence Task. There was discussion about what airport will be the third in the NEC to conduct metering. • Feb. 20 – Participated in bi-weekly NEC Extended Metering Group meeting. • Feb. 21 – Participated in PHL DCIA meeting. The purpose was to discuss issues with conducting DCIA operations to RWY27R and 35, and the potential separation issues when heavy aircraft are participating. • Feb. 21 – iTBO scheduling meeting. • Feb. 27-March 1 – Attended iTBO/Metering meeting at the Tech Center. • March 5 – Participated in NEC Airspace and Procedures briefing. • March 7 – Participated in the NEC NIWG. • March 11-15 – In the office. • March 18 – Participated in AJV-14/NATCA collaboration meeting. • March 20-22 – Participated in CTOP/TBFM demo at NASA Ames Research Laboratory. PBN/Metroplex Design and Implementation Report Submitted by Ed Hulsey, PBN/Metroplex Design and Implementation Lead Article 114 Rep Metroplex – All ongoing Metroplex projects are currently working to reschedule meetings and timelines after the 35-day government shutdown. The rescheduling efforts are focused on minimizing the resource drain on facilities while still trying to meet project milestones with a funding termination (sunset) date of Sept. 30, 2021. Florida Metroplex has begun working on

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