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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT July 22-28, 2019 Update AIR TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS (AJV-7) James Keith (D10) is NATCA's Article 114 Rep to the AJV-7 Office. His report is below: The terminal CHI team is meeting weekly with TAMR to work on CHI with spacing and merging tools, airspace transfer, messaging, and other items inside STARS E2. The CHI team is working with TSAS, adding colors for that program. The team is also working with TFDM to provide CHI for electronic strips. The CHI team is working on a meeting in late August which will allow the terminal CHI team to meet with the color validation team. The need for more color usage in STARS has become clear for many different future programs and concepts. The current 7210.3 allows limited use of colors. AJV-8, terminal CHI, AJT, and TAMR have met over the last several weeks to make changes to the 7210.3. A draft version of those changes was reviewed by our Human Performance Article 114 Rep Aaron Katz. The draft version of the 7210.3 will be sent to the formal change process. The issue of weather on the glass morphed into dynamic weather. AJV-7 is compiling data to verify the need for a more robust display of weather on controllers' scope. The Operational Needs Assessment process is moving along and should be complete by end of August. AJV-7 sent out an operation ranking score card in early July for the Runway Incursion Device System (RIDS). NATCA's Runway Safety Rep Bridget Singratanakul (Gee) and I reviewed it. We were both concerned about the way the scorecard was developed. I asked AJV-7 to review the scoring method and they agreed. I met with AJV-7 on July 26 to discuss moving forward with some changes to the scoring process. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS Garth Koleszar (ZLA), Lydia Baune (GEG), Chris Keyes (ZDC), and Josh Cooper (SCT) are members of the National Professional Standards committee. Their report is below: NATCA's PS program has accepted and resolved well over 3,000 cases since the program began in 2010. The program helps to maintain, promote, and inspire professionalism throughout the NAS. The purpose of the PS program is to provide an opportunity for bargaining unit employees to address performance and/or conduct of their peers before such issues rise to a level requiring corrective action(s) by the Agency. The program uses peer-to-peer mediation, conflict resolution, and mentoring to achieve these goals. The program also recognizes exceptional performance. The team trains approximately 100-125 committee members each year. The next class is being scheduled for early September and will be hosted by ZFW. We have approximately 550

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• SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
• RUNWAY SAFETY
• Bridget Singratanakul (Gee) (DFW) is NATCA's Runway Safety Action Team (RSAT) Rep. She also serves as the Article 114 Rep to the Runway Status Lights (RWSL) program. Her report is below:
• Runway Status Lights (RWSL)
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• Phase 2: Lighting computer was replaced. JAI is scheduled for August, and ORD for September.
• Phase 4: Planned IOC date was June 19. Presently, all testing is checking out well, however there is still more construction work being completed on the airfield. The system is online, but the additional arrays were not available until June.