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o PTR FAAst13031, Terminal Automation System (TAS) Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) passwords, moves to FAA.ARCHIVE.080919. o PTR FAAst14151, Digital Video Transport System SW, moves to FAA.ARCHIVE.121219. HW not yet available for testing. • Three PTRs are being re-classified as CCD class: o CCD FAAst11905, Monitor an Associated Flight Plan's Airport of Intended Landing. o CCD FAAst14006, TSAS AJV IOC Critical-Sequence number Colors Desire to have the sequence numbers in different colors based on the Runway Assignment. o CCD FAAst14051, TSAS OT IOC Critical - Desired Behavior for Runway Change. • Several SCCMUs being added, mostly for merging baselines: o SCCMU FAAst14398, merge S6R8 inclusive to D4 into S6R10 baseline. o SCCMU FAAst14549, update DMS version to REV Y7.10 for the S6R10 Drop 1 release. o SCCMU FAAst14551, merge S6R7 D16 to S6R10. o SCCMU FAAst14552, merge S6R9 D2 to S6R10 D1. o SCCMU FAAst14554, merge S6R9 D3 to S6R10 baseline. o SCCMU FAAst14555, merge S6R9D1 as baseline for S6R10. o SCCMU FAAst14558, processors failed to come back online after cold start (6r9 DR#30). In addition, Mr. Kendrick attended the SBS, TAMR Look Ahead, SRM Panel, and participated on weekly OSF Technical telcons. TERMINAL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM) Aaron Rose (NCT) is the Article 114 Rep for TFDM. His report is below: TFDM in the near future will be moving in a new direction when it comes to color usage and how the strip bays are configured due to human factor issues. When it comes to ease of use, we need to remember that less is more. Less color to distract and moving strip usage into the 21 st century in the digital age. AJV-7 (FAA Requirement), AJT (FAA Air Traffic) and NATCA TFDM all agree the archaic strip method is outdated. There will be growing pains initially for seasoned controllers, but we must remember that the next generation will have never worked with strips of paper. It is a new world, and we as controllers need to adapt, not the other way around. Mr. Rose, traveled to the WJHTC, Gaithersburg, Md., PHL ATCT, and Washington during this reporting period. In Gaithersburg, a human factors working group convened to discuss display rules on the electronic flight strips (EFS). This Leidos facility has EFS monitors to interact with while discussions are ongoing, which in turn drives consensus in decision-making. This meeting is held monthly and includes NATCA, vendors, NATCA CHI team, and AJV-7. The PHL Pre-Site survey (PSS) was completed on Aug. 8. Louis Caggiano (NATCA EWR) and Mr. Rose attended, met with the FacRep and