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that discipline would promote the efficiency of the service. However, he concluded that the penalty of five days was excessive and decided that a one-day suspension best comported with the Douglas factors. Accordingly, Arbitrator Finkin awarded back pay, including four days of lost wages and benefits, and ordered the Agency to expunge all records of the five-day suspension. POCs: Labor Relations Staff Representative Melinda Kim and Labor Relations Attorney Suzanne DeFelice. BRIEFING REQUESTS On Sept. 23, NATCA requested a briefing on the Centralized Maintenance Initiative. We are currently waiting for a response from the Agency to our request. POCs: Labor Relations Attorney Grant Mulkey, Labor Relations Coordinator Kendal Manson, and Acting Director of Labor Relations Nicole Vitale. On Sept. 17, NATCA requested a briefing on the Alignment of AJR-B3 to AJV-A3. We are in the process of scheduling this briefing. POCs: Labor Relations Attorney Grant Mulkey, Labor Relations Coordinator Kendal Manson, Command Center Facility Representative Scott Farrow, PMO Representative Jeff Woods, Terminal Technology Coordinator Bill Geoghagan, Chief of Staff Dean Iacopelli, and Acting Director of Labor Relations Nicole Vitale. On Sept. 12, NATCA requested a briefing on the FAA APM-001 Organizational Changes. We are in the process of scheduling this briefing. POCs: Labor Relations Attorney Suzanne DeFelice, Labor Relations Coordinator Kendal Manson, and Acting Director of Labor Relations Nicole Vitale. On Sept. 12, NATCA requested a briefing on FAA Order JO 1370.118, ATO Wireless Policy. We are in the process of scheduling this briefing. POCs: Labor Relations Attorney Suzanne DeFelice, Labor Relations Coordinator Kendal Manson, and Acting Director of Labor Relations Nicole Vitale. On Sept. 4, NATCA requested a briefing on the Acceptable Level of Risk (ALR) for Commercial Launches and Reentries. This briefing was scheduled for Sept. 27. POCs: Labor Relations Staff Representative Melinda Kim, Acting Director of Labor Relations Nicole Vitale, Director of Safety and Technology Jim Ullmann, Deputy Director of Safety and Technology Mark McKelligan, and En Route Technology Coordinator Mark Prestrude. On Aug. 29, NATCA requested a briefing on the Mission Support Services Unit (AJV) Realignment/Reorganization. This briefing was held on Sept. 24. We are discussing internally the next steps to take regarding this matter. POCs: National Metroplex Representative Ed Hulsey, National Airspace Representative Jim Davis, National North East Corridor Representative Phil Hargarten, AJV-7 Requirements Representative James Keith, AJV-8 Procedures Representative John Murdock, National PBN Criteria Representative Bennie Hutto, Western Service Center

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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:
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• o Phase 2 - Lighting computer replaced. JAI was scheduled for August 2018, and ORD for September 2019.
• o Phase 4 - Planned IOC date was June 2019. All testing checked out well, however there was still more construction work being completed on the airfield. The system is online, but the additional arrays were not available until June.