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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 provides an opportunity to recognize exceptional performance. The NATCA National Professional Standards team trains approximately 100-125 PS members each year. The next class, to be hosted at SCT, is scheduled for Jan. 14-16. We have approximately 550 PS members nationally serving each local facility across the country, and 26 Professional Standards District Chairs (PSDCs) that serve as a resource for FacReps and PS members. If your facility is without a local PS member, or you do not feel comfortable bringing your issue to them, please contact your PSDC or the national team. Please reach out to us at PS@natca.net with any questions about the program. The National Professional Standards team has also been tasked by NATCA leadership to collaboratively create the Respect initiative. Respect is a long-term initiative designed to help us better understand workplace conflict and create an environment of mutual dignity, support, and respect. The Respect initiative is underway at all facilities nationwide and gives us an incredible opportunity to reshape the environment of our workplace. For more information about the Respect initiative, visit the Respect webpage. You can also send an email to RESPECT@natca.net with any specific questions you may have about the initiative. TERMINAL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM) Aaron Rose (NCT) is the Article 114 Rep for TFDM. His report is below: Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) Article 114 Aaron Rose (NCT) - Mr. Rose traveled to Atlantic City, N.J., twice and once to Washington, D.C., over the reporting period. During the week of Dec. 2, testing resumed. Multiple subject matter experts (SMEs) attended from around the country to test TFDM Build 1.1P7. Testing was slow and difficult, especially after the six-hour mark due to the system slowing down to a degraded state. Leidos, the vendor, is working on a solution. Of course, the system cannot deploy in this state. Multiple discrepancy reports have been written from small issues to the large degraded state issue. NATCA TFDM is working with the Program Management Office (PMO) to ensure Leidos is aware how urgent the fixes are to the on-time deployment of the system. The next week was spent at the Departure Spacing Program (DSP) demo at MITRE with New York-area reps. TFDM will be replacing DSP at New York towers and TFMS will be replacing the equipment in ZNY and N90. Two more meetings have been planned to keep everyone informed of the progress moving forward with hardware and software. TFMS has assured NATCA that New York controllers will have a say in how the CHI will be developed.

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