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implementation activities o Upcoming Activities: § Las Vegas Study Team Design – August 17 - September 18, 2015 § Las Vegas Study Team Analysis – September 29 - October 23, 2015 § Las Vegas Study Team Initial Outreach Meeting – August 11 - 13, 2015 § PBN/RAPT Orders Meeting – OKC – September 1 - 3, 2015 § Las Vegas Study Team Second Outreach Meeting – September 22 - 24, 2015 § Metroplex Summit Meeting – September 22 - 24, 2015 § Las Vegas Study Team Final Outreach Meeting – October 27 - 29, 2015 § Las Vegas Study Team Final Industry Outreach Meeting – Nov 2, 2015 § Las Vegas Study Team Documentation Development – November 3 - 19, 2015 § NA TCA Art. 48 Tech Rep Meeting – New Orleans – November 17 - 19, 2015 § Las Vegas Study Team Report Due – November 20, 2015 o Submitted by Metroplex Study Team Art. 48 Ed Hulsey (ZFW) · National Design and Implementation Rep o Attended a meeting with Josh Gustin (PBN Manager) Frank Black (Deputy Director of Airspace Services) Jim Davis (Natca Airspace Rep) and Ed Hulsey (National Study Team Rep) to discuss issues that occur after a Metroplex site closes down. § Discussion re volved around on how amendments to Metroplex procedures will be handled after the Metroplex team stands down (typically 7 months after implementation). § The group also discussed that this same issue will probably exist with non - Metroplex projects as well . § The group discussed "after care" after projects are complete as well as how would this team fit into the NAS/NAV strategy for PBN. o Attended a meeting with Robert Novia (PBN Lead Coordinator), discussed the Atlantic Coast Route Plan (ACRP) and how they will interact with the Florida Metroplex team. § Also discussed an ICAO Caribbean effort that is suppose to start sometime after the New Year. Mr. McKelligan told Mr. Novia that he needs to inform whoever is going to be in charge of this group be ma de aware that the Florida Metroplex will be 100% "pencils down" in May and allot of routes will be designed in the Caribbean and the ICAO initiative might be able to tie into these routes. § There should not be "dual" efforts occurring at the same time, M etroplex is funded and supported while the ICAO initiative is not. o Attended a meeting in Dallas with SWA/AAL to discuss the process for talking care of amendments now that the Metroplex team has been