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runway · Attended a meeting with Mark Minik (AJT), Lori Farrel (AJT), Kathy Heet (AJT), and Jim McAllister (NATCA PCT) to work on a tentative sc hedule for Off Shore site visits · Attended a meeting with Mitre, AJV - 8, AJT, and the PMO to talk about the kick - off of TBFM support in NY/PHL September 10, 2015 REMOTE TOWER: Kieron Heflin (IAD) is the Remote Tower Article 48 Representative for the Leesburg (JYO) Demonstration. Mr. Heflin's work with different teams each week has been very informative and is providing the controller perspective for the Agency and SAAB. Below is Mr. Heflin's report for this week. · September 1st, 2nd and 3rd made up the fifth week of passive data collection for the Remote Tower at Leesburg airport (JYO). · The SME's this week were Byron Maxwell (JAN) and Cynthia Lowther (ILG). The weather and traffic cooperated in order to extract some good feedback and data collection. · The SME's were professional and objective in their assessment of the R - Twr and all of its equipment. · The next week we will be transitioning to a weekend schedule and hope the increase in traffic will help the passive data collection process even more. RNAV and PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION (PBN): Dennis Kelly (PHL) represents the NATCA Bargaining Units on RNAV and PBN criteria. This week's rep ort is below. · Climb Via - The PCPSI group has recently revisited this phraseology and has made a recommendation: The PCPSI request the PARC to engage with the appropriate FAA leadership to change their interpretation of Top Altitude as a requi rement for issuing Climb Via clearances, and should reference it as the initial published ATC clearance limit altitude, or initial altitude to maintain. o Climb Via would then be applied only to procedures containing actual published altitude constraints , and when ATC expects the pilot to comply with them. o We agree with this and have also sent out a survey recently to gather data on compliance but need more response in order to have enough to go to the FAA and press for change. If you haven't already answered please do so or contact myself or Steve Hansen with any information. · NSPP - NEW Metroplex Procedures: SoCal adds 15 post implementation slots each for 7/21 and 9/15/206, 1/5 and 3/2/2017 publication cycles. o They also add 2 RNAV S TARs, 1 RNAV SID at SNA, 3 RNAV SIDs at SBA and 1 RNAV STAR at BUR for 11/10/2016 publication cycle. · PBN Approach Initiative - This project will begin soon where the following facilities: BOS, PHL, RIC, ACY, PNE and ILG will start advertising RNAV approaches on the ATIS with ILSs and then eventually as the primary approach as a means to increase PBN use. Here is the schedule: o Con duct Project Kick - Off Meeting – Sept. 16 o Baseline Data Collection Period – Sept. 16, 2015 thru Sept. 30, 2015 o Demonstration Kick Off – Oct. 19, 2015