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results of those efforts were immediate and tangible. · STARS/TAMR Phase 1 update submitted by Jimmie White - PHL o Monday 8/31 : (RDO) TAMR Weekly Staff meeting. Phase 1 rep, no report. o Tuesday 9/1 : Tucson, AZ (TUS) ATCT Joint Site Sur vey (first day). It was brought to the Phase 1 TAMR team's attention, the storage facility for receiving and shipping of equipment, is not a controlled environment space. This is a common practice, however there are concerns that at locations like Phoeni x, temperatures can reach triple digits and may have an impact on the MDMs in storage. This may be something to watch. o Wednesday 9/2 : Day two of TUS JSS, concern is raised for overlapping Metroplex Project. Meeting to follow. § TSAS meeting with the program office, Raytheon, NATCA, and AJT. NATCA raises concerns that lack of play dates makes it impossible to reach an agreement on changes to TSAS and narrow the requirements down, TSLE not present. Other concerns with requirements are a confusion of the 24 scenario limit (24 operational, 1 test mode, and 1 PeVer). The question is, will TSAS change this requirement and if so, what is the proper track to make these changes. § Since this is a national agreement with NATCA, Eric Owens (TBFM Art 48 rep) will take an action to coordinate with NATCA national before giving our position. Weekly meetings will be on Wednesdays between 1 and 2p EST. NATCAs Art 48 Work Group training rep Aaron Rose will be invited to attend these meetings. o Thursday 9/3 : Day three of TUS JSS, meeting with Mark Ostonic (NATCA Metroplex Lead). The conclusion was, STARS installation and commissioning will not adversely affect the Metroplex project. The two groups will work jointly and have telcons as necessary to keep bo th projects from interfering with each other. o Friday 9/4 : (RDO) NATCA/Program Office weekly Tag Up meeting. Phase 1 rep updated the group on the TSAS requirements issue. Attended a NATCA only meeting for program related issues. Phase 1 rep concern is having proper coverage for TSAS meetings to make sure we don't' lose site of the potential challenges, TSAS may impose on the existing AT Coach. · STARS/TAMR Phase 3 Segment 1 update submitted by Doug Peterson - D10 o It was a very interesting week in Segment 1. o Friday afternoon before last weekend we had a telcon with the site discussing transition status at SCT. § SCT had been operating in STARS for 4 weeks. § There were open trouble reports, but much progress had been made and the mood was good. § Things drastically changed over the weekend. Frustration with tracking anomalies spiked and in the course of just a couple of days, SCT had regressed to the point that falling back to CARTS was being proposed.