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SCT) are being put through the ringer. We will be meeting again next week. o Attended a meeting with John Belk (Team Manager PBN), George Puerifoy (Acting Metroplex Manager) about issues we are having with some T etra T ech specialists in the field and how these issues will be rectified. o Attended Phoenix HITL Scrubs at Mitre o Attended a Path Stretch demonstration at Mitre. o Submitted by Mark McKelligan National D&I Rep · NATCA National Airspace Rep o Participated in the weekly Tech Rep Telcon o Participated in the weekly Telcon with John Brandt, Mitre Airspace Lead o Part icipated in the weekly Metroplex Telcon o Participated on a couple of Telcons concerning the PBN Dashboard and steps to move forward o Participated on a couple of Telcons concerning community outreach o Participated on a NAS NAV strategy Telcon o P articipated on the weekly OSG Telcon o Submitted by Jim Davis (PCT) NATCA National Airspace Rep AIRSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION 2 (ATD - 2): Pete Slattery (CLT) is the NATCA Representative on this NASA sponsored program. Mr. Slattery forwarded the info rmation below for the membership. · Met with NASA engineers to plan meetings at ZTL and ZDC TMU units to formally introduce the ATD - 2 concept to them. o Meetings at both ARTCCs are expected to begin early next month. Despite the fact that the ini tial focus of ATD - 2 will be on the Surface aspect of the project, en - route participation will be crucial. o Departure metering is more relevant when there are EnRoute constraints to meter into. NASA will be providing new equipment that helps Center TMCs identify intervals in overhead streams and thus provide more accurate release times. · Next week Mr. Slattery will be accompanying NASA project leads as they introduce the ATD - 2 concept to the SCDM surface team during their monthly meeting in Washing ton. o Early involvement and an understanding of the ATD - 2 concept and it ' s e ffects on airline operations by external stakeholders is crucial to ensuring success of the program. o Mr. Slattery will be present to express NATCA ' s commitment to and suppo r t of the program. COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING (CDM ): Ron Foley (ZOB) is the Art icle 48 Representative for CDM. Mr. Foley has provided the report below for the membership. · The CDM Team just about to ramp up for the year. A couple of sub groups have meetings this month but then we should be in full gear. · National Customer Forum (NCF ) meeting Oct 13 1300z at Command Cent er. The agenda is as follows. o ZNY Holiday Route Plans,