A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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· The TOCO manager Tony Jenkins met with Deputy COO Randy Parks on November 17th. Discussion: o Outcome of Tech Center Meetings: Enroute Divestment Agreements Completed – CONUS ARTCCs and ZSU. o Unique 4 Activity (non - CONUS): Guam (ZUA), Hawaii (ZHN), Anchorage (ZAN) and San Juan CERAP (ZSU) . o 1900.47E – Publ ication should occur in December with an effective date set in January. The date for facilities to be in compliance with the new order remains to be determined. · The Technical Requirements Final Report was delivered to the TOCO Sponsors November 17 th . ATO - NAS ISS Executive Jeff McCoy said, "Great report, very detailed and comprehensive." This requirement package was for centers to receive the necessary infrastructure to support divestiture of airspace. · DOT OIG Audit – Tony Jenkins met with the DOT IG. The audit should begin in January, and they are interested in finding improvement in contingency plans with ZAU, ZDC, and the recent AUS event. They will be reviewing activities the TOCO has been involved with and contingency improvements ov er the last year. Several senators and a new subcommittee are interested in the FAA's readiness in ATC Zero events, prompting this audit. · The TOCO team will be meeting with the Command Center : On September 2 nd , the Command Center hosted a meeting with ai rline industry representatives. The meeting was based on the Washington ARTCC (ZDC) ERAM Outage on August 15 th , 2015. Although the discussion was based solely around contingency, the TOCO team was not present. Being assigned many actions taken fr om this "Hotwash Discussion", by Vice President of System Operations Dan Smiley, the TOCO will be meeting with the Command Center on December 3 rd to discuss and clarify these actions. WEATHER : Matt Tucker (ZTL) has been NATCA's Weather Representative fo r over 10 years. His report for the members is below. · NEXTGEN Weather Processor (NWP) o Had a number of discussions with the program office over program issues and to remind them we are a full participant in the program no t just when they feel like it. A joint program review is scheduled at Raytheon in two weeks. · Weather and Radar processor (WARP) o Testing is on going at ZSE and ZHU and all comments have been positive and site visits are being scheduled to review the testing. Factory testing should start soon at the Tech Center with a full dem o of capabilities shortly there after .