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o CLE The follow - up heads down study was completed on 1/08, results are still pending. o EWR Two displays were installed in the tower cab at the TM and CD positions to assist in familiarization. Testing for 5.3.0.2 EWR was scheduled to begin 1/18 but were delayed until 1/22 due to issues with RECAT. o SFO Still on schedule for the OTO in early March, FCC in early April, and IOC in the new tower in mid October. o PHX The PHX server rack was updated to the baseline system 1/4 - 7. As soon as t heir tech ops finish the training, PHX will upgrade to the 5.3.0.2 build CLE is currently running. o LAS LAS kick - off meeting is scheduled for 1/28 to discuss the implementation schedule and the facilities requests for adaptations. o CLT is still planned for t he end of 2016 to support the NASA ADT - 2 program. • SWIM Visualization Tool (SVT) o The trial period at SDF and SCT for the additional filtering capabilities passed. Both facilities approved of the changes and expressed their opinions on additional capabiliti es to be researched. It was decided to update the remaining 9 facilities with the new build sometime in late January or early February. TIME BASED FLOW MANAGEMENT (TBFM): Eric Owens (I90) is the TBFM Article 48 Representative for NATCA. His report for t his week is below. • This year for TBFM has started off slowly. Management has a new co - lead so Mr. Owens has been working with him to get the schedule for the Ops Team up - to - date. • The first week of January, Mr. Owens was in Memphis to discuss the patch that will be installed in ZTL's TBFM adaptation to fix the MLAS issue. This patch will be installed February 4, 2016. We also discussed additional components of TBFM that ZME may want to add. However, with ZTL's MetroPlex activities we will not be able to add too much until ZTL's MetroPlex is fully implemented. • Coupled Scheduling (CS) is still scheduled to be key sited with ZOA to ZLA. o Due to the Super Bowl they have a tentative date of February 15 - 19, 2016. If the CS concept is validated we will assi st facilities with adding coupled scheduling. o The team will also key site Integrated Departure Arrival Capability (IDAC) with LAX, BUR, SNA, SAN, LAS and ZLA during the same time.