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everyone is scheduled to complete the training no later than 4/5/16. o The ATL Team also has an upcoming 5/26/16 airspace change. § This airspace change only affects two facilities, ZTL and AGS ATCT. § A meeting is scheduled with AGS ATCT on 2/9/16 in order to make sure they have all the information needed to ensure a smooth airspace change. o An Indus try Day briefing is on 2/17/16. Invites have been sent out to 90+ people, not including Delta Air Lines. Delta has agreed to take care of all the people they wanted to invite from within. § Southwest completed flying the propose d STARs this week and Delta is scheduled to complete flying the STARs this weekend. Once the team has all the results, they will evaluate to see if there is a need to make any changes for fly - ability. § Delta also started their Dispatch Training Class this week. For this class we prepared two briefings, one briefing is recorded and one is just a PowerPoint presentation. § The team will attend as many briefings as possible over the next three weeks, but the recorded briefing is good for the briefings the tea m is not able to attend. So far the feedback on the briefing has been positive. o Metroplex has asked the ATL Team to do some community outreach. In evaluating all of their new versus old procedures they decided to only meet with the airport authority from Rome, Ga. § This meeting yet hasn't been scheduled yet, but our ESC Environmentalist is working to get the team an appointment. § The changes around Rome are all above 12,000 feet, but they did shift the tracks by 4+ miles so the team determined that bein g open and honest with the Rome Airport will be best. There are expectations there will be no issues to come from this meeting. o Submitted by Joey Tinsley ATL Metroplex Article 48 · Washington DC Metroplex o The DC Metroplex has been preparing for the pro cedures being implemented on February 4, 2016 under the Post Implementation process, which include amended Letter of Agreements, Standard Operating Procedures, Automation (ERAM/ARTS), Video Maps, NFDC Routes, Coded Departure Routes, SWAP Routes, and execut ing th e required training. § The airports affected are Washington Dulles International Airport (KIAD), Manassas Regional Airport (KHEF), Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport (KBWI), and Richmond International Airport (KRIC). § For K IAD, the CAVLR RNAV STAR is being amended to avoid Restricted Airspace as well as the creation of the WOOLY RNAV SID allowing General Aviation to avoid the Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ); KHEF has the TRSTN RNAV STAR being amended that removes three satellit e airports