A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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NATCA EDGE - Designed exclusively for NATCA members! Can't get to a n in - person retirement seminar? We'll bring the seminar to you! Presenting an a ll - new, flexible access, web - based session of our popular retirement benefits seminar: May 26 : 10 a . m . - 5 p . m . EDT July 12 : 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. PDT Oct. 18 : 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. CDT Dec. 6 : 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. EST To register for a session, visit portal.natca.net . Click "Events" on the menu bar on the home page, then select the "2016 NATCA Edge Online Retirement Webinar" link. Follow the questions and directions from there. P ersonalized benefit estimate for participants p aid for a s an exclusive benefit for NATCA members. You will NEVER be solicited or sold anything, EVER! For any questions or problems with registration, please c ontact Grace Colby , NATCA Executive Administrative Assistant : (202) 220 - 9829 , gcolby@natcadc.org . SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AIR TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS (AJV - 7): James Keith (D10) is NATCA's Article 48 Repre sentative to the AJV - 7 Office. His update for this report is below. • The majority of the last 4 weeks has been spent working with TRACON Evolution. Attended a stakeholders meeting on 2/2. o The team completed the compiling of data obtained from the virtual sessions from October. The effort to prioritize that data began 2/ 24. A group has been put togeth er of NATCA members to rank the data (prio ritize) from TRACON Evolution. o The ranking process will help us de velop terminal work package 1. NATCA being involved at this level will assist the agency in making wise investments into tools for the controller wo rkforce utilize making the job of air traffic more e fficient and reducing workload. One key component to remember is the finance piece. NATCA does not assign money to the prioritization t hat is the role of the agency. Mr. Keith will keep everyone posted in the upcoming weeks. • Mr. Keith has been working with AJV - 7 and linking them with TAMR lead Mitch Herrick in order to look at QWERTY keyboards for STARS. AJV - 7 and TAMR SME's will look at two possible options in March. More to come. • Another addition to Term inal Wo rk package 1 is ATPA phase II. AJV - 7 will be adding ATPA phase II to terminal work package 1. • It was learned in an AJV - 7 managers meeting of a budding new program call ed Key Strategy Surveillance. The program is to take a look at what a backup syste m will look like i n 2025 once we are 100% ADS - B. o A few questions to be answered: D o we keep primary and how many? Do we keep beacon and how many?