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controller. AJV - 8 has si nce sent out corrected guidance to En Route facilities. o Other issues include: Aircraft trajectory by type Conflict probe improvements The 811 outage guide Automated Point - outs ABRR • The EAD500 ERAM release content is being te sted by NATCA the week of 3/14. Some of the changes in this release are: o Unconditional Track Control o A ground speed display toggle o A Vertical Rate display o Increased number of allowable macros o SAA status change notification HUMAN PERFORMANCE: Jay Barrett (MIA) is the NATCA Human Performa nce Liaiso n. His report for the membership is below. • There has not been a lot happening in the fatigue office. • The fatigue office activities include: o The FSSC meeting took place February 18th & 19th. There was considerable discussion around compliance rep orts with the fatigue work rules in the 7210.3. There has been discussion for months around the issue of fatigue self - reporting abuse in the field. The committee has not reached consensus on how best to handle the issue. The FRMT's scientist has beg u n work on baselining the work that was done in October of 2013 so that we can ensure the same assumptions will always be used in the future when further modeling is to be done. o The FRMT's research request of ANG (Human Factors research) was not approved due to l ack of funding. The FRMT will explore options of performing further research and compliance studies in house. o The Alertness app is nearing completion. It will not be finished by CFS, but we will have a demo that we can show participants from the fully char ged booth. o PFS content this month will be on activity monitors and how they overestimate sleep. • The majority of work has been in the HF side of the HP triangle. • The human factors office activities include: o Mr. Barrett attended a training standards vetting session at N90. This work is very difficult and contentious as many people have informed and strong opinions about what skills a trainee should have during the OJTI process. There is one session remaining this week and the standards should be completed and ready for roll out. The next step will be to develop an implementation plan and training workshops prior to a July rollout. o Mr. Barrett and his FAA counterpart will be participating in a CWG panel discussion at CFS and will also have breakout sessions dea ling with human error and a concept called residence engineering. The intent of the breakout will be to demonstrate a fresh approach to viewing human