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Instrument Metrological Conditions (IMC) flights. § Joe F. emphasized to the industry groups at the RSC that the Pa rt 142 training centers will listen to their customers. If their customers (companies and individuals receiving flight training at a 142 center) ask for a flight curriculum to include runway safety, that the centers will develop that training. It is diffic ult for the FAA to drive this change; it should come from the pilot/operator community. § Joe F. informed group that Order 8900.1, Volume 15 has an entire section on Remedial Training for when pilots have a Pilot Deviation involving an RI or RE event an d need to receive additional training. § Alex G. offered to assist Joe F. with training/outreach to NBAA members/pilots. AFS - 410 LED Lighting Update § AFS had a presentation on the LED lighting topic and how this type of lighting is being evaluated by the FAA. There are testing efforts underway to study this lighting from the · Runway Safety Council o Discussed operational perspective, how pilots visually acquire this type of LED lighting, how it is different from incandescent lighting systems and what are the safety/risk impacts of this lighting. o Steve Jangelis provided his perspective on LED lighting and is our RSC POC for LED lighting topic. o RSC viewed some of the online training videos that are being develope d under the Call to Action outreach and education activities. There was collective agreement that these videos produce great value to the pilot community and more efforts like this should be pursued. o Suggestion that videos be produced at airports to orient pilots to hot spots and ground/taxi operations in a manner that realistically depicts this environment. o Request made to Justin Towles, AAAE to help coordinate production of some videos at airports. Some suggested use of small, portable camera platforms, possibly UAS (drones), to video tape at these airports. There were challenges discussed such as access to airports, and use of drones in an airport environment (need for FAA authorization to conduct these operations). NOTAM Distribution Project Emily Banuelos provided a briefing on the NOTAM Distribution Project. This effort would more effectively disseminate NOTAM information at airports to ensure timely notification of information like runway closures is sent to all parties. She provided an exa mple at Telluride airport in Colorado of an event that occurred when an arriving aircraft for landing did not get this NOTAM of runway closure and landed while a snow plow was operating on the landing runway. · Next Meeting/Closing o The next R SC meeting was confirmed for July 13, 2016, at ALPA (DC office location). The following meeting is tentatively scheduled for October 12, 20 16 (might shift one day to 13th , as the 12th is Yom Kippur holiday). The location for the October meeting is TBD. Jim Fee mentioned there might be the possibility of a delegation from