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Russia/Eastern Europe that might be attending the October RSC as observers. More information will be provided at the July meeting. § Final comments were provided by Jim Fee and Steve Jan gelis, thanking the active participation by all RSC members and stressing the importance of the RSC as leading advocates for runway safety. Action Items : The following are action items resulting from the Runway Safety Council Meeting on May 11, 2016: o AJI - 1410 to collect data on Part 91 PDs on a month by month basis to provide to RSC, specifically Joe Foresto, on the GA percentage increases. o Kelly Kohring (KK, AJV - 82) – Review differences per 7110.65 between progressive taxi instructions vs. detaile d taxi instructions (they are not the same). o RSG will make some revisions to both charters (add some more detail to the vision and goal statements) and re - circulate at the July 13, 2016 RSC meeting for further discussion. · Runway Safety Coun cil · Pat McKay and Jim Fee will coordinate on how to discuss/process recommended changes to the 7110.65 Order. · These recommendations have been generated at previous RSC meetings and there should be a more defined process for getting change s incorporated into the Order, since it can be a time - consuming process. o This suggestion is also in the Call to Action plans. U NMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS): Jeff Richards (ZAU) and Steve Weidner (ZMP) are the primary representative s for UAS activit ies for NATCA. Below is a report from Mr. Weidner. · UAS Unmanned Traffic Management o NASA is leading a research effort to determine the feasibility of a low altitude, unman ned traffic management system. Essentially this would be an air traffic system for low al titude, uncontrolled airspace. NASA recently conducted a large - scale test on this system, which was a major st ep forward. o The test involved all six FAA test sites and over 20 twenty drones in the air at those six locations ( http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NASA - Tests - Drone - Traffic - System - 226142 - 1.html ). Mr. Weidner and Mr. Richards continue to engage on this project. · Pathfinde r 4 o You may have read the recent news articles about a reported mid - air collision between a drone and a British Airways B727. Mr. Weidner coordinated with one of his counterparts who works international UAS issues. British authorities b elieve the colli sion was real. However it is unknown if DNA testing was done to the aircraft surf ace to rule out a bird strike. In two instances of reported drone/manned aircraft collisions in the U . S . , DNA tests were done on the collision surface and found that the repor ted drone stri kes were actually bird strikes. o Mr. Weidner and Mr. Richards are part of the FAA's Pathfinder 4