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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 96 of 217 Section 6. Unless staffing and workload do not permit, the Agency shall grant annual leave or LWOP for a Union representative from the involved facility or facilities to attend NTSB hearings. Section 7. If authorized by NTSB, nothing in this Article shall preclude the Union from sending more than one (1) representative to an accident/incident investigation. Official time, travel and per diem are not authorized under this Article. ARTICLE 64 SAFETY EVENTS REPORTING AND REVIEW Section 1. The Parties shall apply the following provisions for instances in which a safety event occurs or is believed to have occurred, and safety problems/initiatives, and to govern the administration of the ATO Quality Assurance Program, ATO Quality Control, Air Traffic Organization Occurrence Reporting (ATOOR), and Voluntary Safety Reporting Programs (VSRP). Section 2. For the purposes of the ATSAP MOU dated March 27, 2008, an operational "error" and/or "deviation" shall be defined as: a. A Loss of required separation; b. An aircraft lands or departs on a runway closed to aircraf t operations after receiving air traffic authorization, c. An aircraft lands or departs on a runway closed to aircraft operations, at an uncontrolled airport and it was determined that a NOTAM regarding the runway closure was not issued to the pilot as requi red; d. Less than the applicable separation minima existed between an aircraft and adjacent airspace without prior approval; e. An aircraft penetrated airspace that was delegated to another position of operation or another facility without prior coordination a nd approval; f. An aircraft penetrated airspace that was delegated to another position of operation or another facility at an altitude or route contrary to the altitude or route requested and approved in direct coordination or as specified in a letter of a greement (LOA) pre - coordination, or internal procedure; g. An aircraft is either positioned and/or routed contrary to that which was coordinated individually or; as specified in a LOA/directive between positions of operation in either the same or a different facility; and/or h. An aircraft, vehicle, equipment, or personnel encroached upon a landing area that was delegated to another position of operation without prior coordination and approval Upon request, an employee who experiences any of these events shall be removed from an operational position as soon as operationally possible. When the Agency becomes aware of any loss of standard separation of less than sixty - six percent (66%), a runway incursion, and an employee requests to be relieved from an operatio nal position or the Agency has elected to relieve an employee from an operational position due to an occurrence, the Principal Facility Representative or his/her designee shall be notified. Employee(s) last providing ATC services to an aircraft involved i n a fatal accident shall be relieved from operational position as soon as operationally feasible and must remain relieved

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