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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 135 of 217 ARTICLE 108 PAY Section 1 . The express terms of this Article apply to Air Traffic Control Specialists (ATCS) assigned to the terminal/en route options, Traffic Management Coordinators/Specialists (TMC/TMS), Air Traffic Control Specialists assigned to the Flight Service option, and NOTA MS bargaining units. Section 2. Definitions. a. Air Traffic Control (ATC) Facility: Terminal facility, en route facility, or the Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC). b. Base Pay: Employee's pay rate including applicable Locality Pay adjustment in effect. c. Basic Pay: Employee's pay rate excluding applicable Locality Pay adjustment in effect. d. Certified Professional Controller (CPC): This title applies to an Air Traffic Control Specialist, who is or has been facility certified in a terminal/en rou te air traffic control facility or flight service station in the Agency. Once an employee has achieved CPC status in his/her first terminal/en route facility or flight service station (FSS), that status is permanent. For TMCs and TMSs this title applies to air traffic control specialists who are facility certified and are involved in the traffic flow management of aircraft. e. CPC/TMC/TMS - In Training (CPC - IT/TMC - IT/TMS - IT): This title applies to a CPC/TMC/TMS who transfers into a new facility. f. Demotion: M ovement from a Front Line Manager (FLM) position or higher into a CPC position. g. Developmental: This title applies to an air traffic controller in training at a field facility who has never been facility certified in a terminal/en route air traffic contro l facility, flight service station, or the ATCSCC in the Agency. For pay setting purposes, developmental stages are Developmental - 1 (D1), Developmental - 2 (D2), and Developmental - 3 (D3). Academy Graduate (AG) is not considered a developmental stage for pay setting purposes. h. Facility Pay Level (FPL): Established using a complexity formula for pay setting (Appendix A) that computes a Traffic Count Index (TCI) for each air traffic facility in the terminal and en route options. i. New Hire: This title applies to an individual who is not currently a Federal employee and has never been employed as an Air Traffic Control Specialist in a terminal/en route air traffic control facility, flight service station, or the ATCSCC in the Agency. j. New Entrant: This title appli es to a current Federal employee who has never been employed by the Agency as an Air Traffic Control Specialist in a terminal/en route air traffic control facility, flight service station, or the ATCSCC in the Agency.

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