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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 157 of 217 STATEMENT OF COVERAGE This pay setting standard is limited to the employees covered by the collective bargaining agreement between NATCA and the FAA for Air Traffic Control Specialists (ATCSs), Traffic Management Coordinators/Specialists (TMC/Ss), and NOTAM Specialists (NOTAMs). Note: When terminal and en route air tra ffic control specialists are temporarily assigned to uncovered positions, their position of record remains covered by this complexity formula for pay setting standard. FUTURE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EVALUATION CRITERIA Because of the many variables which may affect the difficulty and complexity of air traffic control work (such as future technological changes, changes in the aviation industry and modification or extension of air traffic control services), it may be necessary to periodically adjust the air traf fic density and complexity measures for different categories of facilities. While there is currently a linkage of the conceptual descriptions of the various facility pay setting levels with their associated index ranges, this linkage is not expected to la st indefinitely. The continued validity of this linkage will be regularly assessed by NATCA and FAA. The Parties will negotiate changes to the complexity formula and/or Facility Pay Levels (FPL) resulting from data source changes used in determining facili ty traffic count indices and FPLs. No changes to FPLs due to data source changes will be implemented until negotiations have been completed. APPLICATION OF COMPLEXITY F ORMULA FOR PAY SETTING The complexity formula for pay setting applies to each facility as a whole. Facility complexity - formula - based pay levels (breakpoints) are provided in Appendix 1 (Of Appendix A) . Employees' pay is set in accordance with Article 108 of the Parties' Collective Bargaining Agreement and the pay level of the facility to which the employee is assigned. CATEGORIES OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITIES There are five (5) types of ATC facilities that have been classified by the Agency. They ha ve been identified by the control services provided. Any changes to these classifications require appropriate negotiations in accordance with the Parties' collective bargaining agreement: 1. TOWER; 2. APPROACH CONTROL; 3. TOWER AND APPROACH CONTROL (UP/DOWN); 4. C OMBINED CONTROL FACILITY (CCF); and 5. AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER (ARTCC/En Route). Every facility shall have its own individual Traffic Count Index (TCI). When appropriate, an individual facility's TCI will be the sum of the relevant formulas from each applicable type. For example, a Tower and Approach Control (Up/Down) will be the combined TCIs from Part I

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