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2016 CBA Tentative Agreement Page 206 of 217 NEW MOUS MOU - 1 Appendix A MOU MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIAT ION AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADM INISTRATION This Agreement is made between the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, ("NATCA" or "the Union") and the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA" or "the Agency"), collectively known as "the Parties." This Agreement represents the complete understanding between the Parties at the national level concerning the interim process in effect and the development and implementation of an automated traffic count and calculating program(s) to count traffic in accordance with Appendix A of the Parties' Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) an d, if feasible, the recommended changes identified in Appendix 1 of this document, for En Route, Terminal, and Combined Control Facilities (CCFs). Section 1. The Parties agree that there shall be no changes to the established practices, policies, and pro cedures concerning the National Validation Team (NVT), the NVT MOU dated May 12, 2011 excluding its associated buffers and breakpoints, and Appendix A of the CBA until the Parties have implemented all actions required by this Agreement. Section 2. Withi n thirty (30) days of the execution of the successor to the 2009 CBA, the Parties agree to establish a workgroup to oversee and participate in the development of an automated traffic count and calculating program(s) that accurately counts, classifies, prov ides modeling capabilities, records operations in the National Airspace System (NAS), and calculates Traffic Count Indices (TCIs), utilizing agreed upon data sources/systems, and the Complexity Formula factors identified in Appendix A of the CBA and, if fe asible, the recommended changes identified in Appendix 1 of this document. The Agency will notify the workgroup of any changes to the agreed upon data sources/systems affecting the automated traffic count and calculating program(s) during the course of dev elopment. This workgroup shall consist of at least four (4) members from each Party. Each Party will designate one (1) member of the workgroup as a co - lead. Section 3. The workgroup will validate the automated traffic count and calculating program(s) an d individually and cumulatively model the recommended changes to the Complexity Formula identified in Appendix 1 of this Agreement. The workgroup will notify the Parties at the national level of: (1) any recommendation(s) that cannot be modeled due to prog ramming and/or data source limitations; (2) any additional programmatic/manual counting requirements and/or data systems needed to accurately model the recommendations; and (3) any recommendation(s) necessary to provide consistent application of the Comple xity Formula factors for both automated and non - automated facilities. The results of the modeling, including an individual and cumulative comparison between the facility TCIs with and without the recommendations, will be presented to the Parties at the national level. The workgroup will complete its tasks no later than twelve (12) months from the

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