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o The week of May 31 st , Eric Owens attended a meeting at ZAB to observe the operation and to discuss the arrival feed to P50. The main issue addressed was a perceived overfeed by ZAB. There does appear to be an ov erfeed during the evening push, caused by IFR air craft cance ling and continuing to P50 VFR. They are continuing to work with both facilities to come u p with a reasonable resolution. It was agreed to have a follow - up meeting at P50 with management and NATCA Representatives from both facilities in attendan ce. o Scott Hansen (TBFM NATCA SME) was at ZDC supporting the ZTL MetroPlex. o The week if June 6 th , Scott Hansen was at MITRE for a Path Stretch De mo. Overall, the concept is sound but there were so me parts that were cumbersome. o Kevin Bell and Matt Gammon (TBFM NATCA SMEs) were at ZKC helping with the implementation of Adjacent Center Metering (ACM) to ZDV. Initially, there was an issue with th e adaptation that was resolved. After this issue was fixed , everything has gone smoothly. Both Kevin and Matt wil l be back at ZKC to co ntinue supporting this effort. o This week Eric Owens will be in D .C. for a TSAS meeting . TERMINAL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM): Matt Baugh (IAH) is the T FDM Article 48 Representative. His upda te for the membership is below. o Matt and the TFDM program team went to PHL for an Operat ional Evaluation Review (OER). We have had OER s previously at P HX, EWR, IAH, and other sites. This meeting is held with local NATCA and management in order to brief them on the impact that TFDM will have in their facility, along current timelines. PHL will be a big - time location for TFDM , as they are slated to be the key site to replacing the Departure Spacing Program (DSP). o TFDM Final Investment Decision is still scheduled for 6/15 with a contract award co ming two weeks l ater in the last week in June. Once those decisions have been made, the long road and work to build the TFDM program into a viable piece of eq uipment in the NAS will begin. There will be a user group set up in the coming months to aid in that endeavor. Advanced Electronic Flight Strips (AEFS) o EWR has reverted to using paper strips until the system can b e made faster and more stable. SFO has also decided not to implement AEFS un til the system can be " fixed . " As such, AEFS implementation into any future towers has been put on hold until the system can be brought to a level of dependency that aligns with NATCA ' s standard for any new technology, " as good or better than what we have today." This process is