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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT IMPORTANT SURVEY – IFR/VFR CONFLICTS ATO's Safety and Technical Training group (AJI) has been asked to assess the effectiveness of awareness campaign material s related to IFR/VFR conflicts. The purpose of this survey is to gather opinions on how IFR and VFR traffic is handled at your facility. The goal at this time is to gather baseline information on the current culture, attitudes, and behaviors related to managing potential IFR/VFR conflicts. The plan is to provide a follow - up survey in about a year, to assess changes in attitudes or behavior related to IFR/VFR conflicts. This IVF/VFR Conflict At titudes survey is voluntary and all responses are anonymous. No identifiable informati on is included in this survey. NATCA has recommended participation in this survey. Please click this link to take the survey: http://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/bmp5mY NATCA Safety & Tech Upd ate Week of August 7, 2017 COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING (CDM) FLOW EVALUATION TEAM (FET) Tony Smith (DCC) is the Article 114 Representative for Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) F low Evaluation Team (FET) . His report is below. The CDM/FET subgroup last met in May at the United Airlines Operations Center in Chicago to discuss our current tasking of identifying classes of scenarios and benefits of submitting Trajectory Option Sets ( TOS). This tasking will focus on what benefits can be realized with the use of the Airborne Reroute (ABRR) and Pre - Departure Reroute (PDRR) capabilities when they come online. The team also held a telcon with Nancy Smith and her NASA team to talk about th e Integrated Departure Management (IDM) where the Ground Delay Program/Collaborative Trajectory Options Program (GDP/CTOP), Required Time of Arrival (RTA) , and metering (TBFM) work together to provi de end - to - end flow management. The team is expecting to pa rticipate in the next round of HITLs for this project sometime in the fall as we attempt to integrate additional "complications" into the scenario, such as variable winds, changing arrival rates , and compliance issues. Following a break for the Summer/SWA P season, the CDM/FET team is planning to meet next on Sept . 5, 2017, tentatively scheduled at the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Warrenton, Va. , to resume wo rk on the assigned tasks. COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING (CDM) SURFACE CONCEPT TEAM (SCT) Kyle Andrews (ORD) is the NATCA Representative to the Surface Concept Team (SCT). Mr. Andrews forwarded the information below for the membership. On July 20 and August 3 the SCT participated in ATD - 2 Remote Demonstration t elcons to keep all interest ed parties updated on the progress of ATD - 2 at CLT. Following are some notes from those telcons. There could be an issue developing with runway fix mapping at airports that move fixes frequently back and forth. The algorithms used to calculate Target T akeoff Time (TTOT)