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everyday to determine where adjustments can or should be made. While success is never assured, we appear positioned to ac hieve the best possible outcome given the collaborative nature of this activity and the tremendous support we are receiving from the scientists and engineers responsible for the technology behind this system. All parties have agreed to continue these Dep arture Metering attempts during the second bank of flights each day. This may expand to other times of the day if we believe there is a benefit to doing so. As always, I will continue to look out for the best interests of TMCs and controllers as this resea rch project continues. Further information about ATD - 2 can be found here: https://www.nasa.gov/aero/nasa - air - traffic - management - demo - goes - live RNAV and PERFORMANCE BAS ED NAVIGATION (PBN) Bennie Hutto (PCT) is the Article 114 Representative for RNAV and PBN criteria work. Mr. Hutto's report for the membership is below. Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) Criteria WG Participated via telcon with the STAR WG. We discussed a recommendation that was brought to the Aeronautical Charting Forum (ACF) for the FAA to add Minimum Safe Altitudes (MSA s) not only on SIDS, but also STARS. ACF accepted the issue and introduced it to the IFPP, which was brought up last month for discussio n and continued this month. No decision has made on the issue and remains open. FAA 8260.3D (Draft) A draft copy of the FAA 8260.3D was sent out by AFS for review and comments. Based on initial review, NATCA along with AJV - 14 did not concur with the majo rity of the requirements regarding Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) design criteria and submitted numerous proposed language changes. The FAA 82260.3D is scheduled to become effective around the December - 2017/January - 2018 timeframe, but based on our commen ts I am not sure if the document will be published during that time period or not. Departure Criteria Working Group (DWG) During our meeting in November 2017, a number of issues were discussed with all of them requiring further evaluations and discussion . We will continue to discuss these items during our next meeting, which is planned for Dec . 6th. Pilot Controller Procedures & Systems Integration (PCPSI) Attended the PCPSI WG meeting in Henderson, NV from November 15th - 17th where the following informa tion was discussed. 1. STAR Runway Transitions FAA 7110.65 4 - 7 - 1 DCP SRMP - The WG was reminded about the DCP SRMP being held at the FAA from Dec . 5th - 7th. The background on this change is for Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STARS) that provide course g uidance to multiple runway transitions, pilots must be provided with runway transition information along with the descend via clearance. This allows pilots to program the Flight Management System (FMS) and fly the proper decent profile associated with the runway transition that was issued.