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overcome but TSAS is well on its way to initial operational capacity at P50. It was a pleasure working with the dedicated NATCAvists on the TSAS team. Smaller things crept up this past month from facilities that have already transitioned and those who have not. Corpus Christi still works with Sony 2K monitors; scheduled transition to TAMR is Nov 2019. The current monitors have different color backgrounds and some are faded. Mr. Rose has made a request to install the new Main Display Monitor (MDM) well ahead of schedule to help mitigate issues until transition to TAMR. Portland, Ore., has an issue with scratch pads, which Scott Kendrick (North TX OSF) is working diligently. Mr. Rose spent a couple days working on travel issues related to the government shutdown. R8 EUI, R8 play date, and R9 play dates were all affected and needed to be rescheduled. Western and Central Service Area TAMR weekly calls, EGE STARS LITE to G4 remote tower kickoff telcon, Strategic Software planning, CCB, and Program Technical Report priority workgroup telcons all attended. Discussions still underway with Scenario Processing and Organization Tool (SPOT) support staff to incorporate into terminal facilities. Topics covered include support and functionality of SPOT within terminal. This is an ARTCC tool for scenario support and generation. NATCA is collaborating with the agency for funds to start initial development. Southern California TRACON has had issues with tracking over the last year. The agency and NATCA have thrown everything at the problem. Working together with the vendor (Raytheon) SCT may be at the point where issues will be mitigated via new tracking software. Matt Morter and Mike Sanders, both SCT NATCA, are very optimistic after viewing the new software on the Operational Support Facility (OSF) string Mr. Rose, Second Level Engineering and AJV-7 will be traveling to SCT in early March to observe and OT&E the software prior to loading on the operational string. Jim VanZee (GRR), Joe Yannone (Region X) and Mr. Rose are coordinating Common Terminal Digitizer (CTD) AP and false weather issues with the PMO. Ensuring facilities are protected and providing a quality product to the field. Congratulations to Boston TRACON and Cape TRACON on their consolidation. It was four years in the making, the collaboration was unbelievable and something the agency and NATCA can build relationships upon. The NATCA team has been involved since the inception of TAMR. Many subject matter experts (SMEs) from around the country have sacrificed time away from family and friends. In the next couple updates some of the SMEs will be highlighted. Thank each and every one of you for your dedication. TAMR NATCA Training submitted by Ross Costa (RSW) Over the last several weeks, Mr. Costa traveled to JAN and BFL to deliver training briefings to the facility for their transition to STARS. BGM was briefed by Mr. Falcone (MDT) in late January. On Feb 6, a meeting was held with FAA, Leidos, Raytheon, and NATCA in D.C. to discuss TSAS training. The discussion centered around the roles and responsibilities of each vendor to provide the appropriate training materials. Training

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