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Memphis Kickoff/planning meeting held in Memphis on 12/4/17. A Draft MOU has been written. Additional meeting are required to ensure MEM can be implemented as planned. Runway Safety Taxiway Lander ASDE-X Enhancement A study on taxiway arrival prediction capability at SEA has been taking place. Approximately, 90 days' worth of data has been collected and analyzed. Of that data, there has been zero false or nuisance alerts. The National Workgroup is currently working on the final recommendations. The recommendations will be presented on 3/16/18. Runway Incursion Prevention Shortfall Analysis (RIPSA) Tentatively TUS, SAT, DAB have been selected as potential site locations. A new market survey should be out within a few weeks. More information to follow once this market survey is finalized. • Commence test system(s) installation at test site(s) – Q2FY19 • Complete test system(s) installation at test site(s) – Q3/Q4FY19 • Commence testing and evaluation process – FY20 Special Focus RSAT SFO A Special Focus RSAT (Runway Safety Action Team) meeting was conducted Feb. 27 – March 1. These meetings were prompted by the Wrong Surface SRM. The meetings included ALPA, NBAA, IATA, FAA lines of businesses, and several airlines. The three- day meeting was very production and several action items have been developed. Those items are still in draft form at this time. Surface Safety Group (SSG) The next SSG meeting was Jan. 16-19. I am the co-lead of the group. The group is designed to identify and understand the contributing factors, analyze risks, and develop safety strategies to maintain the safest levels of surface operations. This group does a deeper dive into all of the Category A, B, and C runway incursions in the system. Originally this group was the Root Cause Analysis Team (RCAT). The RCAT only looked at Category A and B events when making recommendations to the Runway Safety Council (RSC) to change the NAS. The development of the SSG I believe will assist in making data driven recommendations and not recommendations based on specific events. Surface Safety Campaign Thru PFS, Runway Safety will begin a Surface Safety Campaign with a kickoff in the near future. This campaign will help bring controller awareness to the trending surface safety events in the NAS. One of my continued goals is to get more information to the field, and this is one of the techniques to do so. Surface Watch is a recognition program developed for the Surface Safety Campaign. Surface Watch will allow for an opportunity to bring additional awareness as well as recognition for good work in the field. WEATHER

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