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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT NATCA Safety & Tech Update Week of March 26 , 2018 AIRPORT CAPACITY DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (ADEST) Kristen Laubach represents the membership as the Article 114 Representative for ADEST. Her report is below: It is still uncertain whether the FAA will continue to fund Airport Capacity Decision Support Tool (ADEST). In the meantime, t he program remains status quo. There was an issue with the weather data not updating. The developers believe the issue is related to the way the program was archiving information and they are working on the issue. AIRSPACE Jim Davis (PCT) is the National Airspace Representative for NATCA. Below are reports from the various air space team leads and Mr. Davis: SoCal Metroplex The SoCal Metroplex Core Team, Western Legal and DOJ Legal began the review of the Petioners Brief that was received March 16. The team began drafting responses with information to provide to the DOJ attorneys. The re sponse is due to the Courts May 15. The Core Team provided the Western Service Center Team a Metroplex 101, provi ded by MITRE, and the first of two SoCal overall briefs to begin the process of transitioning the project to the WSC. The brief also included SoCal Metroplex procedures. The team continued to work on analysis for a meeting scheduled with Congressman Rohrabacher on March 30 . Coordinated with Industry reference the implementation of the SNA STAYY SID on March 29, 2018. ZLA began CADRE train ing in preparation for BUE training for the week of March 26 for the Sector 54 and 55 airspace redesigns. ZLA POC provided route information to Industry and Dispatchers regarding SNA STAAY SID. The information also included information regarding amended procedures being published on the March 29 implementation. SCT is preparing for the meeting with the Coast SMEs to discuss solutions to criteria changes requiring amendments to the PCFIC STAR and BAUBB STAR. SCT POC is finalizing the draft LOA to address m ilitary SUA usage with procedures that affect ZLA, SCT, LGB , and LAX. Below is submitted by Jose Gonzalez Article 48 Rep, SoCal Metroplex Cleveland/Detroit Metroplex Design & Implementation Flight Check act ivity is continuing in both the Cleveland and Detroit areas with multiple aircraft flying. TELCONs will be conducted every morning at 0730 with the pilots and all