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Fatigue FSSC I have been advised that the fatigue safety steering committee will no longer have a PASS participant due to the recent contract negotiations between the Agency and PASS. As such the FSSC will now be air traffic centric. AJW (tech ops) wants to create their own version of a FSSC NEXTGEN Kevin McLaughlin (S CT) is the National NextGen Representative for NATCA. His report to the membership is below. NextG en Executive Board The NextGen EB met the third week of March in D . C . ; among the items on the Age nda were a briefing by the NextG en Advisory Committee on the Northeast Corridor Initiative, Time, Speed, Spacing concept, and Enhanced Surveillance. Additional topics briefed by other Agency groups included International Harmonization and ADS - B equipage shortfalls. Remote Offshore Meteorology Inf ormation Demonstr ation (ROMIO) The ROMIO program is an effort to bring real time long - range modeling and depiction of oceanic convec tive weather into the cockpit. NATCA participates in workgroup bi - weekly meetings. The re - scheduled March 2017 launch date has slipped due to d elayed vendor data agreements. NATCA was key in resolving issues that had delayed delivery of the web - based viewer that will enable PC display of ROMIO equipped tracks in the Oceanic Areas. Additionally, the three participant air carriers have proceeded at different rates with pilot training and e quipage. As of last week, Delta completed pilot training with 230 ROMIO certified Check Airmen. Currently, late April looks like the likely launch window. Space Integrati o n Enhancements Field Outreach Led by AJV - 7, the purpose of this workgroup is to assess the current analogue state of FAA Space Tools and how to leverage Agency work to update to develop ATO capabilities, services, systems and procedures to more efficiently integrate space operations in to the NAS. The w orkgroup has been paused while data generated by previous meetings is assessed. Joint Space Operations Group (JSpOG) NATCA continues to participate in the bi - weekly meetings o f this ATCSCC based Ops group. The JSpOG is the primary FAA ope rational interface with the Commercial Space Industry for LOA creation and laun ch/recovery support activities. The JSpOG currently is in the process of negotiating or implementing 30 LOAs for active or proposed Spaceports throughout the NAS. The JSpOG supp orted numerous Launch and Recovery events this month, including providing the Airspace Management Plan for the Astra L - 10 rocket launch. The launch was from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska (PSCA) located at Narrow Cape, Kodiak Island, Alaska. Commerc ial Space Integration Team (CSIT) The Commercial Space Integration Team (CSIT) latest monthl y meeting occurred on April 27. Topics on the Agenda included Falcon 9 Heavy Launch and Recovery review, Captive Carry Safety Panel Update, Airspace Access Prioriti es Aviation Rulemaking