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TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TFMS) Brian Campos (DCC) represents the NATCA membership as their Article 114 Representative to the TFMS project. His report is below. TFMS Roadshow visited ZDV and ZLC TMUs in April with only ZNY to finish in May. Both facilities shared the appreciation for TFMS DT to come out with a working lab to explore and discuss the recent tool releases and answer question about TFMS in general. They requested this valued lab activity to return every other year to explore recent tool releases into the current system. Making this a regular activity would be highly valued. TFMS Release 13 patch 12 went through a scrub and passed with core updates expected. The new release is slated for May 5th. This patch will fix key bugs related to multiple strip production on drop out flights and ensuring flights process properly with dropouts when AFPs are overridden during multiple AFP use. Discussions spawned interest in changing the SCRUB testing procedures by separating into two methods. First would be strictly focus on buttonology, and the second is a comparison of data across the different tools using more scenario-based outcome testing. TFMS Release 14 In early 2019, technical refresh scheduled for all TMUs. Key site testing expected in November of 2018. The goal is to get this completed by October 2019 in time for TFDM release of the Surface Viewer into TFMS. The equipment includes an upgraded operating system from REDHAT 5 to REDHAT 7. This upgrade is necessary to support future software releases in TFMS. New hi-definition monitors and computers with the latest in video cards and hard drives will give a boost to the systems performance. The changeover will need to ensure facility's local files with Pref-sets, FXA recall, TSD Adaptations, and any custom CRON jobs transfer to the new system. There are challenges with the new upgrade operating system, which limits some of the ways; we interface with accessing information from TFMS. RAD ABRR PDRR after the TFMS Roadshows and SME site interactions for RAD tool deployment for ABRR and PDRR, a number of engineer requests (ERs) were ranked and cataloged for possible future upgrades once a budget can support it. Recently, limited funding came from the Northeast Corridor (NEC) project to support needed RAD ERs to support the NEC initiative. The RAD 2.0 deployment for the release of select enhancements is set for fall 2019. Facilities followed a waterfall turn-on for ABRR and PDRR from November (2017) to May (2018). With only ABRR mainly in use and some use of PDRR there was gradual use expectation. However, from a time-period of Nov. 1st to March 1st, nearly 14,000 amendments were made using the new tool, with ZAB leading in ABRR with 2,600 and ZMA with PDRR with 2,100. The tool use has changed some of the strategies by being more efficient with constraint areas and the life cycle uses of reroutes both National and Tactical. Remote Site Tech Refresh TFMS release 14 SRM: Safety Risk Management was conducted on April 18th 2018. A prior SRMDM, and SRMD were conducted around

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