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through the design phase of the project. FAA leadership has been made aware of the resource constraints at L30 with the lack of training, airspace, and automation support structure. The next Metroplex Leads meeting will take place in Cleveland on August 6-10, 2018 with briefings from DataComm, iTBO, NAS NAV Strategy, and Community Engagement/Environmental. PBN Policy and Support (AJV-14) is currently working with Flight Standards (AFS), Aeronautical Information Services (AIS), Service Center Operational Support Groups (OSGs), Flight Inspection, and PASS on a workgroup to look at ways to streamline the Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP) development processes to improve the way we validate incoming IFP requests. This workgroup will also look at ways to better prioritize valid requests that aligns better with safety needs and the PBN NAS Nav Strategy. This workgroup kicked off on March 28, 2017 with a week-long meeting in Seattle. NATCA was briefed on the progress of the workgroup on Feb. 20 and a sub-workgroup has been established to review existing orders for alignment with the new IFP strategy and direction. The timeline for completion of the draft implementation plan is this month. The PBN Co-Leads meeting will be held in September in DC with co-leads represented from all three service centers as we continue to work on prioritization of single site projects. Submitted by PBN/Metroplex Design and Implementation Lead Art. 114 Ed Hulsey NATCA National Airspace Rep The FAA is still trying to get a handle on prioritization and develop a decision-making process for procedures and airspace redesign. Our national PBN/Metroplex lead is working with AJV14 to create the initial structure. We still have not reached a complete recovery since the most recent budget crisis. Since the hurricanes last year, the airspace and procedure work in for the Caribbean has not restarted. On June 4, we met at the national level with the Director of Airspace Services and representatives of the VP of Mission Support. We articulated how we would like to take advantage of the current reduced traffic to the Caribbean and the FAA has committed to revisit the Caribbean in the upcoming prioritization meetings. Another project that was stopped, this time due to budget constraints, was the Louisville airspace and procedure redesign. UPS has been pushing at various levels of the FAA to see if they can restart the project. It is my understanding that UPS feels they can achieve some benefits with the notional procedures and airspace design that has been looked at so far. We will also be discussing this project next month with the FAA airspace and procedure leadership group during our regularly scheduled meeting. AIRSPACE TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATION 2 (ATD-2) Pete Slattery (CLT) represents the membership as the Article 114 Representative for ATD-2. His report for is below. ATD-2 NASA/FAA Integrated Departure, Arrival, and Surface System (IADS) Charlotte Tower/TRACON continues to use ATD-2 equipment to manage traffic on a daily basis. Departure metering at CLT occurs during two banks of flights each day, but only if and when demand is projected to exceed capacity by a specified amount. The ATD-2 IADS system however, is useful throughout the day as a Decision Support System (DSS), not just during times of Departure Metering.

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