Happy Friday (the 13th) all! We have an annular eclipse in southern Oregon around 8 am, I will be interested to see how it turns out, I believe it’s supposed to be fairly cloudy across the main path, but I haven’t gotten any tops reports ;)
MOU Negotiation / Bidding
Talks are still in progress with the front office. We are getting closer, but just not quite there yet. Again, I still cannot disclose details, but we are heading in the right direction. MOU season has always been challenging, but this year has brought some unique difficulties, and ZSE is not the only one facing them. There are very few facilities in the Seattle district that have signed MOUs. We are working diligently and meeting as often as possible to get this done.
Legislative Info
To clear up one piece of misinformation that seems pretty common: Some people have been told that this means we are safe from the November 17th potential shutdown because the FAA has been reauthorized through December 31st, which is not the case. The FAA will shut down just the same if there are no continuing resolutions or full budgets passed.
We will be at the center FacRep meeting this Sunday through Tuesday. We will both be available through call/text/email if you need anything. I will be back in the facility on Wednesday and hope to have some good information to share with you after the meeting.
Amy