None of these changes to Spokane are official until briefed and is subject to change. But, I wanted to put this up for discussion. Spokane Approach is requesting more airspace around COE. The last proposal I saw would give them roughly 5 more miles around COE and a few miles to the north and east southeast. We’re looking at a few minor LOA changes to include the GPS approach into SZT simular to how the LOC-A into SZT is today, and changing the prop/carp altitude from the north on or near V112 to 11,000 instead of 9,000 due the the new proposed boarder in higher terrain. Personally I don’t see any major issues with giving Spokane a little more airspace around COE. Other than the LOA changes listed above does anyone see any concerns that need to be addressed with Spokane Approach getting a few more miles of airspace?
Also, I wanted to clarify a few things with the temporary metering procedure. The intent of the procedure is to reduce the readback errors and lengthy check on for the A-Area until a workgroup is able to address the safety concerns listed above. If the temporary/interim procedure isn’t working you can terminate it and we’ll go back to the old procedure until the workgroup comes out with something.
James Darlington