C Area,
MWH Hours of Operation
Many of you may have seen the email with facilities reducing their hours. Starting Monday May 4th MWH will open at the normal time but close early at 8pm local. Due to less staffing on C Area evening shifts, sector 9 already taking YKM approach in the afternoon, and the potential for late evening military ops we made every effort to keep MWH open at night with reduced hours in the morning instead. Unfortunately, MWH port authority does not agree with us. So, our next option is to reduce traffic/services into or around MWH if it’s an issue. If anyone is curious about the details of the discussions I’ve had about MWHs hours of operations I’d be happy to go into it more for those that want to know. Moving forward, McChord has been made aware of MWH closing early and that we may not be able to provide the same level of service. If you see any issues with traffic at or around MWH after 8pm local please let me know so we can address it. On Monday expect to see an update in CEDAR and in the area to include Drop Zone Information, IR Route Information, TAC Route Information, and Points of Contact among other things. If there is something that’s not in the briefing that you think should be included please let me know. The gist of it is we’ll have an updated TAC Route/Drop Zone flimsy in the area to reference.
Current Schedule Shift Preferences Feedback
We currently do not rotate any of our shifts and I wanted to put it out there that the feedback I have received so far regarding everyone’s shifts is that the majority of the area is happy with what they have and doesn’t want to redo preferences or rotate shifts. If the majority of the area wants to either redo preferences or consider rotating shifts around please let me know and we can look into. Also, don’t forget if you need to trade your week of Days, Swings, or Mids you can do so with someone else on your crew for the entire week.
Hope everyone is doing well, please call or text anytime if there are any questions.
James Darlington
NATCA C Area Rep
904-347-3065