C Area,
Unfortunately I don’t have any official news on next year’s schedule or when we’ll be bidding. I’m hoping to have more of an update in the coming weeks. However, one of the bigger proposed guide changes we made was to swap the number of 1500s and 1600s. Our proposal is to have 3 1500s and 2 1600s instead of the current 2 1500s and 3 1600s.
The A Area has asked me to send out an update to everyone requesting RNT arrivals on the CHINS forced down to FL240 instead of pilot’s discretion to FL240. This is due to the restriction to cross RADDY at 110 which is not published on the plate. There is a NOTAM out to address this but sometimes pilots miss it and aircraft end up high at RADDY. The plan is to update the CHINS arrival to show this new crossing restriction at RADDY for RNT arrivals but I don’t know when that will be published. For now, it’s just a request to start them down if we can.
Lastly, if anyone has any questions or are interested in being C Area rep next year please let me know.
Thanks
James Darlington
NATCA C Area Rep
904-347-3065