Happy Friday! And a Happy Blue Friday to all you Hawks fans out there!
A BIG CONGRATS to Alex Mathers for certifying on lows! Many thank you’s to everyone who helped in his journey towards CPC - Well done all!
The total time with delays - there has been much confusion in this implementation. I wanted to clarify a few things for ya….
We see the total delay in minutes (and seconds, if displayed). The TEMPL or YKM time you are currently seeing shows the time they would need to cross TEMPL or YKM for all the delay to be gone. SO - disregard the time (there is no way to change this to my knowledge at this time) and go with the delay in minutes (and seconds if displayed).
You are NOT required to eat up the whole delay, this requirement has NOT changed. Have no more than 4 minutes (and 20 seconds, if displayed) before the aircraft crosses the C/A area boundaries. (You may have less than that if desired or if it happens naturally due to sequencing or how much time they came to you with from ZLC).
Continue to cross the fixes WITRO or YKM at and maintain FL260.
If you have a delay equal or greater than 2 minutes (and 00 seconds, if displayed), have turbojet aircraft cross WITRO or YKM at 250 knots. TMU will no longer be putting out a 250 knot requirement with metering during this testing period.
If you have any questions about this process, please ask and I will be happy to explain this to you or find the answer if I don’t know it.
Next item - I have heard there has been some issues with trying to hand IFR aircraft off to PSC & YKM, having to RF the flight plan and then it flashing to Spokane East, things of that nature. This should not be happening, so if it does, please print out the flight plan and give it to the person in charge so a ticket can be filed and we can figure out what’s going on.
ZOOMR is still proving to be an issue with some flight plans. If you see an aircraft that has filed ZOOMR and isn’t flying it, please bring it to the attention of whomever is in charge so we can keep tabs on this.
I regret to tell you there was no meeting to discuss the facility MOU’s this week that I am aware of. Hopefully, talks will resume soon so we can get things rolling for the areas. Once those are done, I can speak to Robello about discussing our guide numbers and a schedule for next year. I have spoken with him a few times and I’m hopeful this will help us get to a spot where we can bid ASAP. I will keep you posted as soon as I hear more.
I am STILL waiting to hear back from ZLC about when we can meet regarding MSO/GPI procedures, and I am following up with that on a very regular basis.
Please reach out if you have any questions or if there is something I can help you with. I appreciate all you do for our area to keep it moving and going in a positive direction!
Have a great weekend,
Crumbley
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