New Round

Hi there C Area,

I started round 4 tonight. If you’re an 8 hour earner, you have 6 days you can bid this round (unless you’ve heard different from me).

I’ll start round 5 as soon as possible after 4 is over, and will update you as to how many slots will be left to bid based on your accumulated leave.

News about total time - there is a lot that goes into it from a planning perspective, but Eric & I met with some of the guys from the FAST team last week. We have named the list “JTIME” (for JAKSN time) and “RTIME” (for RADDY time). These will show you the total delay from those fixes and we will continue the trial period for another month, which should allow for us to meet again (it’s been hard to get everyone together) to discuss the altitude restriction on top of what we’ve been doing with the speeds. Expect to get a briefing about this soon.

I haven’t heard anything in the past few days about LWS, here’s hoping things have improved there and the LOA is being reviewed a bit more frequently.

I will be off work the 21-27th, but I will be available if you are in need of anything. Please understand, if I text you about bidding, it is a gentle reminder and I am trying my very best to keep the process moving as quickly as possible so we don’t lose out on any more slots in January. I hope you don’t take it as me being impatient or trying to bother you.

Thank you for your understanding and help with this process.

Have a great week, and reach out if you are in need of anything!

Take care,

Crumbley

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Great Job!

Hi C Area!

We’re doing great getting through round 2, and should be able to start round 3 soon. This is the “shotgun” round, where you can bid 5 consecutive or non-consecutive days.

C-Cret Santa envelopes were left in your headset box, please let me know if you have any questions about that. I was a bit behind this year and I apologize, but try to have your C-Cret gift under the tree sometime before next week.

Glenn & Jared spoke with the SERCO QA person about LWS. She will be putting guidance and direction out to the facility about following the LOA, but if you are still seeing issues, please continue telling a sup or myself. Include the call sign, time and a brief description of what happened. This accurate information is what is making it easy for Glenn to pull the info and send it to QA.

Have a great rest of your week, and thanks again for all you do!

Crumbley

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READ - Round 2

Hey there -

Please have your AWS requests into my headset box ASAP. We will be reviewing them Thursday (tomorrow). If you aren’t at work, text or email me and I’ll make sure your request is a part of it all.

C-Cret Santa - I’ve been behind all season, but please fill out a form and put it in the envelope if you would like to participate. I’m hoping to have this done soon, maybe tomorrow or Friday.

Request for IST instructors - the cadre class will be 1/30-31 or 2/1-2. The workforce class dates will be 4/21-5/4. Please let me know if you’re interested in being a cadre.

Trainee bidding began today, and I will begin round 2 soon. Remember - this is still 1 consecutive week (can be around your RDOs but not skip over a full slot, if that makes sense). Let me know if you have any questions about this.

MOU copies should be in the area and will be downloaded on the bidding website soon if they aren’t already. I’m available if you have questions about any of them.

I met with a member of the FAST team and with Matt Snodgrass today talking about total delay times. We still need to go over some specifics with the A area and ensure we’ve taken everything into consideration, but I appreciate those who took the time to respond and give me input I could bring to the group. There will be another meeting tomorrow with the FAST team to solidify some more info, I will share it with you as soon as I know more.

Please let me know if you have any questions on any of this, and thanks again for all your patience with everything lately.

Crumbley

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READ - AWS Requests

Hi C Area -

Bidding is finally coming to a close for round 1. Thank you for your timely response in getting us through this process. I also appreciate the timely responses to texts. This has been a VERY stressful time for me, and I appreciate those who decided to not add to that stress.

I am putting AWS request sheets in the area. In the spirit of being timely, please have these filled out and in my headset box by Thursday so we can have time to review them before the schedule starts to be amended for the first pay period of the year. I know this is a quick turn around, and if for some reason you’re not able to put in your request by then, please reach out and I will fill it out for you or we will work something else out. I am not trying to exclude anyone in this process, but again, I have been having to wait until we were at least close to being done with bidding to get these out to you.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this process. The form is the same as last year, let us know what you’re looking for and we will evaluate it.

Have a good week,

Crumbley
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Metering

Hi there,

If you have any feedback about the total delay with metering, please let me know ASAP. We are hoping to meet soon to make things permanent or amend what we’re doing, so please email me your thoughts, concerns, suggestions, etc. I want to make sure I have it in writing so I don’t mess it up. If I have questions about what you’re saying, I will let you know.

Thank you! Have a great week! (C-Cret Santa!!!!!!!)

Crumbley

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READ - Bidding info!

Hi C Area,

I am sorry to say, I lied to you in one of my last emails. The B area was continuing to collaborate on guides and a schedule, but it should be completed today and the facility should be on track to start bidding tomorrow late morning/early afternoon. The plan is for us to have the AL bidding begin with Chris Johnson and the line selection will continue where we left off.

If you have not attended an MOU briefing, PLEASE make every effort to attend one tomorrow (Thursday). If you are unable to attend one, the MOUs should be uploaded on BidATC and you can review them there. If you have any questions about them, please let me know.

Our Schedule - I am hearing there is confusion about some of the shifts. Please reach out to me if you have a specific question, but I will try to address them the best I can here.

Management had concerns with overlap in the mornings between the day and mid shifts. They proposed a 2230NF shift for the mid (which is a core shift for the facility). We are circumventing this by having 1 shift M-F be a 0530NF. There is no need for one on Sunday mornings, and I tried keeping the need for these shifts at a minimum, hence they also are not on Saturday mornings. You can absolutely still flex on a 0600.

Because we weren’t able to continue the bid on paper, the schedules will be what they will be in BidATC. There is no way to change them once we enter them, so if you have a specific request or shift that you would like to change, you may make that request once we’re done with bidding and we put out the paper request forms in the area.

If you are thinking you might bid one of the 5-4-9 lines, please let me know. The stipulations for the these shifts are a bit lengthy. This way we can make sure you are fully aware of them before bidding the line. I sent them in a previous email, but if you would like to look at them again, please reach out. Sun/Mon line 5 and Thurs/Fri line 5 are the 5-4-9 lines.

Be aware of the time periods that will reduce down from 3 to 1 for bid leave slots. Amy sent out an email with these dates, so if that time is important to you, bid it the first round. Here they are again if you need them:

4/21-5/4

11/3-11/16

5/13-17

Since there are only 3 bid slots per day, there will be no reallocating leave, as there is nowhere to move it. 3 is the max we can have per day, so keep this in mind when selecting your leave. The exception to this are where there are 4 leave slots (7/4, 11/28, 12/25, 1/1). You can still request these holidays off when WebScheduler opens for requests for the year after we are done bidding. I will let you know when this will happen.

Go online to the BidATC website and make sure your information is correct and that you can sign in. https://bid.natca.org/zse

If you have any issues getting into BidATC, let me know as soon as possible. Make sure to read the notes on the lines, as well.

On another note, C-Cret Santa instructions and surveys are in the area, so please feel free to fill one out and put it in the “Completed Survey” envelope. The instructions are next to the envelope by the tree. Let me know if you have questions about this.

Thanks for all you do, and happy bidding!

Crumbley

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Reminder

Hi C Area!

Open season is upon us, so please make sure to check into your health plans and options for the FSA HSA if you want to participate in that.

www.fsafeds.com

Please let me know if you have any questions about this, I would love to help you out!

Additionally, please be on the lookout for bidding MOU briefings to begin tomorrow.

We are working our way through the lines, I have been keeping a copy in the area for you to see.

C Area C-Cret Santa will begin soon, not mandatory to participate in, but fun! There will be instructions in the area tonight, along with a time frame so we can make sure Santa arrives for everyone before Christmas!

The information I’ve been receiving from you about the LWS procedures has been forwarded to Glenn Wood, who is getting a copy of the recordings and sending them to SERCO. It seems like things are slowly improving, but please keep me posted if you encounter something not-standard.

Thank you for all you do, I appreciate you & am available anytime!

Have a great week!

Crumbley

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It's my favorite season!

OK C Area - here we go!

The B area is done with their guides and schedule, so we can start briefing the workforce. Amy will send out an update in regards to this, but here is what I’m hoping to do with the C Area for now…..

Our plan is to select lines “on paper”. I will contact you when it is your turn to select your line, and will include a copy of the lines and what is available. The hope with selecting lines this way is that when bidding opens after all the briefings, we can start bidding AL and the scheduler can get all the lines entered into web scheduler so there is little to no delay in publishing pay period 3.

The current selections will be updated in the area, as well, so you will have continued access to where we are in the selection process.

There are some options for you to choose. If you are the first person to bid the mid for the set of days off (Monday - Friday day shifts only), you may choose between a 0530NF or an 0600 for your shift before the mid. There is an option for a 0600 or 0700 on the non-mid lines on Sun/Mon. First in seniority selecting those lines can choose what shift they would rather have. Wed/Thurs can select between 1400 or 1500 on their second day. If no selections are made, they will rotate through them.

Thurs/Fri lines - if no one elects to work a 1600NF every week, it will be rotated through everyone on those days off (including line 36).

Each day needs two 1530 shifts, they have been pre-assigned. If no one volunteers for the 1530 shifts, they will remain on those lines. Any 1430 can volunteer for the 1530 until 2 have been chosen.

When you select your line, also note if you would like to be a mid-back up, or not, and whether you would like to be on the “yes” or “no” list for overtime. A “yes” selection for the mid back up will be assigned in order of seniority if the shift is above guides, or for long term coverage. The “no” selections will rotate through if a “yes” is unavailable.

This is the schedule for you to review before I contact you. If we run into anyone who doesn’t want to do this, or there are any issues, then we will stop and wait until bidding begins in BidATC.

Please reach out with any questions. I ask kindly to be respectful of this process and use this time wisely so when I reach out to you, you’re ready.

Happy Selecting!!

Crumbley

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Good News

Hi C Area!

Carly & I were able to work with Robello today in finalizing our shift guides and schedule. We have the schedule ready to go, but I am waiting on Robello to review it one last time after making the changes we discussed today before I send it out to you.

In the spirit of wanting to get this bidding train moving, I am proposing that we do our schedule bid on paper before Bid ATC opens up, like the D area did last year and is currently doing now. In doing this, we can get a very big head start on bidding once the B area has finished their collaboration. The only way this will not work is if anyone has any issue with this process. If that is the case, then it will not be done and we will wait until every area is complete and has everything entered into Bid ATC.

If you foresee an issue with this or do not want to do this, tell me ASAP.

A couple of things to note about our schedule…

There are 2 4/10 lines and 2 5/4/9 lines.

*** You are NOT required to take one of these lines. If it gets to you and they are the only lines left and you would prefer to not work them, there is an alternative to the line that will be noted on the schedule.

The 4/10 lines will be coded as a CWS, so they will have the option to flex and earn credit.

The rules for the AWS 5/4/9 lines are as follows:

You may not earn credit.

You may not flex (though you may request an earlier shift).

You are entitled to the differential/premium for what you work (if you work 9 hours on a holiday or Sunday, you earn that much pay)

If you get called to Jury duty, your shifts will revert back to a 5/8 for that pay period.

When you bid, you must keep track of the hours you’re bidding off (if you bid off 4-9 hour shifts as your “1 week”)

Once I get a thumbs up, we will get you a copy of the schedule and put one in the area for everyone to see. We will go over the paper bidding procedures with you all and make sure all questions are addressed. Please let me know what questions you have now and I will make sure to answer them in the next email I send out.

Thanks again for all your patience! We are getting there….

Crumbley

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Guides

Quick update for you all…

After we went to impass on Thursday, Drew & Dawn met Friday and were able to collaborate on guides for our area.

Our new guides and dates are as follows….

Jan 14-Mar 23

Sunday 9/8

M-F 10/9

Saturday 9/8

Mar 24 - Jun 15

Sunday 9/9

M-F 10/9

Saturday 10/8

Jun 16 - Oct 5

Sunday 10/9

M-F 11/9

Saturday 10/8

Oct 6 - Nov 2

Sunday 9/9

M-F 10/9

Saturday 9/8

Nov 3 - Jan 11

Sunday 9/8

M-F 10/9

Saturday 9/8

I will meet with Robello Monday to go over the schedule and discuss the possibility of bidding on paper and inputting it into web scheduler to speed the process up, like the D area did last year. We should be able to get through this quickly, I’m hoping to have it done Monday and I’ll keep you posted.

Please let me know if you have any questions about any of this, but I am pleased with the resolution, especially with where the numbers were initially proposed.

Have a great week!

Crumbley

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Quickie

Hi C Area!

First - a BIG ‘ol round of high 5’s and congrats to Xylen for becoming a CPC! The 8 year plan has finally come to a close, and to all involved in his success - well done!

I had a great trip to the other side of the world to explore the coast of Northern Ireland. No rest for the weary and jet-lagged, our guide collaboration went to impass today. Amy is hopeful to meet with Takashi tomorrow to discuss guides so we can move on to the schedule and start in on my favorite season!

LWS - I know it would seem like things have gone rogue over there. Please keep track of call signs and/or times that you are experiencing something other than what our procedures spell out so I can forward that on. We tried sending Wendy over to talk with the new controllers there, but that approach obviously hasn’t stuck, so now we’re forwarding recordings of situations on to SERCO management. Feel free to email me, text me, or leave strips in my box (with context…puh-leeze) call signs, times, and a brief description of what happened.

I’ll keep you posted on anything else that comes in. Thank you SO much for your encouragement and patience. I sincerely want you to know that I would never sell out our area, working conditions, rights, or anything that would degrade our ability to do our job for speed or convenience. All this time has been worth it to preserve what is important to you.

Please reach out with any questions, and thanks for all you do!

Crumbley

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November Update

Hey C Area,

A big congrats and high 5s to Alex Mathers who certified on 07/11 this week! Well done to everyone who helped him towards this goal. Great job all!

Quick updates for you….

I tried locking Robello in his office yesterday but he escaped, so we haven’t finished our guides and schedule discussion. I am going to work hard at following through to get this done as soon as I can.

The AL MOU is on the verge of completion, and you will be notified once this is finalized.

I will be out of the country the evening of 11/10 through 11/15. Devin Carlisto will be available for you in my absence if you need anything while I am away. His number is 619-818-5335.

We are still looking for an Article 5 for Miguel & Logan, please let me or a sup know if you are interested, the dates are hanging by the sign in computer.

The Mini-Fridge in the back of the area… If you use it, please consider taking 5 minutes of your life and wiping the inside down so it doesn’t get disgusting. Clarification on the term “use it” - if you put something in there that you plan on consuming or you would like to get or remain cold. Could be water, pop, food, your feelings, if you need to open the door to the fridge for any other reason than to see the current status of the beginning phase of an elementary science fair project, then YOU USE THE FRIDGE. It doesn’t matter if it’s only for your mid, or only on your Monday, there is no time limit assigned to the validity of your use of the coldness.

So - my point. If you use the fridge, please pick a month and put your initials down that you’ve taken time to wipe the inside down. That would be super helpful, considering the very same people (thank you!) have been keeping that fridge clean so your consumables and feelings don’t smell, well, like they’ve been in a disgusting fridge.

That is all I have for now, I will keep you posted when we start bidding, I promise. Thank you for your patience and encouragement while your MOU team works hard to ensure that your bid experience and forthcoming year will not suck.

Happy week to you all,

Crumbley

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Good update

Hello C Area,

Today, the BWS MOU has been tentatively agreed upon by NATCA & management. There is still work to do on the Leave MOU, and Amy, Drew & I will continue to work hard for the workforce on that.

What this means - Robello & I can start negotiating guides and the schedule. Carly & I met today to discuss some last minute tweaks before I take it to Robello, but we are both hopeful to have this finalized by the end of the week. I will keep you posted!

Thanks again for all you do and your patience.

Please let me know if you have any questions on all this.

Crumbley

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Happy October

Here we are about to enter into November. My quick wit is on vacation, so bear with me as I get warmed up.

First - congrats to Jun for certifying on D07/11! Well done to him and all who made it possible. Good work!

Please help me welcome Miguel Perales and Logan Gray to the area! They are upstairs studying and have made frequent visits to the floor to introduce themselves and get familiar with us and the operation. We will be in need of an Article 5 from 2/5/24-4/5/24 for their D side training, so please let me or your supervisor know if you are interested in this by the date on the solicitation in the area (sorry, I think it’s 11/17 but I can’t remember off the top of my head).

Other than this, I don’t have a lot for you. Things are moving, albeit probably not as fast as we would like them to, with MOU negotiations. I will keep you posted with that progress. With this, I cannot negotiate with management about our schedule yet, but Carly and I are still coming up with options to present to management with as many alternate options as possible. I also talked to Amy today about back up plans for January if bidding that time becomes an issue. Know that we will have something in place if it gets to that.

Still waiting on ZLC to send us a new copy of the LOA between us and them. I ask ALL the time if it has been received yet, and will continue to follow up.

Thank you for all you do, please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. I am listening and taking in all the feedback about the schedule so we can do our very best to make sure your concerns and suggestions are taken into consideration.

Crumbley

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Updating some info for ya

Hi C Area! Welcome to the end of September. Here are some things for you….

Shutdown stuff - Lets just start with the obvious… It sucks. I know it sucks. I know you know it sucks. Gentle reminders for you however

• You can still be held accountable for sick leave abuse.

• There is no paid leave status during a shut down, so if you call in sick, you will be put on “furlough status”.

• You are encouraged to use the non-recorded line if you need to call in (253-804-3007)

• Overtime will be paid (when we get paid)

• You are encouraged to keep track of your differential pay

• If you are in financial need during the shutdown, there are organizations that are available to you. Please reach out if you need guidance for this.

• The EAP phone number is 800-234-1327

• If you have any questions about the shut down, please reach out and I will get back to you ASAP.

Eric and I were in a meeting today with ZLC and GEG discussing the AIT procedures with MSO & GPI and we had a wonderful discussion with both facilities. There are changes in the works with it, so as soon as we have something written up, you will be briefed on it.

I reviewed the last update to the Route Chan order and noticed that there was something missing, so after reminding airspace about it, you should see in your TEAM briefings soon that 09 has control from 01 for descent for PSC, ALW & RLD arrivals. I’m sorry the ball got dropped somewhere, but it will be implemented soon.

My favorite season continues to elude us, and while talks are happening on the facility level, they are still not finished. I have been told that Takashi will be here if there is a shutdown, so we are hopeful that talks will continue to work collaboratively towards an agreement. In the meantime, Carly & I are still discussing options and plans for a schedule, and we could use your input. If you are looking for some more swing shifts in your week, please let one of us know. Our dreams of the dream line schedule are still floating around in outer space, but we want to be prepared in case we are unable to facilitate that.

Remember, as much as it is a horrible feeling to be a pawn in someone else’s political game, we are here to keep the flying public safe and do our job, even when those who are supposed to be looking out for us are not. You ARE appreciated, and we are here for each other during this time, so lean on your coworkers for some mental support and encouragement. I will do what I can for the health and heartbeat of our area, so please reach out.

Thanks again for all you do

Crumbley

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Happy Fri-YAY!

Dear C Area,

As I write this, some feelings of happiness come to the forefront of my mind in the form of significant commendations to our fellow aspiring CPC, Zeke, for certifying on the D side lows! HUZZAH! May their trainers and all who have collectively contributed towards his budding success also receive praise for their steadfastness.

I thought I would be able to keep that up for an entire email, but I just now realized I don’t have the energy…

A couple other things for you, though!

We will be getting automated handoffs to Edmonton starting 10/5 on the mid. MD will be there to ensure everything goes off without a hitch! We MAY be doing automated handoffs with Vancouver, still waiting to hear. Expect to get a briefing on it next week.

LWS Tower. As some of you may have noticed, there are new controllers working there. The 3 controllers who had been there since the mid-90’s will all be retired or secured a new job within the next week or two, taking with them years of experience. I have spoken with upper management and airspace about the lack of proper coordination with opening or closing the position, and with the procedures and past practice that we have come to share with the facility. They are following up with this, and while I would hope that this would be a quick turn around, we know that experience and change takes time. I would encourage you to be a positive resource for the facility (like asking them to use the checklist) and please reach out to me if you feel something was executed improperly. It is being addressed, please be patient, but I am here to take note of things and encourage improvement.

We are meeting with ZLC on the 29th to discuss MSO & GPI procedures. I appreciate your feedback with this and hopefully we will be able to come up with some resolutions and encourage positive communication between our facilities.

Thank you for all you do, and, as always, please reach out if you are in need of anything.

I appreciate you!

Crumbley

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Question for you all

Hello C Area!

Please reach out with any suggestions for things you would like to see in the area specific recurrent training coming up in October. The material is being developed, and if there is something that you think would be beneficial for the area please respond to this email and I will pass along your suggestions.

Thank you for your time! Have a great week!

Crumbley

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Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-CHANGES!

Some fun news to share…

A BIG congrats toooooooooooooooooooo

Jeydi for certifying on D8/18/09!

Andreas for certifying on R47/48!

Xylen for certifying on R07/11!

Well done to you three, and to everyone who worked so hard towards their success - many thanks!

In other news…….

The new metering procedures - BFI is NOT included in them, so treat BFI arrivals like we did before the trial. We can talk about adding it when the trial is over.

We are scheduled to meet with ZLC 9/22, hoping to have more answers for you after that.

Still no updates on facility MOU negotiations. I will keep you posted.

There was something else, but I have forgotten now. I’ll send out another email if I can remember…

OK, that’s it for now. Have a great rest of your week! Thanks for all you do!

Crumbley

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Updates for you

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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Happy Almost September

Here’s hoping you’re enjoying what is left of summer, and that the wildfires start to subside. A BIG thank you for all your hard work and help this past week with all the uncertainty with Spokane, working all the fire fighting aircraft, and all the changes going on to support the military operations coming up. I know it all hasn’t been ideal and there has been an increased workload on the area. YOU ARE APPRECIATED!

Along with the BIG thank you comes a BIG congrats to Spencer for certifying in the area! Welcome to CPC life, dude! Well done to all those who worked hard to make it happen - thank you all for your dedication to his success!

Some solicitations….

We are still in need of someone to teach area refresher. If you are interested, please let a supervisor or myself know.

The facility is still in need of some more IST instructors. If you are interested, again, please let a sup or myself know.

An Article 5 is in need for the new sup, the solicitation is in the area. You know who to talk to if you’d like to help.

I am still waiting to hear when a meeting will happen with ZLC and us to discuss MSO/GPI procedures. I am meeting with ZLC next week to go over a new airspace configuration that will be happening. Will keep you posted…

You should be asked to attend a briefing discussing automated handoffs with Edmonton and (I’m hearing things in a positive direction!) quite possibly Vancouver center as well; this should be within the next couple of weeks.

The CWG to work with TMU about what can help us when we go red has stalled out. I have been working with Matt Snodgrass about ensuring this is moving forward, and I understand the frustrations in the area regarding the phone calls and the lack of support from TMU. This is not falling on deaf ears and is being addressed, please be patient and know that both controllers and TMC’s are wanting to come to some resolutions.

My favorite season is creeping towards us. Amy, Drew & I meet with Takashi & Dawn on the 31st to discuss facility MOU’s so we can get the bidding started soon. I have been talking with Robello about a tentative schedule, and we have been visiting guides here and there. I am hoping we can meet to make some decisions soon but I will let you know as soon as I know more.

You should have received your ballots for President & VP by now, if you haven’t, please let me know. I highly encourage you to cast your vote and make your voice heard.

Gentle reminder - if a supervisor comes to you to talk about something you’re unsure of, PLEASE ask for a rep!! Do NOT let them talk you out of it! I am here for you, so if you’re unsure, check in with me and I will get back to you ASAP.

Thank you for all you do and your dedication to the safety of the flying public. Once again, know I appreciate all you do.

Have a great rest of your week, and please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Crumbley

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