All,
Hope everyone is having a good week and has a safe 4th of July. Not much right now, just a few quick things.
ZOA MIT
I mentioned this in slack this week but here is what I sent out in case you didn't see it:
ZOA mgmt has reached out to our mgmt saying that controllers on sector have been cancelling MIT restrictions coming from ZOA.
Two things on that:
1.) Until adjacent center metering comes online, MIT is a necessary evil. It is not the best approach to this, but it is currently the best we got. Without it, airborne delays will exceed 15 min and our mgmt does not want to do that.
2.) If you think that a MIT restriction is unnecessary and you want it terminated, make that request through your supe. If they disagree with you, hit me up with the details and I’ll look into it.
To clarify, sending one or two aircraft direct BTG for traffic or changing a speed is very different from terminating a MIT restriction. Please do not terminate the MIT restriction without going through your supe.
Schedule Negotiations
No new info here. I was scheduled to meet with Jason Alliston last Saturday but he didn't make it in to work so we will meet some other time. More info when I have it.
Troy Retirement
Thanks to all who donated to Troy's retirement gift. He was very appreciative and a little emotional when we gave it to him. Here are a few pics of what was purchased for him with all of your donations. Big props to Amy for all her work on that as well.
The picture from the card is a quote from this gem recorded during the white book.
Thats it for this week.
In Solidarity,
Drew