All,
Hope you guys are all getting your Christmas shopping done! Don’t forget that one person you always forget about.
SECTOR 14 MAP NUMBER
So this is quickly becoming the bane of my existence. To this point, I have been unable to convince Randy Vincent that this MAP number needs to be lowered. He said he watched 2.5 hours one day last week and there were 16-17 planes in Sector 14 and by his estimation that wasn't busy enough to be red. I have repeatedly made the case that this is a safety issue. I will continue this fight as long as I have to to get it done. One thing that everyone can do to help is file ATSAPs on it. You don’t need to have a specific event, just file it as a safety issue. Make sure you mention that you have already brought the issue to your area rep and I have brought it to the TMO but nothing is getting done despite our urgings. I have trouble understanding why in this safety culture, doing something to improve safety is met with such resistance. Either way, the fight goes on…
SEA/PDX CONFLICTS
An issue was raised by a recent ATSAP report that mentioned MFR departures to SEA. The B area said that there are times when they are having to deconflict the PDX and SEA traffic. That should never be the case. I can’t imagine any of us are actually stacking the SEA guy under the PDX guy or leaving the SEA guy west of PDX traffic but the B area is saying it is happening so I figured it was worth addressing just to be sure.
That’s it for now. Happy Holidays!
In Solidarity,
Drew