April 19, 2019 Update

CWG (Collaborative WorkGroup) Volunteer needed

I’m seeking a volunteer to participate in a CWG. This CWG is to streamline the process of airspace activation throughout all 4 areas. If you are interested in being apart of this CWG please let me know. This may require you to shift adjust for meetings that suit the majority of participants.

Article 5 Solicitation

I’m still accepting volunteers for the Training Department Article 5 detail. This solicitation will close on April 30th. The article 5 is for stage 3 training July 16-August 23. Please let me or Barry know if you are interested.

NATCA Local Elections

It may seem early to discuss this years elections but I will be stepping down as Area Rep in October. I will be returning to Ohio at the end of October as the time has come for me to be there for my family. This is bittersweet for me as I have learned so much in my time here at ZSE and made great friends. So I would like to start mentoring anyone who is interested in becoming our next area rep. Elections will take place at the end of September which will give me about 3 weeks to fully hand over the reigns. Let me know if you have any interest in the position and I can begin to show you the ropes.

Brooke

440.227.5591

brooked85@hotmail.com

April 7, 2019 Update

It’s been relatively quite in the area the past few weeks.

SHUTDOWN PAY

Pay issues should be resolved from the shutdown at this point. If you are missing any pay and can pinpoint what you believe to be missing, Lori Olsen can most likely help you. If you are missing any deductions please call the number on the bottom of your LES.

Locailty rate adjustments have been finalized and are published on OPM.gov. We will see our locality pay increase from 25.11% to 26.04%. While we have not officially been notified when we will see our backpay and adjustments from the raise. I’m hearing rumors that we see the raise on Pay Period 8 LES.

SCHEDULE

Pay Period 11 was published this past week. Area refresher training will take place from May 20-24. Damien and I have have made the decision to not publish Return to Shift requests during this week so we can get everyone to refresher training. If you were shift adjusted, you will have to put in your own Return request. During refresher week we will show over guides on the day shifts but we are actually at guides. The same may be true throughout Pay Period 10 in which we have facility wide IST/Recurrent training.

AIRSPACE/PROCEDURES

We are 1 month into PAE commercial ops. Please keep me informed on any issues you may have with PAE traffic or any ideas that could help you work the extra traffic more efficiently. S46 will want to discuss LOA changes regarding PAE in the near future and I would appreciate any and all input.

SOLICITATION FOR ARTICLE 5 to the TRAINING DEPARTMENT

We are in need of an Article 5 to the training department for stage 3 labs this summer. Dates are tentatively set for July 15-August 23. Please let me or Barry know if you are interested in this detail.

Brooke

440.227.5591

brooked85@hotmail.com

February 23, 2019 Update

Training

IST/Recurrent Training has been moved from March into the end of April.  Cadres are needed.  If you are interested in being a Cadre, cadre class dates are 4/23-24 or 4/25-26 (you will be scheduled in the class that best fits your schedule).  Actual IST dates begin the next week 4/28-5/11. Please let any E-board member or a FLM know that you are interested in being a CADRE asap.

Airspace and Procedures

Our 60 day test with NUW over the use of Molson S above FL280 expired on January 4th-during the shutdown.  I am in discussions about extending the test period as we were not able to formally wrap up the test results or gather data.  We would also like more data due to an increase in traffic.  Please continue to print strips or document callsigns of aircraft that have to be moved around the airspace when it’s scheduled above FL280.  Please include a date on the strip.

Data is also being collected on the GLASR arrival in regard to the 2 transitions coming from the C area. If you receive 2 aircraft on the transition at the same time that are going to be close at GLASR, please print strips and forward them to the supervisor.  This includes aircraft landing all airports on the GLASR arrival. We will collect data through early April.

LES/PAY

Now that we have made it to the pay period in which we should have received most back pay, you should have a good idea if you have been properly compensated.  Every BUE is allowed up to 30 minutes to review their LES/pay calculator with their union rep.  This can be any rep on the E-board.  The calculator is very confusing at first but makes sense after a little bit of use.  

If you would like to review your pay with a union rep please have the follow ready to go:

-PP27 LES (only needed if you want to calculate leave)

-PP1-4 LESs 

-All of you shifts start and end times plus any leave used (a CEDAR report can be obtained with a simple breakdown.  This will also show if you were incorrectly compensated in PP4 due to the early submission of timecards)

-Total CIC and OJTI times for each pay period.  Please have them tallied prior to sitting down for a review.  CIC times can easily be obtained in CRUART by getting a position report for your operating initials and the date range of each pay period.  You will get SA1 and SA2 totals to add up. OJTI time is a bit trickier to obtain. You can also use CRUART to look at the OJTI reports but it shows every training session of the day for the entire center.  Select dates you know you trained to make it easier to get a total for training time.

With the above information, the NATCA pay calculator will make you a LES for each pay period.  We can then cross compare it with the actual LES that was issued and determine if you received all differentials and as well as the proper deductions.  Be mindful that any savings allotment that would go into a secondary bank account will be part of your net pay for PP1-2.

In the event that your pay is still very inaccurate, you will have to be patient a little while longer. We have been advised that is may take until PP6 to get caught up.  Please be sure to continue reading emails from NATCA national as it will have the most up to date guidance on issues with pay.  Updated versions of the NATCA pay calculator are available on NATCA.org.

Brooke

Brooked85@hotmail.com

440.227.5591

January 25, 2019 Update

It’s been just over a month since my last update. In fact it was delivered on the 1st day of the shutdown. Yet here we are 35 days later still shutdown.

Yesterday OPM finally released their interpretation of the law sign by Trump regarding backpay and leave. At our facility level, we will maintain the current status quo. Request your leave as usual (annual, sick, etc). It will be approved or denied per the CBA. Time and Attendance will convert everything to furlough. If you would like to be charged for your leave, you will need to speak with a FLM. All leave that has been used since the shutdown began will be coded as furlough. You will be backpaid for furlough. Be aware that if you take 80 hours of furlough (I believe within a pay period), you will not earn leave. If you have any questions please see a member of your E-Board.

NATCA is still leafleting at Sea-Tac Airport. If you would like to donate some of your time to public education, see a member of the E-Board. We have access to a schedule, shared by local facilities, to list volunteers.

After yesterday’s votes in the Senate, 6 of the 19 senators NATCA targeted, voted to end the shutdown. Thank you to everyone partaking in the social media campaigns as well as making calls and sending emails. The message is getting louder that this must end. Please continue to keep the pressure on DC to end the shutdown.

Lastly, if anyone needs help, please reach out to your E-Board. We are aware of the sensitive nature of a request for help. There will be no judgements. We will do anything and everything in our power to get you the needed help to last through this shutdown. We are a union family and family takes care of each other.

Brooke

440.227.5591

brooked85@Hotmail.com

Government Shutdown Update December 22

Government Shutdown

As the government shuts down, Air Traffic Control in unaffected until Monday, December 24, 12:00am. Anyone in a leave status on Monday (and until the shutdown ends) will be noted as furloughed. NATCA believes that this shutdown may differ from those in the past in which furloughed employees were given excused absence. There is no guarantee of back pay if you are furloughed. Please take leave at your own risk of potentially not being paid. This shutdown will likely extend through the New Year as members of the House and Congress spend the holidays with family.

This brings me to the next issue of of pay. If you are need of financial assistance through the shutdown, SkyOne Federal Credit Union can help. Each area has copies of a flyer on how to receive assistance. This flyer is also posted on the NATCA bulletin boards outside the control room as well as in the classrooms in the training department. If you are unable to find the flyers and need the information please see any member of the Eboard for assistance. We will gladly help.

Our next paycheck will likely be delayed due to the shutdown. It is imperative that you review your Leave and Earning Statement to check for accuracy. Timecards were due prior to the end of the pay period in order to stay ahead of the Christmas holiday and to fix any issues that may arise due to having a 27th Pay Period. Your next paycheck will be paid to you based on what you were scheduled to work after timecards were submitted. You may have discrepancies in differentials (night, Sunday, OJTI, CIC), leave used, credit earned, and overtime worked. These should be remedied in Pay Period 1 but it will be up to every individual to check your LES for accuracy.

A few reminders going into the new year:

We no longer need to wait until 28 days prior to the 1st day of the pay period to make any requests in Web scheduler. If the schedule is published, you can make requests. The schedule will be published, by management, at random to make sure everyone has a fair opportunity to make their requests.

Requests to use credit can not be made unless the credit has already been earned. If you are unsure you have enough credit to cover a request, or intend to make a leave request and earn the credit prior to taking the leave, put in a request for annual. Non-prime time leave requests made outside of the bid, in round 6 as accumulated, or spot leave requests made after the schedule is published can all be converted to credit. Accrued bid leave can not be converted into credit.

Airspace

I want to remind everyone we are still in a test period with NUW regarding the use of Molson South above FL280. Please continue to place strips in my headset box on any issues you may have with the airspace in use above FL280. We will most likely be entering into a longer test period to take us through the summer months when traffic is heavier. The airspace office anticipates NUW becoming lax in giving the airspace back as time goes on. We want to stay on top of this issue to better utilize our airspace or work towards alternate procedures.

NATCA Academy

https://www.natca.org/index.php/resources-member-side/natca-academy

If you would like to become more involved with NATCA, consider a NATCA academy class. Knowledge is power and we would like to have an educated workforce. If you would like to attend a class please sign up through the NATCA portal or see a member of the Eboard to help you register. Class space is limited and can not be guaranteed. Register early and make sure you have the time off in order to have a better chance of placement in the class.

Brooke

brooked85@hotmail.com

440-227-5591

November 30 Bidding Complete

We are officially done bidding. Web Scheduler will open at 12:00 AM Monday December 3. Any requests time stamped prior to 12:00 AM December 3 will be deleted without notification. Leave requests for the next pay period (Jan 6-19) need to be in prior to Wednesday morning in order to be processed prior to the schedule being published.

If you are interested in attending any NATCA training class, please talk to myself or any member of the E-board and use the link below to register.

https://www.natca.org/index.php/insider-articles/2152-2018-natca-academy-schedule

November 24 Update

Bidding

Our delay with round 6 bidding was caused by a difference with management on the word ‘slot’. The union had calculated slots as days earned by BUEs in 8 hour increments. Management determined that slots were the total hours left not bid divided by 8. After nearly a week of back and forth discussions between the e-board and management we have decided to move forward with 28 remain slots. I am just waiting for management to give us the go ahead to move forward since we are all in agreement now.

If you did not bid all accrued days of leave in rounds 1-5, you will be asked if are taking round 6 leave from your accrued or accumulated balance. If you take your round 6 leave from your accumulated balance it can be converted into credit if you choose. Accrued leave can NOT be converted into credit. If you do not know how much accumulated leave you have it can be checked in CEDAR or a sup can look it up for you. Remember that you can not have more leave requested than you have accrued and accumulated.

Once we are done bidding the remaining 28 slots, a date and time will be determined to open up web scheduler for Non-prime time leave requests. (Non-prime time leave requests are requests for leave prior to the schedule being published. Spot leave requests are requests for leave after the schedule is published). Web Scheduler can not be opened for non-prime time leave requests until we have concluded round 6 bidding. We are currently published through Pay Period 2 of 2019. The 2019 leave year begins with Pay Period 3 on January 6. We will be trying to hurry the bid along in order to open up web scheduler prior to pay period 3 being published.

Pay Period 2 WMT issues

The issues we had in web scheduler for pay period 2 have been resolved. All shift change and leave requests can be entered into web scheduler and will not need to be tracked on paper.

Solicitation of Interest

2 cadres are needed to teach refresher training 2019. Refresher training will take place in late May. Meetings will be scheduled several weeks prior to ensure time to prepare the material. Please let me know if you are interested.

IST Training (round 14?) will take place March 3-16. If you are interested in being a Cadre please let me know. There is a mandatory class all cadres must take before teaching the IST class. The dates have yet to be released for the instructor class but usually take place 1-3 months ahead of the IST training. Please let me know if you are interested and I will get back to you with exact dates when they become available.

Brooke

brooked85@hotmail.com

440-227-5591

November 17, 2018 Update

Dreamlines have been negotiated. You will have sheet with what was approved stapled to your original request in your mailbox. Management pushed back a bit on what we were able to approve due to the overwhelming number of requests.

Pay period 2 has been published in Web Scheduler and came with some issues due to the migration to My Access. Shift changes requests can not be entered however leave requests can be. We will be printing a request sheet for each day of the pay period that will be kept at the sup desk. Please place leave requests in Web Scheduler. Place all requests on the printed sheets. We will use the printed sheets to track the order of the requests and process them accordingly.

We are still waiting on management to meet and review the books prior to round 6 bidding. We have 32 days that can be bid. If you did not bid all of your accrued leave, your can bid the remainder of your accrued leave OR accumulated leave you are carrying over into 2019. If you can take either accrued or accumulated, you will need to state which type of leave you will bid. Leave bid as accumulated leave can be converted to credit. Accrued can not be converted to credit. Please be mindful that you can not bid more leave than you will accrue and carry over. If you have bid all accrued leave and will not carry over any accumulated leave, you have no leave to bid in round 6. If you carry over 20 days, you can bid all 20 days provided there are still that many spots left to bid. Once the 32 days are bid we will be done bidding. An email will go out with a date and time when web scheduler will open for leave requests for the 2019 leave year.

Brooke

brooked85@hotmail.com

440-227-5591

October 28th Round 2 Bidding Update

With our new MOU comes some growing pains. Alex and Don Hill will meet to discuss the issues every area is facing with the reduction. The MOU states we must reduce to the exact number of slots we get to bid. The A area was listed as having 696 leave slots available for the year but our number is actually 712. The second issue is that by reducing to the exact number of leave slots, we will not have enough opportunity for everyone to bid a full week in round 2 and there may not be enough opportunities in rounds 3-6 if available leave slots only fall on your RDOs.

I do not anticipate proceeding with the bid until late this week or even next week. We will bid trainees at the start of CPC Round 2 bidding.

Dreamlines will be reviewed next week. Expect to hear back on those lines being approved or denied within the first week or two of November.

Brooke

brooked85@hotmail.com

440.227.5591

October 18 Round 2 Bidding Update

Round 1 is complete. Next step is a slight change to past years bidding. There will be a pause for an undetermined amount of time before round 2 begins. Jason Poole and I will collaborate to reduce the amount of leave spots left. We started round 1 bidding with 1100 opportunities. We bid 320 of those in round 1. Management is only required to leave 376 opportunities for the remainder of the bidding.

As of right now I do not have a start date for round 2. I have informed Jason that we are done with round 1 and the soonest we may be able to have a meeting is Friday. We will black out the bid books as well as the online sheets before beginning round 2.

Dream sheets are due by Friday, October 26 at 1300. I will be attending CFS between October 22-25. Dream sheets will not be accepted after that time as it is a 2 day extension over the BWS MOU timeframe.

Trainee lines will be built during the same meeting to reduce leave opportunities. Trainees will begin bidding schedules and leave when the CPCs begin bidding round 2 leave.

Brooke

Bidding Update October 13, 2018

Bidding begins Sunday Morning!

The bid designees are myself, Derek Adams, Tony, and Damien.

The bid documents can be found on the local website http://www.natca-zse.com

We will be documenting bid leave online with operating initials. The crew lines and leave calendar are password protected. The password is 2152.

NATCA and management have been presenting a joint briefing on the MOUs this past week. If you have not been able to attend please read the MOUs and ask a bid designee any questions you may have before bidding. The MOUs are available on the ZSE NATCA website. There are changes to the bid procedures. The biggest change may be in the opportunities you have to bid in each round. If you do not bid all of your opportunities as they are presented, you will not be able to bid those opportunities until round 6. Those lower in seniority are at a disadvantage in round 6 as a senior controller may be able to bid the opportunities you passed in previous rounds. If everyone bids every opportunity in rounds 1-5 there will be no round 6. Management will collaborate with the union after rounds 1 and 5 to reduce or reallocate the leave slots for remaining rounds. A area has 696 total leave opportunities to be bid. Once we have bid that amount we will be done. Our area is at a disadvantage for summer leave after round 1. I will try to keep as many opportunities for subsequent rounds as possible but it would be to your best advantage to take your summer leave in round 1.

You do not have to bid on your RDOs but we will contact you in order to keep the bid moving. If you are on leave you may be skipped. We will make a reasonable effort to contact you. If you have scheduled leave, please leave a written proxy with a Bid Designee. In the event you have not left enough choices, via proxy, we will move on. If you are skipped, a message will be left and you may contact a Bid Designee to bid after the current bidder is done with their bid.

Dream Line requests must be submitted within one week of completion of the 1st round of bidding. Our area moves fast and we will likely finish round 1 within 2-3 days. If round 1 is completed on or before October 19, you will have until October 26 at 1330 to submit your request. I hope to be able to review all requests and have approval with 2 weeks. You will be notified or you approval or denial of a dream line once we review them.

2 envelopes will hang on the wall in the area next to the headset boxes. One will contain blank Dream Line request forms. The other will be for submitting Dream Line request forms. Once the Dream Line forms are collected, I will place shift swap forms in the area on the isle side of the sup desk. These may be submitted at anytime through out the year to myself or Damien.

If you wish to have a permanent shift swap with another controller for the year, we will take those requests anytime after dream lines have been processed. There will be a form for our records of the shift swap. If a line is vacated throughout the year by 1 of the individuals involved in the swap, the swap will no longer be honored and the other individual will go back to their bid line. If one individual is on leave, the other will go back to their bid line during that leave.

Trainee lines will be collaborated after we are finished with round 1 of CPC bidding. A Bid Designee will walk our first time bidders through the process.

If you have any questions please contact myself, a Bid Designee or even an E-Board member.

Brooke

440.227.5591

Brooked85@Hotmail.com

September 30 Schedule Update

Pay Period 24 has been published. Area refresher training will take place during this pay period from November 5-9th. As a result there were many hourly shift changes on the day shifts. The day shifts also looked as if they area staffed over guides. Please note that all of the hourly shift changes have been tracked but were not published as a return to shift request due to the volume of requests that would need to be entered. The swing shift return to shift requests as well as any day to swing and swing to day requests have been entered. If you would like to return to your bid shift you will need to make your request.

For all of the CICs, please do not approve XTE or AL on the day shifts between November 5-9. If you approve any shift swaps, please make sure that both people involved in the swap are able to swap their spots in refresher training. We are only able to accommodate 4 people per refresher class-2 classes a day at 7am and 11am.

Brooke

440-227-5591

brooked85@hotmail.com

September 19 Update

A Area Update September 19, 2018

Solicitation of Interest

We are in need of article 5 to the training department for stage 3 class from January 1-February 15. This is going to be very demanding as there are four stage 3 developmentals. Please advise me by Thursday November 1 if you are interested and if you have any schedule requests.

Airspace and Procedures

Thanks to everyone’s hard work this summer, Eric Tandberg was able to collect sufficient data to present a safety case to NUW to lower the use of MOLSON South to FL280 and below. Eric will be making his presentation later this month. Along with the safety case, Eric will be addressing the routing of P3 and P8 aircraft through the Olympic MOA. Eric will be informing NUW to file flight plans as is OLY is always active.

Over the summer I had several requests regarding our A area radar map. I have requested that KOTAA and LOOOO be added. While addressing these requests, Eric and I discussed removing the Handoff Points on the radar map. They are depicted the same as a NAVAID and are no longer used. The only one that will remain is MATIA as it is still used by Vancouver South for handoffs.

Schedule

Jason Poole and I have negotiated next years schedule. As part of it we looked at our staffing and guides. I have asked for day shift guides in the summer to be raised but we do not have the staffing for it. Going forward I have negotiated a third set of weekday guides as well as weekend seasonal guides.

These guides will be implemented beginning October 28, 2018 and are as follows:

Weekday Guides

October 28, 2018 – March 2, 2019 9 day/9 swing

March 3, 2019 – May 25, 2019 10 day/9 swing (current winter guides)

May 26, 2019 – September 14, 2019 10 day/10 swing (current summer guides)

September 15, 2019 – October 26, 2019 10 swing/9 day

October 27, 2019 – January 4, 2020 9 day/9 swing

Saturdays Guides

October 28, 2018 – May 25, 2019 9 day/7 swing

May 26, 2019 – September 14, 2019 9 day/8 swing

September 15, 2019 – January 4, 2020 9 day/7 swing

Sunday guides

October 28, 2018 – May 25, 2019 9 day/8 swing

May 26, 2019 – September 14, 2019 9 day/9 swing

September 15, 2019 – January 4, 2020 9 day/8 swing

Please note that Web Scheduler reflects the changes in the guides to the lower winter guides. As a result all of the shifts up to October 28, 2018 look as if they are published above guides but they are at our winter guides. It is still at the discretion of management to approve leave that would put us below guides (or ‘at guides’ from now through October 27).

Jason Poole was insistent that the FLMs want to manage the floor in order to give us more opportunity for leave. I am skeptical of this but it has been proven that we can get by on lower guides. Please let me know if you ever go over 2 hour without being offered a break.

This will lead us into next years bidding information:

Please reach out to any member of the E-board regarding the new bid procedures. Beginning this year you will be charged for the amount of opportunities you get to bid in each round regardless of if you bid each of those opportunities. Any unbid opportunities will go towards the last round of bidding in addition to any leave you have accumulated from previous years. Collectively we only get to bid the days left over, that were not bid in earlier rounds, based on the total amount of days we get as an area. If every person bids their total accrued leave prior to the last round, we will not have a final round 6.

Brooke

440-227-5591

Brooked85@hotmail.com

Volunteers needed for IST training

The e-board is in need of volunteers for IST training.  Cadre class is September 18-19 and you must be present for both days.  IST will be in early December.  Please let amember of the eboard (other than me as I don’t have reliable phone/internet access) know if you would like to be a Cadre ASAP

Brooke

July 27 Update

July 27, 2018 Update

Schedule
We will be waterfall bidding Kurt’s line.  The bid will close on Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at the latest.  Movement for this line will be effective beginning Pay Period 22/September 30, 2018.

Sunday    Monday    Tuesday    Wednesday    Thursday    Friday    Saturday
RDO          RDO           15             1330NF           08              06           2230

The above line was worked as a Fully Charged line and the person taking may opt to keep it Fully Charged with a 9 hour-1300 shift on Wednesday and a 7 hour-0700 shift on Friday.  If the line is taken without the Fully Charged option, those who had shifts effected by the Fully Charged option will be notified what shift they currently have that will be effected.  

Airspace
Thank you to everyone who has collected strips in regards to Molson South Airspace.  We can discontinue collecting strips.  The Airspace office has enough data to present to NUW to change the LOA so NUW will never schedule the use of Molson South.  Along with the Molson South data we identified a second ongoing issue of the P3 and P8 aircraft filing through Olympic Airspace when its in use as well as very long reroutes right off the ground.  All of these issues will be talked about in a meeting with NUW to take place in the very near future.

Lastly I would like to let everyone I will not be available between August 6-22.  Derek Adams will handle any union matters on behalf of the A area while I’m away.  If you have any schedule concerns, you can talk to Damien.  Damien will continue the waterfall bid in my absence. 

Brooke

July 7 Update

Last notice for the Article 5 detail to the training department from September 10- October 19.  Please let me know by Friday, July 13 if you are interested.

After a meeting last week in regards to the Molson South airspace, it has been determined that more data is still needed.  We will continue to collect data through the end of August.  Please place strips in my headset box and date them.   Strips without a date will be thrown away.

Requests have been made to rotate the overhead maps so we don’t have 2 of the same map types next to each other at the positions.  With this request I would like to have the MIA and Airway maps at sector 32, 01, and 03 swapped.  If there are any objections to this please let me know as it is a change in working conditions.

Please take a minute to vote in our National NATCA election.  You can vote online or by mail.  Please let me know if you have voted.  Our local is just trying to track participation and we do not need to know who you voted for.

Brooke

Solicitation of Interest to the Training Department

Solicitation of Interest for an Article 5 detail to the training department for Stage 4 class.  Dates are September 10 – October 19.  Please notify me if you are interested in the detail along with any special schedule requests no later than Friday July 13.

Brooke

June 16th Update

Troy’s Retirement Gift Fund

There is an envelope on the wall between the headsets and the weather briefing computer for donations for a gift for Troy’s retirement.  You may also send a donation to Tony Germann via Venmo and label it Troy’s Gift.  Donations will be collected until Wednesday, June 27.

Staffing

Kurt will be leaving the area to become a FLM effective Pay Period 16.  Management has authorized the use of OT to backfill Kurt’s line until we have a new CPC.  I anticipate bidding Kurt’s old line as Roy and Tyler begin training at 3/12.  A replacement will most likely not fill the line until late summer or early fall.

Training

The article 5 detail to the training department has been put on hold for the time being.  Dates are being pushed back into September.  I will solicit volunteers when I get new dates.

Airspace and Procedures

I appreciate everyone who has been helping us to collect data on aircraft effected by Molson South airspace.  Please continue documenting sessions impacted by the airspace through the end of June.

The ATOME SID is being decommissioned in July and will be replaced by 3 new SIDs for sleepy time procedures.  Our Sleepy Time OPS will not be impacted.

I would also like to announce that the E Board has appointed Derek Adams to the VP position effective June 30 when Troy steps down.

Brooke

May 19th Update

Training
I am still soliciting for an Article 5 detail to the training department.  The detail is for a Stage 4 class.  The dates are July 16-August 24.  Please let me know if you are interested and if you have any schedule requests in the event you are selected.  This solicitation will close on May 30th at midnight.

Airspace
I have been working with the C Area and the Airspace Office to address our ongoing issues with Molson South.  We need more data to present a safety case to NUW in order to take back the airspace above FL280.  If you have any traffic situation that is impacted by the airspace or adds to your workload please leave either a strip or piece of paper with a callsign, date and time in my headset box or ET’s headset box.  We will collect data through the end of June.

Schedule Negotiations
I have already begun working on our schedule for next year and several people have offered help.  I appreciate this offer and at the current time I am accepting suggestions for changes to our MOU, proposed schedules, as well as items/procedures that you would like clarified or better spelled out.
Management is happy with our current MOU and is only proposing grammatical changes going into 2019.  This could drastically change depending on what the union proposes.  As of right now the E-board is also happy with our current MOU and only wishes to make minor changes that allow greater flexibility at the area level to do what is best for our staffing needs.  Please keep in mind that any proposed changes must be in compliance with our CBA.
If you wish to submit a proposed schedule it needs to include 32 lines at a minimum and 35 at a maximum.  Please designate the addition of lines 33-35 in the order that you think would be most beneficial to the operations of our area.  The shift guides will most likely remain unchanged.  The 2 main complaints with this years schedule is the lack of coverage at the end of the night as well as the AWS lines being straight swings.  These are the items I am going to do my best to address however there will be push back from management with our staffing between the swing and mid shifts.  Our traffic through this summer along with splitting/combining of the sectors is going to greatly impact the negotiations for better coverage.  If you have any other concerns about next years BWS please voice them so I can try my best to address them.

Brooke
Brooked85@hotmail.com
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April 27, 2018 UpdatE

It’s been 6 weeks since the last update.  The area has been relatively quiet.  We completed the waterfall of CV’s line and everybody who bid a new line will be moved to it in Pay Period 13.  

Other areas have recently had issues with CIC’s approving Blood Leave.  Don Hill agreed to CIC’s approving Blood Leave as long as the OM is consulted first.  Blood Leave falls under the category of Excused Absence which can only be approved by management.

SeaTac is once again under construction.  Work has already started on the taxiways surrounding the inboard runway and will conclude with the inboard runway, once again, being closed at the end of the summer.  This will impact the arrival rate and we will see lengthy delays through the summer.

Lastly, I’m looking for 1 more volunteer for area refresher training taking place in the fall.  Scheduled meetings will begin in late August to allow adequate time to prepare the material.  The class dates are November 5-9.  There will also be a last minute solicitation for an article 5 to the training department for stage 4 class this summer.  Dates have not been set (the reason I anticipate the last minute solicitation).  The class is tentatively scheduled to begin in July and run through August.  Please let me know if you are interested and if you have any schedule requests if selected (e.i. 4 10-hour days M-Th).

Brooke
Brooked85@hotmail.com
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