DECEMBER FLIGHT PLAN REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS

**BACKGROUND**: The Administrator and her executive management team met
on December 21 for their monthly review of the FAA Flight Plan. As of
the end of November, 22 of the 30 performance targets were green, four
were yellow, and four red. The yellows are: Average Daily Airport
Capacity (35 OEP airports), Employee Attitude Survey, the Clean Audit,
and the Grievance Processing Time. The reds are the Commercial Air
Carrier Fatal Accident rate, NAS On-Time Arrivals, Mission Critical
Positions, and ATC Staffing Plan.

**INCREASED SAFETY:**

> **Air Carrier Fatal Accident Rate:** We didn't make our performance
> target in the last fiscal year ended in September, and we won't make
> it this fiscal year either. Last year, the target level was 0.018
> fatal accidents per 100,000 departures. This year, it has dropped to
> 0.010 per 100,000 departures and we're currently at 0.020 per 100,000
> departures. The reason we can't make up ground by the end of the
> fiscal year is that the rate is a three-year rolling average and three
> fatal accidents (December 2005, January 2006, and December 2006) won't
> start dropping off until December 2008. We've included an initiative
> in the Flight Plan this year to develop some additional ways of
> measuring the safety of the system.

**SYSTEM CAPACITY**:

-   **NAS On Time Arrivals at the 35 OEP Airports**: This is red we did
    not meet our target for November (and the year) to have 87.67
    percent of the arrivals on time. For November the actual performance
    level was 85.97 percent. With the Denver situation (each
    cancellation is counted as a delay) and the mix of rough weather we
    have been experiencing generally plus the fact that we are heading
    into the teeth of winter weather, this performance target is likely
    to remain red for some time, according to Goal Lead Russ Chew.
    However, by the end of the year, we should have a chance to get this
    back on track.

-   **Average Daily Airport Capacity at the 35 OEP Airports**: This is
    yellow. Here again, weather was the major culprit. Adverse weather,
    ground delays, and ground stops kept capacity down again this month,
    but we are only 161 arrivals and departures below the target of
    101,562.

**INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP**: Since all the performance targets were
green. Goal Lead Joe Bogosian used his time discussed the 36^th^ ICAO
Assembly coming up in Montreal, September 18-28, 2007. He discussed the
white papers that may be presented at the Assembly, and the opportunity
this presents the U.S. to continue dialogue with like-minded contracting
states and/or region to develop unified positions on these papers.
Bogosian also discussed the ICAO safety audit of the U.S. (involving not
only FAA, but NTSB, National Weather Service, etc.) scheduled for
October 30-November 15, 2007. This comprehensive audit will be done
under the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP). ICAO
conducted a USOAP of the U.S. four years ago and, according to Peggy
Gilligan, it was very comprehensive and very professional.

**ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE**: All performance targets are green, with
the exception of Mission Critical Positions and controller staffing,
which are Red, and Employee Attitude Survey, Grievance Processing Time,
and the Clean Audit performance targets, which are yellow.

-   **Mission Critical Positions:** This is red because, according to
    Goal Co-Lead Ventris Gibson, we started the year in the red because
    we ended FY06 taking 65 days to fill a position, versus the FY07
    target of 54 days. That is 20 percent more than the target rate. A
    workgroup is being established to analyze the process to fill
    positions, to determine where delays are occurring in the process,
    and to make improvements.

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-   **Employee Attitude Survey**: The performance target here is to
    increase EAS scores in the areas of management effectiveness and
    accountability by at least 5 percent over the 2003 baseline of 35
    percent by FY 2010. The performance target is yellow and will remain
    yellow unless the results of the shorter EAS 2007 survey meet the 38
    percent positive target. We started off FY07 with the EAS 2006 score
    of 34 percent positive, which was below the FY06 target of 38
    percent positive, and below the FY03 baseline of 35 percent.

-   **Clean Audit**: We have received a clean audit for the last several
    years. However, for FY06, we received a Qualified Opinion, due to
    insufficient progress with the capitalization of assets, one of the
    initiatives under the Clean Audit target. Currently, in FY07, we are
    on a clear track to receive a clean audit, but we are keeping this
    yellow until the final results are tallied in September.

-   **Grievance Processing Time**: This is particularly challenging in
    light of the mass filing of grievances by controllers following
    implementation of the FAA/NATCA contract. It's difficult under these
    circumstances to get an accurate assessment of the grievance
    processing time.

-   **Air Traffic Controller Staffing Plan**: We are currently 113
    controllers below where we should be at the end of November.