Until such time ABACUS comes online and is implemented, the National Executive Board must prioritize the pursuit of, sparing no expense or resource, exploring all avenues to bridge the gap to ABACUS to compensate facilities for traffic complexities and volume worked. If an agreement with the Agency is reached, or at such time ABACUS comes online and is implemented, the NEB will pursue backpay for any facilities negatively impacted by ABACUS being repeatedly delayed.

Rationale: In 2016, NATCA and FAA agreed to pursue a means to update traffic count as defined in Appendix A of the CBA. Appendix A states that due to changes in difficulty and complexity of air traffic control work, the continued validity of the linkage between conceptual descriptions of the various facility pay setting levels with their associated index ranges will be regularly assessed by NATCA and FAA. However, it has been over 20 years since the last time Center traffic was validated and verified. Our members deserve to be compensated fairly and accurately for the work performed.