NATCA Hosts First In-Person Meet & Greet Event for ATC Trainees at the FAA Academy Since Beginning of Pandemic

NATCA hosted the first in-person meet & greet event for ATC students at the FAA Academy at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City since the beginning of the pandemic.

At the event, the students had the opportunity to meet with NATCA Executive Vice President Andrew LeBovidge; Central Regional Vice President (RVP) Aaron Merrick; Southwest Alternative RVP (ARVP) and the chair of both the of both the National Organizing Committee (NOC) and the National Benefits Committee John Bratcher; Central ARVP and ZKC FacRep Todd Mariani; National Training Representative Jamaal Haltom (LAS); Co-Chair of NATCA’s Union Synergy Committee Maurice Franklin (PCT); NATCA Professional Standards National Committee member Chris Keyes (ZDC); Reloaded Committee representative Saja Cox (OKC); and NOC member Don Smith, who is the NATCA local president for the Oklahoma City Aeronautical Center and Tech Center.

The NATCA representatives talked to those in attendance about the different aspects of NATCA.