ADD NEW: Section 5. Beginning October 1, 2025, any bargaining unit employee who is actively engaged in the separation and control of air traffic working under an exemption as prescribed by the Secretary in 5 USC §8335(a) or 5 USC §8425(a) will have their seniority reset to zero.

Rationale: Each waiver puts early retirement at risk by showing the Agency and Congress that mandatory
retirement is unnecessary. Now that nearly all NATCA members were born after 1970 (with an MRA of 57), we expect requests for waivers to increase. With every waiver granted, the argument that controllers are subject to greater mental and physical risks throughout their employment is weakened. It is crucial that we secure this fundamental privilege for the future of our union and ourselves.