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How Will Children Respond To A Tragedy? With the media’s coverage of acts of violence, virtually all children will be aware of violence. Yet how children respond will vary depending on the child’s age, personality, and […]

Houston Center Treasurer Eric Avila threw out the first pitch before the Washington Nationals game last week against Miami. NATCA members at Charleston ATCT (CRW) hosted a solidarity event this week in Charleston, W.Va. The event […]

Atlanta TRACON controller Mike Ryan spoke before an Atlanta Breakfast Club recently, highlighting the profession of air traffic control and all that NATCA members do to keep the flying public safe. Warren Wheeler organized the event […]

NATCAvists across the country met with congressional representatives this week.  On Aug. 8, Senator Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., toured Boston Center (ZBW). N.H. state coordinator, Jeff Aulbach, lead the tour and described the operation and the service […]

NATCA continues to oppose cuts to federal employee benefits and retirement programs that would harm both active and retired NATCA members, as these cuts are unacceptable and could exacerbate the staffing crisis to emergency levels in […]

NATCA represents controllers who work at 96 of the 253 Federal Contract Towers (FCT) operated by Robinson Aviation (RVA), Inc., Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc., and Serco, Inc.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began contracting out towers in the early 1990s. The National Labor Relations Board certified NATCA as the exclusive bargaining representative for its first Federal Contract Tower, Central Wisconsin Tower (CWA), Mosinee, Wis., in early 1997.