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“Safety Above All” Paul RinaldiPresident, National Air Traffic Controllers Association Welcome to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) website! NATCA represents over 20,000 controllers, engineers, and other safety-related professionals, with membership from every state, territory, […]

This Tuesday, NATCA President Paul Rinaldi testified before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation. Rinaldi delivered his remarks during a hearing about the upcoming FAA Reauthorization process and options for FAA air […]

Omaha TRACON (R90) NATCA member Travis Arnold is an experienced controller. He served in the United States Air Force from 2001-2007, during which time he deployed to Iraq twice. In February 2008, he became a civilian […]

Juneau Flight Service Station (JNU FSS) is a 24-hour facility. JNU FSS takes over the tower frequencies when it closes at 8 p.m. local time, as well as the KTN FSS frequencies at 9:15 p.m., and […]

There are 15 NATCA members at Bedford ATCT (BED), making this facility 100 percent NATCA! The controllers working at this level seven facility are responsible for guiding all aircraft that fly through Class D airspace. The […]

NATCA has spent 2014 actively participating in the growing and critically important discussion regarding the FAA’s air traffic control funding and structure issues. The goals: Prevent a recurrence of the negative effects created by sequestration and […]