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NOTE: NATCA distributed this message as a press release today. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) congratulates Bryan Bedford on his confirmation as the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Administrator Bedford steps into this role with important work […]

WASHINGTON – The report issued today by the National Academies of Sciences, The Air Traffic Controller Workforce Imperative, ignores the true issues facing our nation and air traffic controller staffing. The flying public, the airlines, business and general […]

Earlier this month, delegates from NATCA’s locals met in San Francisco for NATCA’s 20th Biennial Convention. At the beginning of the Convention, NATCA President Nick Daniels, in his role as Convention Chair, advised the delegates that […]

NATCA Members, Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its budget reconciliation bill on a party-line vote 215-214. In previous member updates, we detailed how provisions in earlier versions of the legislation would have negatively affected […]

WASHINGTON – The National Air Traffic Control Association (NATCA) thanks House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves for his leadership in passing an Air Traffic Control (ATC) section in the budget reconciliation package. This section will significantly […]

WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced the details about his visionary plan to modernize  our nation’s air traffic control system. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) strongly supports this comprehensive effort to fund and […]