CONTACT: Doug Church, 301-346-8245; Sarah Dunn, 315-796-1560 WASHINGTON – National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Paul Rinaldi issued the following statement regarding the announcement by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to close air traffic control towers […]
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NATCA Statement on FAA Announcement That Contract Tower Closures Are Delayed – (4/5/2013)
CONTACT: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 Continuing service at these towers will help maintain an important layer of safety, and for that reason we are pleased to hear they will remain open longer than originally expected. It is […]
NATCA Fully Supports Bill From Sen. Blunt to Stop Controller Furloughs – (4/15/2013)
Contact: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 NATCA supports Sen. Roy Blunt’s (R-Mo.) new legislation, which would end furloughs for the air traffic control workforce and keep the system moving as the world’s safest and most efficient. High traffic […]
NATCA Statement on Air Traffic Controller Furlough Situation – (4/19/2013)
CONTACT: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 STATEMENT – NATCA PRESIDENT PAUL RINALDI “With just days to go before air traffic controllers are forced off the job by furloughs imposed in the wake of sequester, the Federal Aviation Administration […]
NATCA STATEMENT – CONTINUATION OF CONTROLLER FURLOUGHS – (4/22/2013)
CONTACTS: Doug Church, 301-346-8245; Sarah Dunn, 315-796-1560 The current furloughs of air traffic controllers may be due to unique and unusual circumstances but after a single day of delays throughout the aviation system, it’s clear they […]
NATCA Statement – Furlough Update – (4/23/2013)
CONTACTS: Doug Church, 301-346-8245; Sarah Dunn, 315-796-1560 After just two days of furloughs for air traffic controllers, more than 10,000 flights have been delayed and more than 600 canceled. This is just the beginning of what […]