Press Releases

CONTACT: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 The National Air Traffic Controllers Association today is supporting the consideration and adoption of the Udall-Collins amendment to the Senate’s Continuing Resolution bill. This amendment would give the heads of federal agencies […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]