Press Releases Archives

USA TODAY – Ask Air Traffic Control: When Radio Contact Fails – (11/3/2014)

The latest in our regular series in USA Today, written by NATCA Director of Safety and Technology Dale Wright. Please click here.

RINALDI DENOUNCES SEQUESTRATION, CALLS FOR AVIATION SYSTEM FUNDING CERTAINTY – (11/18/2014)

Contact: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 WASHINGTON – Sequestration is a danger to the National Airspace System (NAS). That is the clear message National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Paul Rinaldi delivered Tuesday to the House Transportation and […]

WASHINGTON POST: FAA rolls out taste of NextGen air traffic control system in Dallas – (11/19/2014)

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NATCA Cites Collaboration as Key to Successful Rollout of New Washington, D.C., Metroplex Airspace Improvements – (11/24/2014)

CONTACT: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 WASHINGTON – The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) said today that collaboration with the FAA and other aviation stakeholders has been key to the success of NextGen modernization projects and will […]

NextGen is Now in the Washington/Baltimore Airspace – (11/24/2014)

New FAA video. Please click HERE.

NBC TODAY SHOW: Need for air traffic controllers intensifies during the holidays – (12/13/2014)

“With nearly 18 percent of the nation’s air traffic controllers eligible to retire, and an increasing demand for controllers during the holidays, experts anticipate many job opportunities for new controllers. NBC’s Tom Costello has the story.” […]