The NATCA Charitable Foundation (NCF) created the Elena Nash Community Volunteer of the Year Award in 2018, in honor of its former president. This award is given to a deserving individual who volunteers and helps make […]
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16th Annual Archie League Medal of Safety Award Winners’ Spotlight: Southwest Region, Fort Worth Center
Larry Bell, Brian Cox, and Colin McKinnon, Fort Worth Center (ZFW) Pictured: Cox (bottom left), Bell (top left), and McKinnon (right). Pilot and flight instructor Anise Shapiro and her student, Jouni Uusitalo (pictured below), were flying […]
NATCA Mourns the Loss of Retired Region X Member, Rep, and Engineer Dominic Petrelli
NATCA lost a dear friend, engineer, and past Region X (NRX) OSHA Committee member last month. Dominic “Dom” Petrelli joined NATCA in 2001 and retired from the FAA in July 2019. He was 64 years old. “Every so […]
Through Solidarity, Pandemic Not Allowed to Delay Final Holiday Package Push
It was Dec. 23, the date of the largest movement of boxes to get to their destination in time for Christmas, and UPS was planning a busy overnight push into and out of its Louisville Standiford […]
On the Front Lines during COVID-19,Keeping the National Airspace Moving
NATCA members at Lansing ATCT (LAN) and Grand Rapids ATCT (GRR) were proud last month to control the two aircraft containing the first UPS and FedEx shipments, respectively, of COVID-19 vaccines. The UPS-transported vaccines were moved […]
The NATCA Podcast: Two Souls, Six Dogs, and an Open Wheat Field of Safety
Halfway into a nearly 75-minute flight last spring to Graham Municipal Airport (RPH), 80 miles northwest of Fort Worth, Texas, pilot and flight instructor Anise Shapiro, in a Piper PA-46 Malibu, lost the engine for the […]
