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After he testified for more than three hours in a hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee on March 4, NATCA President Nick Daniels took some questions from the media. The following are highlights […]

Reporter Martha Kelner from Sky News, the global broadcaster headquartered in the United Kingdom, interviewed NATCA President Nick Daniels at NATCA’s National Headquarters on Saturday. Sky hasn’t indicated when the interview might air. Reporter Raquel Krähenbühl […]

Yesterday evening, NATCA President Nick Daniels and former DOT Inspector General Mary Schiavo were interviewed by CNN Anchor Jessica Dean on CNN Newsroom Saturday. They discussed air traffic controller staffing shortages, the stringent hiring standards for […]

Below is a sample of other prominent news coverage featuring NATCA: The Washington Post | National Airport has long struggled to manage helicopter traffic, records show Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said chronic […]

Yesterday evening, NBC Nightly News broadcast an interview of NATCA President Nick Daniels by Lester Holt that took place earlier on Friday at National Airport. The interview covered controller staffing shortages and the stringent hiring standards […]

NOTE: Earlier today, President Daniels shared the following message on social media, educating the public on the highly-selective process for becoming a certified professional controller: “Air traffic controllers earn the prestigious and elite status of being […]