The NATCA Difference

Michelle Bruner and Jamie Macomber, San Diego ATCT (SAN) Duffy Fainer holds three skydiving world records and has encountered eight parachute malfunctions and one emergency ocean landing in 46 years of jumps. His first in-flight emergency […]

Please Support Our Ongoing Efforts The NATCA Disaster Response Committee (DRC) asks for your help. This year continues a full court press on the lives of our membership. From wildfires in the West, a derecho in the Midwest, and the […]

This year has been challenging for the NATCA Charitable Foundation (NCF). The pandemic delayed plans for NATCA in Washington, the Biennial Convention, and Communicating For Safety until 2021, so opportunities to raise money were limited. But thanks […]

Brittany Jones and Bob Obma, Indianapolis Center (ZID) During any normal shift in Area 2 of Indianapolis Center (ZID) on a mid-March Saturday afternoon, assisting the pilot of a Cessna 172 Skyhawk who encountered icing conditions […]

To all our NATCA veterans, thank you for your service to our country. Our Union honors your sacrifice while keeping our nation safe and protecting our liberty. Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day. Celebrated […]

NATCA represents a group of air traffic control specialists that work in 112 Federal Contract Towers (FCTs). These contract towers tend to be smaller in size and operation, typically employing between five and 10 controllers, many […]