Historical Committee

Archie League — a name reverently whispered through the annals of aviation history and the namesake of NATCA’s annual award presented at our Union’s Communicating for Safety conference each year, honoring the best aviation “saves” by […]

On Sept. 23-24, 1986, 72 delegates attended NATCA’s founding convention in Chicago including provisional representatives from each of the FAA’s nine regions. John Thornton, the founding father of NATCA, announced that NATCA had collected more than […]

The charge of the National Historical Committee (NHC), which met last week at the National Office in Washington, D.C., is to catalogue, document, and archive the history of NATCA. “In order to understand what has been […]

NATCA is proud to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth by sharing stories of these trailblazers in aviation, who overcame incredible obstacles to achieve their high-flying dreams    How Perry Young Broke Aviation’s Color Barrier “For many years, Perry Young […]

Ed Mullin is pictured above, second from right. Barry Krasner is fifth from left. —————————————– Reflections on the Life and Career of Barry Krasner By Ed MullinRetired charter memberSouthwest Regional Vice President Emeritus; NSW Regional Rep […]

(From the NATCA archives, “NATCA News,” October 1993) NATCA Lobby Week (1993) in Review Controllers Converge Upon Capitol Hill To Discuss NATCA’s Legislative AgendaRepresentatives Register Their Support for HR 2663 NATCA Lobby Week, by all estimates, […]