Potomac Consolidated TRACON (PCT)

On Jan. 23, NATCA President Rich Santa and Eastern Regional Vice President Brian Shallenberger visited Potomac TRACON (PCT) and the Air Traffic Control System Command Center (DCC). The facility visits occurred before a joint DCC/PCT Membership […]

Potomac TRACON (PCT) NATCA members Andy Rhodes and Taylor Warren recently attended an event with U.S. Representatives Rob Wittman (Va.-1) and Dale Strong (Ala.-5), where Rhodes took the opportunity to inform the representatives about NATCA’s legislative […]

Potomac TRACON (PCT) member Brian Schmelzel and Washington National ATCT (DCA) member Aubrey Farrar attended an event with U.S. Representatives Jennifer McClellan (Va.-4) and Katherine Clark (Mass.-5) in June. The event was the first NATCA members […]

NATCA last month held the latest installment of its 13-year-old national leadership course, called LEAP (Leadership Experience Acceleration Project), in Glen Rose, Texas. Northwest Mountain Regional Vice President Alex Navarro III and Critical Incident Stress Management […]

By Sept. 15, 2020, six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, air carrier traffic volume was greatly reduced, presenting opportunities for many general aviation pilots – and students, with their instructors – to do takeoffs and landings […]

The joint Department of Defense (DoD)/FAA effort to optimize the scheduling and activation/deactivation of special activity airspace (SAA) began earlier this month. The core team is co-led by a DoD and FAA representative from the Mission […]