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 […]