August Representative Training 1 (RT1) Class Held in Las Vegas

NATCA’s Representative Training 1 (RT1) course was held Aug. 15-19 in Las Vegas. RT1 training facilitates the instruction of NATCA representatives on how to develop and grow effective methods of advocacy. President Rich Santa, Executive Vice President Andrew LeBovidge, Southern Regional Vice President (RVP) Jim Marinitti, and Region X (NRX) RVP Brad Davidson joined course instructors Southwest (NSW) RVP Nick Daniels, NSW Alternate RVP John Bratcher (Fort Smith ATCT, FSM), National Human Performance Representative Aaron Katz (Phoenix TRACON, P50), National Training Representative Jamaal Haltom (Las Vegas ATCT, LAS), Los Angeles Center (ZLA) FacRep Nate Pair, NRX Safety Representative Don Smith, and Dallas Love ATCT (DAL) FacRep Dontae Siders in teaching the 24 members in attendance.

The instructors said, “The students who attend RT-1 always arrive with extraordinary passion and depart with the foundational knowledge that both complements and empowers that passion to drive this union forward. The students of the August 2022 class carried on this tradition in exceptional fashion! These students showed tremendous conviction and aptitude required for any leader in this constantly changing climate.”