NATCA, FAA Contract Teams Sign Ratified Light Blue and Purple Books

Earlier today, the negotiating teams from NATCA and the FAA convened to sign the Successor Agreement to the Light Blue and Purple Books.  

The Region X and Staff Support Specialist membership spoke with a unified voice and voted overwhelmingly to ratify this agreement – with 96.5% voting in favor. The new collective bargaining agreement contains significant improvements in its terms and conditions, and we are extremely proud of this result.

The parties are now working to schedule signatures by NATCA President Nick Daniels and FAA Administrator Michael Whittaker. We will update the affected members once that process has concluded.

Pictured, left to right: Jordan Klein (Staff Support Specialist, New York TRACON), Ed Szcuka (P.E., Engineering Services), Nicole Vitale (NATCA Director of Labor Relations), Lisen Minetti (Contract Specialist, EAC), Andrew LeBovidge (former Executive Vice President of NATCA)

Not Pictured: Mark Rausch (Region X RVP) and Corey Glaze (Portfolio Manager and Collaboration Facilitator, ENM)