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Twenty-three new NATCAvists spent two days last week taking NATCA’s Basic Legislative Activism Class, so they can help NATCA achieve its advocacy goals and protect aviation safety professions and the National Airspace System. NATCA Academy Instructors […]
NATCA and the FAA began a collaborative effort to identify potential safety improvements related to human factors in the National Airspace System in 2010. The Professional Standards Program was the first initiative created through this effort. […]
By: Aaron Rose, NATCA Terminal Automation Representative Photos courtesy of Raytheon. Imagine for a moment that software and hardware designers for smartphones never actually used the equipment they developed. They never handled it, never opened the […]
NATCA President Paul Rinaldi, Director of Safety and Technology Jim Ullmann, and Program Management Organization (PMO) Rep Jeff Woods toured Charlotte-Douglas ATCT (CLT), where the Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) effort provides solutions to […]
Tim Poer was nominated for his effort on position at Abilene ATCT (ABI). After departure, a military aircraft reported that both engines were on fire. The aircraft was heavy with fuel and struggled to climb. Poer […]
Rebecca Goff was nominated for work on the Local Control Position at Bowman ATCT (LOU). She received several scratchy and unreadable calls from a pilot. After finally establishing two-way radio communications, the pilot informed Goff that […]
