NATCA hosted a Meet and Greet for FAA Academy trainees on May 29 in Oklahoma City. Thirty-eight trainees attended the event where they received an overview of our Union’s history, structure, and benefits of membership. Dallas-Fort […]
Historical Committee News
NATCA Marks 35 Years Since Historic First Contract with FAA
In May 1989, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) celebrated the ratification of their first collective bargaining agreement. This landmark contract, approved by a decisive 84 percent of union […]
Historical Committee on a Mission to Preserve NATCA’s Legacy
The NATCA Historical Committee (NHC) met on Dec. 14-15, 2023, at the National Office in Washington. The Committee is charged with the exclusive purpose of cataloging, documenting, and archiving the official history of the Union. “Our […]
Archie League and the Genesis of Federal Air Traffic Control
Archie League — a name reverently whispered through the annals of aviation history and the namesake of NATCA’s annual award presented at our Union’s Communicating for Safety conference each year, honoring the best aviation “saves” by […]
NATCA Honors the 42nd Anniversary of PATCO Strike
Forty-two years ago, our union brothers and sisters took a remarkably brave and honorable stand for our profession and the safety of the National Airspace System (NAS). On Aug. 3, 1981, 13,000 Professional Air Traffic Controllers […]
NATCA This Sunday Marks 35th Anniversary of FLRA Certification
On Sept. 23-24, 1986, 72 delegates attended NATCA’s founding convention in Chicago including provisional representatives from each of the FAA’s nine regions. John Thornton, the founding father of NATCA, announced that NATCA had collected more than […]
