WASHINGTON – Today, National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Rich Santa offered testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Aviation under the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The topic of the hearing was “FAA […]
LAS VEGAS – The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) tonight will present its 18th annual Archie League Medal of Safety Awards, the highest honor in the air traffic controller profession, to close this week’s Communicating For […]
Article by Robert Reddeg (Southern California TRACON, SCT) On the chilly desert evening of February 15, 2022, NATCA members Matt Cox, Eric Joe and the training team of Dan Hauptman and Colby Alford were having a routine […]
Article by Mary Ann Hall (Houston Hobby ATCT, HOU) On April 23, 2021, the skies over Oklahoma were riddled with areas of precipitation and low ceilings. At 4:51 p.m., N7108Q, a Cessna 172, executed a missed approach […]
Article by Amy Sayers (Fort Lauderdale ATCT, FLL) On a beautiful day in April, Memphis Center (ZME) member David Kunzman was training Artur Mularczyk on routine traffic. They were working the R65 sector, which comprises of many […]
Article by Lydia Baune (Spokane ATCT, GEG) Anytime controllers face an emergency, it can be challenging. In this case, an added challenge was that training was in progress. Jake Zakrzewski has been a controller at Denver Center […]