Press Releases

CONTACT: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 Continuing service at these towers will help maintain an important layer of safety, and for that reason we are pleased to hear they will remain open longer than originally expected. It is […]

Contact: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 NATCA supports Sen. Roy Blunt’s (R-Mo.) new legislation, which would end furloughs for the air traffic control workforce and keep the system moving as the world’s safest and most efficient. High traffic […]

CONTACT: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 STATEMENT – NATCA PRESIDENT PAUL RINALDI “With just days to go before air traffic controllers are forced off the job by furloughs imposed in the wake of sequester, the Federal Aviation Administration […]

CONTACTS: Doug Church, 301-346-8245; Sarah Dunn, 315-796-1560 The current furloughs of air traffic controllers may be due to unique and unusual circumstances but after a single day of delays throughout the aviation system, it’s clear they […]

CONTACTS: Doug Church, 301-346-8245; Sarah Dunn, 315-796-1560 After just two days of furloughs for air traffic controllers, more than 10,000 flights have been delayed and more than 600 canceled. This is just the beginning of what […]

CONTACT: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 Three days of furloughs for the nation’s air traffic controllers have proven to be just as disruptive as anticipated. Even with relatively clear weather, there have been more than 5,000 flight delays […]