CFS 2026

Airlines, manufacturers, and technology innovators fill the NATCA Communicating For Safety exhibit hall each year, putting the people building the future of the National Airspace System in the same room as the people who operate it. […]

Shot down over Hanoi on his 75th combat mission and held as a prisoner of war for nearly six years, Capt. Charlie Plumb closed out day two of Communicating For Safety 2026 with lessons on resilience […]

NATCA President Nick Daniels kicked off the second day of Communicating For Safety 2026, pointing the room back to the work ahead: safety, efficiency, and running the busiest National Airspace System in the world.

NATCA Chief of Staff and Regional Vice President Emeritus Dean Iacopelli, American Association of Airport Executives Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Karen Kuhlman, Airlines for America Legislative and Regulatory Policy Senior Vice President Sharon Pinkerton, […]

Airlines for America President and CEO Christopher Sununu brought the airline perspective to CFS 2026, addressing how carriers, NATCA, and the FAA can move in step as the pace of change in the NAS picks up.

Today at Communicating For Safety 2026, NATCA Professional Standards members Lydia Baune (Spokane ATCT, GEG), Patrick Carter (Dallas/Fort Worth TRACON, D10), and Chris Keyes (Washington Center, ZDC) presented this year’s National Professionalism Award to Maurice Pitts […]