Eastern Region (NEA)

NATCA members from Philadelphia ATCT (PHL) joined other volunteers in October to rehabilitate 33 local homes in two days during the Rebuilding Together Philadelphia event. Kristen Laubach (PHL), Rich Doak (PHL), retired PHL controller Brian Buckley, […]

You can view NATCA’s social media updates on Hurricane relief and efforts by visiting NATCA’s Storify, click here. Three hurricanes have now hit the United States, and NATCA members are only just beginning to process the […]

NATCA President Paul Rinaldi began his Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) career in 1991 at Washington Dulles ATCT (IAD). He served as NATCA Executive Vice President from Sept. 1, 2006, to Oct. 16, 2009, and was elected […]

Executive Vice President Trish Gilbert and Eastern Regional Vice President Dean Iacopelli met with NATCA members from Charleston (CRW), Huntington (HTS), and Clarksburg (CKB) for a recent West Virginia solidarity event. On Sept. 13, NATCA Indianapolis […]

Tammy Goldener is an Air Traffic Controller that has been with the FAA as a NATCA member for eighteen years. She began her career as a controller in the U.S. Navy. She is currently stationed at […]

Air traffic facilities across the National Airspace System (NAS) experienced an increase in air traffic operations during the solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. It was the first total solar eclipse in the U.S. since 1979 […]