Legislative Update

Denver ATCT (DEN) FacRep Gary Beal recently had the opportunity to give U.S. Secretary of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg a tour of the facility. “It was a pleasure to give Secretary Buttigieg a tour,” he said. […]

President Rich Santa had a phone meeting with Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema, chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation. They discussed the importance of aviation funding and Sinema’s […]

NATCA President Rich Santa was proud to participate in the AFL-CIO’s Meeting of Union Presidents with President Joe Biden and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh in Wilmington, Del., on March 5. Santa joined a small group of […]

Brothers and Sisters, President Biden has just signed a short continuing resolution (CR) that will bridge the weekend while he awaits an omnibus funding bill to be prepared for his signature. The CR averts a shutdown […]

Brothers and Sisters, Last evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an omnibus funding bill, H.R. 2472, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, that will fund the federal government, including the FAA, through Sept. 30 – the […]

Honolulu Control Facility (HCF) FacRep Jacob Kamakahi and members Jimmy Lake and Dan Nakamitsu recently attended events with Hawaii Congressmen Ed Case and Kai Kahele. “We thanked Congressman Case for his continued support of NATCA and […]