News Archive

NATCA and the Federal Aviation Administration held press availability at Cleveland Center (ZAU) on April 11 and 14, 2017, featuring the story of controller David Stempien’s flight assist to help a couple in a small plane […]

NATCA and the FAA held a press conference at Anchorage Center (ZAN) on April 13, 2017, featuring the story of controller Jessica Earp’s flight assist of an F-18 jet in 2016. Earp’s work earned her NATCA’s […]

The Converging Runway Display Aid (CRDA) was originally developed in 1994 for sequencing arriving aircraft to converging dependent runways. It is still in use at several large terminal airports where it is a sequencing tool used […]

NATCA Executive Vice President Trish Gilbert attended an “Incredible Southern Region class of activists learning about legislative activism,” in Florida this week. She said it is consistently amazing watching the next generation of activists engage with […]

The Honorable Linda Hall Daschle was honored at the AAAE Women in Aviation Luncheon on April 5. The luncheon is held to support education and scholarships for women in aviation.NATCA Executive Vice President, Trish Gilbert, was […]

The most notable news from last week’s “Future of Airspace Authorizations” panel at the Federal Aviation Administration’s second annual Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) symposium was the emergence of a new acronym. It’s one that controllers across […]