News Archive

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 […]

Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by air traffic controllers who direct and separate aircraft on the ground and through controlled airspace while also providing advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace. The primary […]

NATCA Executive Vice President Trish Gilbert is the Vice Chair of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Air Traffic Services Committee. Gilbert was recently invited to speak at the ITF Civil Aviation “Pathway to Congress” conference […]

WASHINGTON – The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) applauded President Trump’s appointment of Robert L. Sumwalt to be the Vice Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The appointment was made in conjunction with […]

NATCA Executive Vice President Trish Gilbert attended a multi-region/facility meeting in Covington, Ky. She discussed issues facing NATCA and the National Airspace System. Three states and two regions were represented by attendees at the meeting: Kentucky, […]

WASHINGTON—The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has appointed Thom Metzger as its Director of Public Affairs. The team he oversees at NATCA is responsible for media relations, social media and other digital/web communications, member and […]