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Statement from NATCA President Paul Rinaldi: NATCA will carefully evaluate the President’s proposal. For us to consider supporting any reform proposal, it must meet our core principles: 1. Protecting the men and women who ensure the […]

WASHINGTON – NATCA will carefully evaluate the President’s proposal. For us to consider supporting any reform proposal, it must meet our core principles: Protecting the men and women who ensure the safety and efficiency of the […]

Press clips from the March 14, 2017 press event at Atlanta Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) in Peachtree City, Ga. Air traffic controllers and NATCA members Mason Braddock, Keith Tyus, Nichole Surunis, Clay Sutton, and Patrick […]

NATCA President Paul Rinaldi spoke on day one of the fifth annual World ATM Congress in Madrid, Spain. He took the stage following NATCA Director of Safety and Technology Jim Ullmann and NATCA Program Management Organization […]

From left to right: Jeff Woods, Jim Ullmann, and Paul Rinaldi, at a special collaborative exhibition booth at the conference featuring several international ATC unions, including NATCA. On March 7, the first day of the Fifth […]

(NATCA would like to thank the NATCA Historical Committee, Howie Barte, Dee Robison, and Mike Palumbo for lending their efforts and expertise to NATCA30 coverage.)

This week, we mark the end of our NATCA30 coverage for the 1980s and prepare to delve into the 1990s era history of our great Union.

The story of NATCA began long before the Union’s 1987 election and Federal Labor Relations Authority certification. It began with John F. Thornton, a gifted and influential leader whose passion for representing the interests of the nation’s air traffic controllers began with the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), and continued as a national organizer of NATCA.