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USA Today’s Ask Air Traffic Control series, featuring NATCA Safety and Technology Director Jim Ullmann answering questions from USA Today readers: NEW! Feb. 28, 2017: Busiest Times of the Year to Fly

This week is National Engineers Week and NATCA has many reasons to celebrate! NATCA represents approximately 2,000 engineers and architects in multiple bargaining units who design new ATC facilities, construct or remodel new or existing ATC […]

NATCA this week publicly highlighted the positive working relationship it has developed with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the progress they have made to modernize the National Airspace System (NAS). In conjunction with the first […]

Representative Val Demings, D-Fla., toured Orlando ATCT (MCO) last week. National Legislative Committee Rep Stan Parulski says the visit was a great success. Local controllers explained to Representative Demings the ins and outs of air traffic […]

National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) For Immediate Release Feb. 21, 2017 Contact: Doug Church, 301-346-8245 NATCA Praises Collaborative Relationship With FAA, Progress on NextGen WASHINGTON – The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) would like […]

For the full list of winners, click here. Jessica Earp, Anchorage CenterAlaskan Region On July 25, 2016, a Navy F-18 departed Eielson Air Force Base (EIL) following a refueling stop en route to Asia for a […]