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Imploring Senate Committee to Guarantee Stable Funding, Not Just Address FAA Structure On May 19, I testified before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee at its hearing on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization, with a […]

Ladies and gentlemen, friends of aviation, thank you for this honor to speak in front of you today. This is my second speech in front of the Aero Club and much like my first speech here […]

WASHINGTON – In remarks to the Aero Club of Washington today National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) President Paul Rinaldi called for a change to the way the nation’s aviation system is funded. “The status quo […]

NATCA New York Center Facility Representative and National ERAM Implementation Representative Julio Henriques joined the U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta at a press conference to announce the successful completion of En […]

WASHINGTON – In testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee today, NATCA President Paul Rinaldi said that the lack of stable or predictable funding for the National Airspace System (NAS) is unacceptable and change […]

Air traffic controller Ray Smid watched the yellow blips slide across his radar screen. The circles moved in silence, but Smid never forgot that they embodied real aircraft. It didn’t matter if the traffic was big […]