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Written TestimonyPaul RinaldiPresident, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, AFL-CIO (NATCA)May 17, 2017 Before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing: “The Need to Reform FAA and Air Traffic Control to Build a 21st Century Aviation System […]

Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center air traffic controllers Jeffrey Volski and Andrew Cullen displayed calm and reassurance under pressure to help the pilot of a small plane who was battling severe icing conditions. The […]

Archie League.

Archie League pioneered the air traffic control profession in 1929. League was employed by the city of St. Louis where every morning, he would pile equipment into a wheelbarrow he had rigged with an umbrella to protect him from the sun. He would trek across the 170-acre dirt airfield, position himself at the approach end of the runway, and wave his flags to issue holding and landing clearances for inbound pilots.

WFTV-TV ORLANDOMay 4, 2017 “At three hundred forty-five feet in the air, the Orlando International Airport’s air traffic control tower rises out of the flat sprawling concrete. On an average day, the tower and its staff […]

Last Saturday, April 29, a memorial service was held for A80 member Nate Enders, his wife, Laura, and their two young sons, Jaden and Eli. They died on April 15 when the C170 aircraft Enders was […]

Phoenix Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) air traffic controllers Brian Bond, Aaron Fones, and Carlton Wickstrom displayed calm under pressure to help the pilot of a small plane who was battling harsh weather conditions and turbulence […]