Northwest Mountain Region (NNM)

The NATCA Onboarding Committee welcomes and thanks all new NATCA leaders who have recently taken office for their terms as FacReps at their local facilities:  Alaska Janet Mulder (Anchorage ATCT, ANC)  Great Lakes Stephen Castor (Terre Haute ATCT, […]

Feb. 20, 2021 had been a routine Saturday winter afternoon in the Denver area, with cold temperatures and all aircraft reporting at least moderate turbulence in the climb and descent over the front range of Colorado. […]

Denver ATCT (DEN) FacRep Gary Beal recently had the opportunity to give U.S. Secretary of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg a tour of the facility. “It was a pleasure to give Secretary Buttigieg a tour,” he said. […]

The National Executive Board last month appointed these members to key safety and technology positions: Katie Peltz (Minneapolis Center, ZMP), Central Service Area En Route Event Review Committee Representative. Will Hutson (Denver ATCT, DEN), Article 114 […]

Carol Branaman | 1951-2019 Nearly 20 years ago, the first female regional vice president in NATCA’s history, Carol Branaman, was talking with the first female administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Jane Garvey. “I remember […]

WASHINGTON – Carol Branaman, a dedicated air traffic controller at facilities in Florida and Colorado, who served as one of the first two women on the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) National Executive Board from […]