Staffing Issues

Congress must require FAA to replace its Finance-driven Controller Workforce Plan with the Collaborative Resources Workgroup’s operational CPC staffing targets developed by the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization and NATCA and verified and validated by the MITRE Corporation’s […]

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) thanks Congress for passing an extension to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) authorization preventing a painful and costly shutdown at the end of the year. NATCA stands ready to […]

NATCA President Rich Santa Thanks 138 U.S. Representatives for Signing Bipartisan Letter to Congressional Leadership  (WASHINGTON) – Today, NATCA thanked the 138 members of the U.S. House of Representatives who signed a letter to Congressional leadership […]

(WASHINGTON) – NATCA denounces the unfair and inaccurate portrayal of air traffic controllers in today’s article in the New York Times. It does not portray the professionalism and skill with which air traffic controllers perform their complex and […]

(WASHINGTON) – The FAA’s National Airspace System (NAS) Safety Review Team (SRT) report, which was issued today, reinforces what NATCA has been saying about air traffic control staffing for a decade when it wrote that “these […]

An article published today in The New York Times on the Feb. 4, 2023, runway incursion at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), accurately describes the chronic staffing shortages within the National Airspace System (NAS). For more than a decade, […]