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NIW Today | 10 NATCA Bargaining Units AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION (AIR) » Date of FLRA Certification as a NATCA-Represented Bargaining Unit: Sept. 12, 2000 » Number of NATCA Bargaining Unit Employees: 677 » What They Do: These aerospace engineers, senior engineers, program managers, flight test pilots, aircraft certification assistants, and various administrative and technical support personnel approve new designs and modifications of aircraft, engines, propellers, and related components and accessories. AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION SPECIALISTS (AIR-110) » Date of FLRA Certification as a NATCA Bargaining Unit: Nov. 9, 2004 » Number of NATCA Bargaining Unit Employees: 22 » What They Do: This group also develops, coordinates, and assesses national policy and procedures related to certification, certification delegation, and continued airworthiness issues as they relate to aircraft design, manufacture, modification, and maintenance. AIRPORTS DIVISION (ARP) » Date of FLRA Certification as a NATCA Bargaining Unit: Aug. 31, 2000 » Number of NATCA Bargaining Unit Employees: 324 » What They Do: These employees in nationwide Airports District Offices (ADO) and regional offices distribute all airport improvement funds, develop and enforce airport design standards, oversee land purchases, and conduct airport certification inspections. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS (ATC) » Date of FLRA Certification as a NATCA Bargaining Unit: June 19, 1987 » Number of NATCA Bargaining Unit Employees: 14,331 » What They Do: Work in airport control towers, terminal radar approach control facilities, and in air route traffic control centers, coordinating the safe, orderly, and expeditious movement of over 140 million operations and nearly one billion aviation passengers within the National Airspace System (NAS) each year. AUTOMATION SUPPORT SPECIALISTS (AOS) » Date of FLRA Certification as a NATCA Bargaining Unit: June 1, 2000 » Number of NATCA Bargaining Unit Employees: 153 » What They Do: These computer specialists, computer scientists, electronic engineers, and air traffic control specialists provide operational computer software support and maintenance for en route centers and terminal environments. AVIATION TECHNICAL SYSTEM SPECIALISTS (ATSS) » Date of FLRA Certification as a NATCA Bargaining Unit: Oct. 26, 2010 » Number of NATCA Bargaining Unit Employees: 132 » What They Do: These employees support the work and overall tasks of ATC and the NAS, including training, planning, and requirements at the three air traffic service centers. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS (DOD) » Date of FLRA Certification as a NATCA Bargaining Unit: NKT/Sept. 6, 1990; JRF/Oct. 26, 2000; SLI/Aug. 11, 2009; HHI/April 28, 2017; AEX/Feb. 12, 2019 » Number of NATCA Bargaining Unit Employees: 56 » What They Do: These air traffic control specialists are employed by the Department of Defense (DoD) in five DoD towers: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (NKT), N.C., Kalaeloa Tower (JRF), Hawaii, Los Alamitos Army Airfield (SLI), Calif., Wheeler Army Airfield (HHI), Honolulu, Hawaii, and 259th ATC Squadron Louisiana National Guard (AEX), Alexandria, La.