NATCA Reloaded Committee Chair Dawn Johnson (below, left) and NATCA Recurrent Training Representative
Richard Kennington (below, right) moderated the Pilot/Controller Communications panel — which remains one of
the most highly anticipated discussions at CFS year after year. This year's panelists were:
• Brandon Johnson, Northwest Mountain Region Safety Rep, NATCA
• John Murdock, National Procedures Rep, NATCA
• Erin Phelps, Central Service Area ATSAP ERC Analyst, NATCA
• Don Dobias, ALPA
• Matthew Cain, Safety Chair SWAPA
• Paul Flynn, NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP)
In the panel "The Impact of Weather on the Operation,"
moderators NATCA Director of Safety and Technology
Jim Ullmann & FAA ATO Director of Safety Tony
Schneider led discussion with panelists about weather
as one of the top safety issues in the National Airspace
System (NAS). Joining the discussion were NATCA
ATCSCC Traffic Management Specialist Jessica
Strahley, NATCA Washington Center (ZDC) Traffic
Management Coordinator Ben Dengler, NATCA ATSAP ERC Rep Dave Cook, New York-JFK ATCT (JFK) FacRep
Gerald Quaye, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 357 ASAP Rep Rachel Rae, and American Airlines
Dispatcher Mike Sterenchuk.
IMPACT OF WEATHER
PILOT/CONTROLLER COMMUNICATIONS
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