GOT A POSITIVE STORY OF GREAT ATC WORK AT YOUR FACILITY? WE WANT
TO HEAR IT! One of the best parts of our job here in the Communications Department
is working to get good stories into the hands of the media but we need your help! If your
facility is doing great work, let us know immediately so we can try and get it reported and
also have it nominated for an Archie League Medal of Safety A ward!
dchurch@natcadc.org ; smccann@natcadc.org if you want to send us ideas for media
stories. Use szilonis@natcadc.org for help in submitting an Archie League Medal of
Safety Award nomination.
HE RE'S ONE GREAT EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE COVERAGE : We recently
commemorated the one - year anniversary of the Chicago Center arson fire with special
coverage in the NATCA Insider. We released these materials, which provide the details
behind the incredible story of NATCA members rising above and beyond the call of duty
under extremely difficult and unprecedented conditions:
Video: Includes the ATC audio from the ZAU
Video: Special panel at Communicating for Safety last March that discussed the
event
Story: Written by NATCA and published last week in the new issue of the
quarterly magazine of the Air Traffic Control Association. Reprinted on the NATCA
members only website here.
Media coverage: This story ran on Sept. 27 on WLS - TV Chicago .
ARCHIE LEAGUE MEDAL OF SAFETY AWARDS PROGRAM: There are just under
three more months left to nominate your fellow brothers and sisters for an Archi e League
Medal of Safety Award. All events since Jan. 1, 2015 , are eligible. Our 12
th
annual
program will honor the best flight assists of calendar year 2015 from each region. To
nominate, use our new online form. Winners will be honored at Bally's in Las Vegas on
March 23, 2016 , to close NATCA's annual Communicating for Safety conference in
grand style.
The form allows you to type in information and al so attach the video and audio
files that we need to complete the nomination. Please act as soon as you can to
nominate after an event so that the audio and video files can be obtained before they are
no longer available. You can also email nominations or s end them by traditional mail to
the National Office. For these and all other questions and information, please contact
Archie League Awards Coordinator Sarah Zilonis at szilonis@natcadc.org .
Remember – ANY membe r can nominate another member for this award . It
does not have to be your FacRep.
Good news ! We've already got more than three - dozen nominations so THANK
YOU to those who have already submitted nominations. We would love to double or
triple this total and we know that is possible due to the great work done by our
membership this year in critical situations.
NEW VIDEO – now available, the debut of our new video promoting this year's
Archie League Aw ards!
COMMUNICATING FOR SAFETY (CFS) – REGISTRATION IS OPEN ! Don't miss the
chance to attend CFS, the aviation industry's leading conference, focusing on safety,
technology and building relationships. CFS will be held March 21 - 23, 2016 , at Bally's in
Las Vegas. Visit www.natcacfs.com to secure your spot! On social media,
use # NATCACF S .
Follow CFS on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram
