THE STAFFING CRISIS
June 15 House Aviation Subcommittee Hearing, Including NATCA
President Paul Rinaldi: Rinaldi described current staffing leve ls as a "crisis" that puts
the status of the largest, safest, most efficient, most complex, most diverse airspace
system in the world at risk. He said that staffing is one of the most critical problems
facing the NAS.
"Further staffing reductions could hav e an immediate detrimental effect on
capacity, meaning fewer planes in the sky and greater potential for delays," said Rinaldi.
"Likewise, the FAA would continue to fall further behind in its development, testing,
deployment and training for NextGen modern ization programs, procedures, and
equipment."
NATCA Insider Coverage of the Hearing: Please click here .
NATCA Press Release: Please click here .
Video of the Full Hearing : Please click here .
Full NATCA Written Testimony: Please click here .
Graphic – National Staffing Totals: Please click here .
Op/ed column by NATCA Executive Vice President Trish Gilbert in The Hill
newspaper. Please click here .
Op/ed column by NATCA President Paul Rinaldi in The Washington Times.
Please click here .
WEBSITE SECTION FOR OUR NATCA FACREPS, AND ALL NATCA LOCAL
REPRESENTATIVES
Our section on the me mbers side of the natca.org website for Union reps is
designed to be one - stop shopping for your needs in representing your l oc al. It's called
"Member Center " and can be found on the main home pag e after you've signed in to
the member side. There's also a menu item for it no matter where you're at on the site
after signing in.
The goal of Member Center: To house all relevant forms, labor relations
resources, and other information for all reps to a ssist them. This is where you will also
find our FacReps can bookmark this page , or simply find it easily on the home page of
the members side when you need it.
NEW THIS MONTH : We have created a page devoted to the National
Collaborative Placement Team (NCEPT), and it is located here at this link . The page
includes the latest report on recent selections as well as the selection list, the ERR
Na tional Release Policy MOU and frequently asked questions.
COMING SOON TO OUR NATCA LIBRARY SECTION : A new and improved
arbitration database.
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know by sending an email to WEBSITE@LIST.NATCA.NET .
SPEAKING OF THE NEW WEBSITE … We have a page for each region on the
members side of natca.org, accessible after you log in to the members side. Direct link
here: http://www.natca.org/index.php/regions
But you can also access these pages directly using the same URL as before
when we had separate regional websites; for e xample - nal.natca.net will allow y o u to
reach the Alaskan Region page , nce.natca.net for Central, nea.natca.net for Eastern, etc.
We are using these pages to provide information as well as news, member features,
RVP updates, facility profiles, etc. If there's information you ' d like us to consider adding
