" The New York TRACON staffing levels a re at a crisis level, " says Iacopelli ,
during the interview. " We have approximately 134 Certified Professional
Controllers...we ' re authorized to have 226. So that kind of gives you a sense of the
deficit. "
Watch the full story by clicking here .
San Francisco Bay Area : NATCA ' s Scott Conde, Steve McCoy , and Fred
Naujoks talk ed with NBC Bay Area Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock about the air
traffic controller staffing shortage at Northern California area facilities. "Regardless of
whether you work the towers, approach control, or the center, everybody is tired," Conde
said. "We're at an all - time low for certified controllers. It's a lot of six - day weeks, a lot of
overtime on the front or end of your shift, and a lot of working sectors combined where
you would prefer to work them separate. "
"Picture yourself driving in your car," Conde said. " You're trying to clean your
windows, you're trying to program your (navigation) system, you're trying to change the
radio. You're not really sure where you're going. And all the cars around you are going
400 miles an hour. So doing that by yourself, you're going to slow down a bit because
you have to do one thing at a time in order to make sure it's safe."
"We're not going to compromise safety, but it is a fact of the matter that we will
slow things down," said Fred Naujoks, an air traffic controller at SFO . "If it gets to the
point where we're over our limit, then we're going to slow things down."
"It's not good for the flying public," McCoy said. "Where we normally have seven
or eight people on a shift, if we're now limited to five or six, we're going to h ave to slow
airplanes down."
To s ee the full story , please click here .
NATCA SUPPORTS STABLE, PREDICTABLE FUNDING FOR THE NAS
We must be engaged to shape our own future. When the future of the air traffic
control system is debated, Congress needs to know where NATCA stands. Watch our
new video by clicking here .
THE 13
th
ANNUAL ARCHIE LEAGUE MEDAL OF SAFET Y AWARDS
The Dec. 31, 2016, deadline for the 13th Annual Archie League Medal of Safety
Aw ards is just over four months away! Remember — any member can nominate another
member. All events since Jan. 1, 2016, are eligible for nomination. All winners will be
honored on March 22, 2017 during Communicating For Safe ty at Bally's in Las Vegas.
Nomination Form – Please click here
New Flyer to Share, or Place In Your Facility on NATCA Board
Archie League Awards Section on Website
THE SECOND ANNUAL NATCA NATIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AWARDS : Do you
know someone who is a professional? Have you seen someone whose individual
contribution and performance enhanced the standings of y our profession? Then help the
NATCA Professional Standards Team recognize them by submitting them for the second
annual NATCA Nati onal Professionalism Awards, presented at the 2017 Communicating
For Safety conference in Las Vegas !
Application (click here): NATCA Professionalism Award Application
The deadline for submissions is Dec. 31, 2016.
Each of the winners will be invited to attend CFS to be recognized for their
achievement and to receive their award. They will be entitled to travel a nd expense
reimbursement in accordance with the NATCA travel policy similar to that provided to the
Archie League Medal of Safety Award winners.
