A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT STAT OF T HE WEEK 16,937 The total number of current and retired NATCA members. LINK OF THE WEEK New NATCA Radio Advertisements NATCA President Paul Rinaldi and Executive Vice President Tris h Gilbert taped new radio ads last week, for airing on Washington, D.C. area sports radio station ESPN 980, in addition to game broadcasts for the Washington Nationals and the Washington Capital and Wizards through Monumental Sports & Entertainment. The ad s in this market continue to reach our most important audiences and have consistently received significant positive attention. These new ads are a mixture of both 15 - second and 30 - second spots and focus on several topics including our members' commitment t o safety, the need to grow and modernize the National Airspace System (NAS) , and working toward solutions that w ill continue to ensure progress for the NAS. QUESTION OF THE WEEK How can I register for NATCA in Washington (May 22 - 24) ? Please click here to register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NIW17 Our Union is continually faced with new legislative challenges and this year is no exception. NATCA in Washington provides us with a tremendous opportunity to spend time on the Hill, educating our elected officials on the vital work that we do. NATCA in Washington 2017 promises to be our best ever! We are continuing to improve this event each year. Regardless if you are a veteran attendee or a first - timer, we are confident that you will come away impressed. We hope you are able to attend and make our collectiv e voice heard on Capitol Hill. We know that getting leave is always a challenge. W e understand these challenges. However, if you are planning to atten d but are still trying to work out leave, we encourage you to register. It is much easier to drop a room from our room block than it is to try and pick one up at the last minute. NATCA QUOTE OF THE WEEK From our NATCA Insider story last week about the Wes tern Pacific Archie League Medal of Safety Award - winning save by Brian Bond, Aaron Fones, and Carlton Wickstrom from Phoenix TRACON: "By asking all of the right questions they were able to determine that the aircraft would have enough fuel to reach PRC an d the working status of various instruments on the aircraft. Calm and collected at all times, they were able to provide no - gyro vectors and get the aircraft headed towards the airport. Holding altitude was also very difficult, and they knew exactly the cor rect instructions to give her to maintain a safe climb and descent attitude. They were able to get the pilot to disregard the erroneous instruments to keep her from being distracted by the false readings. At times, this situation could have had a grave out come. The quick thinking, composure, and expertise of the controllers involved saved two lives that night."