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M O N D AY, M A R C H 2 0 , 2 0 1 7 N AT C A D A I LY D I S PAT C H 8 e RESPECT campaign aims to establish and support a workplace that creates an environment of mutual dignity, support and respect between all individuals who are part of the National Airspace System. rough Respect, we strive to foster continued professionalism in each of our workplace relations through education and interaction. e goal of the Professional Standards Program, which is a core collaborative component of the NATCA/FAA collective bargaining agreement, is to promote and maintain the highest degree of professional conduct among participants. is is done through education and in compliance with our codes of professionalism. e purpose of the Professional Standards Program is to provide an opportunity for bargaining unit employees to address the performance and/or conduct of their peers before such issues rise to a level requiring corrective action(s) on the part of the Agency. e Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP) was created as a collaborative effort between NATCA and the FAA in 2008 and was fully implemented in 2010. ATSAP enables air traffic controllers to voluntarily identify and report safety and operational concerns. ATSAP is non-punitive and the data collected is shared between aviation stakeholders through the Confidential Information Share Program (CISP) and the Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS). By providing a more complete representation of NAS operations, NATCA, the FAA, and participating airlines can more accurately identify potential hazards and develop more robust mitigation strategies. ATSAP-X: In addition to controllers within the ATO, FAA employees from several other bargaining units – such as Engineers and Architects, Flight Procedures Team, and Staff Support Specialists located in the ATO Service Centers – are encouraged to file reports about system design issues that otherwise may have gone unnoticed. Issues include air traffic control system irregularities, airspace design and coordination, STARS/SID conflict with standard operating procedures, equipment issues, flight restrictions, and Federal Aviation Regulations waivers or authorizations. e "Turn Off Tune In" program is a collaborative, proactive initiative launched in 2013 at CFS by NATCA and the FAA to eliminate distractions in the operational workplace. Over the past four years, a collaborative workgroup composed of representatives from the FAA and NATCA jointly developed and implemented a proactive communications campaign designed to educate and increase awareness of the safety impact of distractions in air traffic control operations, with an emphasis on electronic distractions. e audience for this campaign is staff in U.S. air traffic control facilities, including air traffic controllers, supervisors, managers, and anyone entering the operational environment. e "Fully Charged" campaign is a collaborative initiative established by the Collaborative Steering Committee (CSC), a joint leadership committee, and was launched in 2014 by the FAA, NATCA, and the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS). Fully Charged works to socialize the issue of fatigue in air traffic facilities throughout the nation, and to change the culture of how the workforce thinks about fatigue, and values alertness. e group works to promote fatigue education and awareness to the workforce and also to provide them the tools to self-educate and mitigate fatigue hazards.

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