TH E COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT – HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
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Director of Public Affairs
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Director of Communications
Doug Church : dchurch@natcadc.org ; 301 - 346 - 8245
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Laura Roose: lroose@n atcadc.org ; 202 - 220 - 9814
Communications Specialist
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WEE KLY UPDATE FROM FAA ATO COO TERI BRISTOL
Public Servants Extraordinaire
Hi everyone. Public Service Recognition Week begins on May 7. I want to take this time
to thank every one of you for what you do every day to support the FAA's mission. When
it comes to running a safe, efficient airspace system, and handling the number of
operations we do, no one else in the world comes close!
Let me give you a few examples of co - workers that are going above and beyond. Adrian
Rangel, an Airway Transportation Systems specialist and environmental technician at
the Corpus Christi Support Center, came up with a way to repurpose air - conditioning
units and an old trailer that were being excessed by combining them to create a self -
contained portable spot cooling system. The 12 1/2 - ton system can be powered by gas
or commercial power and can cool about 60,000 square feet of building space, allowing
facilities that lose power due to severe weather or for any other reason access to air
conditioning. Learn more about Adrian's ef forts by watching this ATO Spotlight .
On the night of January 20th, a pipe leading from the fire suppression pump at Seattle
Tower burst, pouring nearly 30,000 gallons of water into the base build ing. The
pressurized water lifted floors, filled elevator shafts and damaged equipment before it
was shut off. Fortunately cleanup and restoration could begin right away, and for four
days our folks worked together non - stop to clean debris, assess damage a nd restore the
facility — all without disruption to air traffic services. We produced this ATO Spotlight to
shine a light on this remarkable effort.
This past October, Boston Tower controllers avoided a potentially serious accident. A
Piedmont Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft lined up to land on an occupied taxiway at Boston
