COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
ATC FUNDING AND REFORM, AND FAA REAUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION
Questions and Answers
Click here to read an swers to many of the membership's most commonly - asked
questions related to the House FAA reauthorization bill – the 21
st
Century Aviation
Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act.
Got A Question?
Email them to faabill@natca.net .
The House and Senate FAA Bills – National Office Update
A look at both FAA bills, with specifics from the House AIRR Act that show how the
amended legislation conforms to NATCA's Four Core Principles for Reform. Please
click here .
Supporting the House FAA Bill and Its Co - Sponsors
Letters to the editor , from NATCA members in the home districts of Congressmen Frank
LoBiondo, R - N.J., Paul Mitchell, R - Mich., and Sam Graves, R - Mo. Below is the links to
see each one, as well as the full text of the New Jersey letter as an example of our
message:
Kansas City Star (July 3)
Detroit Free Press (July 6)
The Press of Atlantic City (July 9)
Headline: Air traffic union backs LoBiondo's FAA reforms
U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R - 2nd District, co - sponsored the FAA reauthorization bill —
the 21st Centur y Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act. My organization
— the National Air Traffic Controllers Association — supports this legislation because it
fully aligns with NATCA's policies, practices and core principles.
Our labor union is proud to represent nearly 20,000 highly skilled air traffic controllers,
engineers and other aviation safety - related professionals nationally, and 142 members
in N.J. NATCA has advocated for a stable, predictable funding stream to operate and
improve America's air space system.
The U.S. airspace is the busiest in the world. Aviation is vital to the national economy
and that of New Jersey. This bill would facilitate system and facility modernization and
preventative maintenance, allowing the system to continue to gr ow. It would support
essential air traffic control services and protect the air traffic controllers who are the
backbone of the system — including their pay, benefits, retirement and collective
bargaining rights. Equally importantly, this bill would allow the United States to maintain
the safest and most efficient air traffic control system in the world .
NATCA applauds the hard work of LoBiondo and other members of Congress to develop
this legislative proposal.
Andrew Elias
Updates on ATC Reform, FAA Bill s
