Also:
Read our national press release on staf fing from July 13
Updated national staffing numbers, 2011 - 2017 .
MISS AN IMPORTANT MEMBER - WIDE EMAIL? HERE'S OUR ARCHIVE
Please click here.
NEW FLYER PUSHES IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY REPORTING SYSTEM
"When In Doubt, Fill It Out"
The FAA and NATCA have introduced a new flyer emphasizing the importance of
voluntary safety reporting programs. The flyer includes the website URLs where
members can go to file reports. Click here for the flyer .
MEMBER FOCUS OF THE WEEK: Juan Ledesma, Providence
Juan, who be gan his FAA career at Jacksonville in 2009, has been very legislatively
active while working in New England since 2010. He was honored at NATCA in
Washington this year with the New England Regional Legislative Award.
Question: How did you become a NATCA m ember?
Juan: " I joined during my first meeting with my FacRep in JAX. We were freshly out of
the White Book and that allowed me to see the sacrifices that our brothers and sisters
made during the previous three years for the betterment of future generatio ns. I realized
then that I had to give back, like the controllers before me did for us."
Read more .
TURN OFF TUNE IN: A PERSONAL PLEA TO STOP DISTR ACTIONS
Controllers from across the country from facilities large and small are speaking out on
the impact of electronic distractions and the potentially catastrophic consequences of
them in the control room.
"It is that person's family, it is your family on that airplane," Brandon Miller, NATCA
FacRep at Potomac TRACON, says in a new video . "And for what? A tweet? A
Faceboo k message?"
The joint Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - NATCA distraction awareness campaign,
Turn Off Tune In, reminds controllers to be conscious of the dangers of distractions while
maintaining the highest standard of professionalism in operation.
Watch the video here .
17
th
BIENNIAL CONVENTION – Philadelphia
April 17 - 20, 2018.
Registration is open! Check out our sect ion on natca.org devoted to next year's 17
th
Biennial Convention in Philadelphia. You can register and find out more about the
agenda and much more. Please click here.
COMMUNICATING FOR SAFETY – Ba lly's Las Vegas
Oct. 22 - 24, 2018.
Coming soon! A new section on the natca.org website devoted to CFS.
