COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
NATCA DISASTER RELIEF - HURRICANES HARVEY AND IRMA
NATCA is coming together for its affected members, with money, supplies, and a lot of
hands - on hard work. Our resources for aid and communications:
How You Can Help : Please donate to the NATCA Disaster Relief Fund. Click here .
How to Volunteer to Help :
Southwest Region – Email HarveyHelp@list.NATCA.net ;
Southern Region – Email IrmaHelp@list.natca.net
Do You Need Assistance from Fund? Please use this online form. Click here .
Need Help, Supplies, or Manual Labor? Please e mail HarveyHelp@list.NATCA.net or
IrmaHelp@list.natca.net depending in what region you are in.
NATCA has 110 members in its six Caribbean facilitie s, which were affected by Irma
before it made landfall in Florida last Sunday. FAA facilities San Juan CERAP (ZSU),
San Juan Tower (SJU), and St. Thomas (STT), and Federal Contract Towers at St.
Croix (STX), Aguadilla Tower (BQN), and Isla Grande Tower (SI G). All members are
accounted for, which is good news. STT members were evacuated to San Juan.
We'll continue to have expanded coverage of the effort to help our brothers and sisters
in the next issue of the NATCA Insider on Friday, Sept. 15 .
CISM Assist ance Available : The NATCA Critical Incident and Stress Management
(CISM) Team has been working around the clock. They ' re standing by to offer
assistance to anyone at any facility. The CISM hotline number, available any time of day,
is 202 - 505 - CISM (2476). Their email is cism@natca.net .
We are using our social media feeds to provide updates and news on both storm s –
Harvey and Irma - and how it's affecting our members and facilities. We are also sharing
post s and stories from our members' efforts to help their brothers and sisters and their
communities.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn
NATCA SOCIAL MEDIA ATTRACTING GOOD FOLLOWING
In August, we reached 1.9 million sets of eyes in 31 days on our social media feeds, with
nearly 20,000 of those stimulating user action - shares, likes, and comments.
NCEPT – NEW QUARTERLY REPORT OF SELECTIONS NOW AVAILABLE
Please click here to go to our NCEPT page. We have updated the page to include the
report from the Sept. 7 NCEPT, including the selection list.
NATCA FIGHTING TO PROTECT MEMBERS' RETIREMENT BENEFITS
Nearly one - third of our fully certified controllers are currently eligible to retire - and
they're likely to retire earlier than anticipated in order to avoid ha rmful cuts to retirement
