COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
NATCA MEMBERS IN CARIBBEAN STILL NEED OUR HELP
Our NATCA brothers and sisters in the Caribbean are still in need of vital assist ance.
NATCA President Paul Rinaldi and Southern Regional Vice President Jim Marinitti were
in Puerto Rico last week to assess the situation and help our brothers and sisters.
Please consider a donation to the NATCA Disaster Relief Fund . If you've donated
previously to the Fund, thank you! We would greatly appreciate additional donations . All
proceeds go directly to those in need and towards buying supplies for our NATCA family
in the Caribbean.
Donate here .
THE FUTURE OF ATC
EVP Trish Gilbert Participates in High - Profile Panel Discussion in Washington,
D.C.
Last week, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and Director Elaine Kamarck mode rated
a panel discussion on the future of air traffic control. The panel at one of the most
prominent public policy organizations in Washington, D.C., put the spotlight back on the
many reasons why ATC reform is urgently needed.
Gilbert used the high - prof ile panel discussion to narrow the focus to the core points and
state NATCA's position clearly. She explained that funding continues to be unpredictable
and stop - and - go (DOT appropriations run out in 32 days, while the current FAA
reauthorization extension expires in 145 days). Gilbert said that while appropriators do
an incredible job writing good bills that address the needs of the system, those bills are
not the ones signed into law. "We see continuing resolutions instead of those bills," she
said. "We h ave never said the funding is not adequate," she said. "What we've said is
the funding is uncertain."
Full story , please click here.
Video of the panel, please click here.
Audio.
Transcript .
TIME FOR 2018 CALENDARS!
Wall Calendar : The 2018 NATCA wall calendars will be sent to each facility in
December. FacReps – please look for a form this week in your email to request the
number of calendars you'd like sent to your facility.
Pocket Calendar : If you would like to order a 2018 NATCA Pocket Calendar,
please make your request thr ough the NATCA Portal . Please ensure that your mailing
information under "My Profile " is correct. Once you have verified the information, please
click the Event tab and make your request under "Request for 2018 Pocket Calendar ."
Please make your request no later than Nov. 13 . The free pocket calendars will be
mailed to your residence by mid - December.
SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE
NATCA reached members & friends via social media a total of 1.2 million times in
October. Our followers responded more than 15,000 times by liking, sharing, clicking,
and reacting. As of October, NATCA has more than 26,800 followers across our all four
National Office social media accounts.
Top stories on all four platforms were news stories on Atlanta Center's save (Oct 27)
