COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
NEW FOCUS, SCHEDULE FOR MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
Many of you completed our recent communications surve y. NATCA is incorporating your
feedback and changing the way we communicate with you. The NATCA Insider and this
National Office Departmental Week in Review now will be published every other week as
part of these changes. NATCA also will send out legislati ve and committee updates once
a month. These changes will reduce the number of emails you get from the NATCA
National Office while making sure you don't miss a thing. If you have questions, please
contact Sarah Zilonis at szilonis@natcadc.org .
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HELP OUR NATCA MEMBERS IN CARIBBEAN
Our NATCA brothers and sisters in the Caribbean are still in need of vital assistance.
NATCA President Paul Rinaldi and Southern Regional Vice President Ji m Marinitti were
in Puerto Rico recently to assess the situation and help our brothers and sisters. NATCA
Executive Vice President Trish Gilbert will be visiting Puerto Rico in December.
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 .
SAFETY REPORT ING: WHEN IN DOUBT, FILL IT OUT
NATCA Executive Vice President Trish Gilbert joined a meeting Nov. 16 with the
NATCA/FAA Voluntary Safety Reporting Program teams in Oklahoma City. " I appreciate
all their hard work and commitment in improving our safety culture, " Gilbert said. Safety
reporting success stories are abundant as the Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP)
approaches the 10th anniversary of its 2008 establishment - a key milestone for the
collaborative program.
ATSAP has established a system for controllers and other employees to voluntarily
identify and report safety and operational concerns. The collected information is
reviewed and analyzed t o facilitate early detection and improved awareness of
operational deficiencies and adverse trends. Learn more .
ICYMI
Recent NATCA Member Messages:
• Nov. 10: NATCA Proudly Marks 20
th
Anniversary of Engineers & Architects
Bargaining Unit
• Nov. 11: Veterans Day 2017 – Thank You For Your Service!
Recent NATCA Press Release s:
• Nov. 9: NATCA Salutes Retiring Rep. LoBiondo, a Champion of Aviation Safety
and Labor
• Nov. 14: NATCA Thanks FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, Congratulates
Former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt as Recipient of Prestigious Aero Club
Award
• Note – USA Today's coverage of Administrator Huerta's Nov. 14 speech to the
Washington Aero Club included a quote from NATCA President Paul Rinaldi.
Read here .
SCT MEMBER FEATURED IN SAN DIEGO MAGAZINE FEATURE
Southern California TRACON member Christina Munro is featured in the November
2007 issue of San Diego member, discussing the profession of ATC. From the stor y:
" What goes up must come down. And as an air traffic control specialist, Christina Munro
makes sure that's exactly what happens. At the Southern California TRACON, one of the
