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and her friendship and we wish her well as she closes this amazing chapter in her career." FIRST-PERSON NARRATIVE FROM A NATCA MEMBER AND HIS LOVE OF FLYING – MICAH MAZIAR (TOL) "Return to Flight" EAA.org "My exposure to aviation began in earnest in my early teens. Whenever there was good weather on a Sunday after church, my parents would stop at a fast food burger joint or pizza shop, buy lunch, and drive my sister and me to the airport to watch airplanes practice in the pattern. When they started that tradition, I don't think they realized exactly how much time we'd be spending at Zanesville Municipal Airport (ZZV) over the next several years. We were there for fly-ins, airshows, Civil Air Patrol meetings, seminars, and flight training. A lot of flight training." Read full article REQUEST FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT NATCA, FAA Launch Surface Watch to Recognize Great Safety Work Surface operations are critically important to our safety record, where proactive leadership, swift actions, and teamwork come together to save lives. We want to hear about these successes. Together, NATCA and the FAA are addressing top trends for surface safety events, including wrong surface landings, runway flyovers, clearing landings/takeoffs on occupied runways, and readback/hearback issues. Surface Watch is a recognition program jointly sponsored by NATCA and the FAA. It acknowledges individuals and teams of controllers and supervisors for their exemplary saves and initiatives that focus on the surface environment. Read more and watch video OSHA Webinar, July 5: Temperature and Humidity The next OSHA Committee webinar, entitled "Temperature and Humidity," is Thursday, July 5 at 11 a.m. EDT. OSHA Committee Chairman Mike Odryna said the webinar will cover the requirements for temperature and humidity in the facilities. "It's a very important requirement for many reasons," he said. "Our comfort depends on the amount of moisture in the air and that's not as simple as a single relative humidity number." Read more | Register for the webinar Region X Commitment to Safety Award: Deadline is July 31 Members of Region X perform essential work ensuring the safety of the National Airspace System (NAS). Do you know of a specific instance where safety has been significantly improved, or of individuals or groups that demonstrated prolonged dedication to the safety and well-being of the NAS? Nominate individuals or groups for a Region X Commitment to Safety Award. Read more | Nominate here Professionalism Award: Deadline is July 31 There are many things that come to mind when we think of professionalism: Integrity, respect from peers and others, positive attitude, willingness to work with others, dedication, and reliability. Do you know someone whose contributions and performance

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