Controllers work through lightning strike to aid flying public

Sun, Apr 26, 2009

ATLANTA – When major thunderstorms, complete with microbursts, wind shear and hail hit the Atlanta area Thursday night the air traffic control tower at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was struck, knocking out all primary and backup radar feeds.

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Inspector General staffing report validates NATCA’S concerns

Sun, May 03, 2009

WASHINGTON – A report released today by the Department of Transportation Inspector General on the critical air traffic controller staffing issues at three major California FAA facilities vindicates what the National Air Traffic Controllers Association has long said about the safety concerns that come from a loss of experienced controllers and the vast amount of work now needed by the FAA to dig out from the deep hole caused by FAA labor, staffing and “run it like a business” failures during the Bush Administration.

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NATCA PRESIDENT PATRICK FORREY STATEMENT ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT

Sun, May 03, 2009

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AS MEMPHIS CONTROLLERS PROTEST FAA SPLIT FACILITY PLAN, NATCA FIGHTS FOR SAFETY ON CAPITOL HILL, URGING PASSAGE OF FAA BILL

Sun, May 17, 2009

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NATCA CONGRATULATES RANDY BABBITT ON HIS SENATE CONFIRMATION

Sun, May 24, 2009

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Shoestring staffing at major Washington regional radar facility forcesclosure of busy airspace

Thu, Jun 25, 2009

The Federal Aviation Administration last Friday evening was forced to close several air corridors above eastern North Carolina for 30 minutes as a desperation move to avoid a serious safety risk when its poor management and woeful staffing reached this breaking point at Washington Center

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NATCA STRONGLY DISPUTES NTSB INFERENCE OF CONTROLLER RESPONSIBILITY IN HUDSON RIVER CRASH SEQUENCE

Wed, Aug 19, 2009

NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION (NATCA) have issued a press release disputing what they termed misleading and – in one passage – outright false parts of Friday’s NTSB Hudson River mid-air crash.

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STAFFING AT BUSY NEW YORK RADAR FACILITY DIPS TO POST-1981 LOW;

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

WESTBURY, N.Y. – Staffing of fully trained and certified air traffic controllers at the FAA radar facility that handles the climb and approach phases of flight in the busy New York airspace, including all flights into and out of Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports, has reached a critically low level after dropping 25 percent in the last six years.

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