NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Monday, June 27, 2016

NEWSDAY

Air traffic controller shortages double training time for hires

(NATCA included, quoted)

LOS ANGELES TIMES

New text-based system speeds up LAX departures

(NATCA LAX Member Mike Foote pictured, quoted)

(NOTE: Story erroneously reports that LGB has Data Comm; it does not)

DAILY BREEZE (Los Angeles)

LAX unveils Data Comm aircraft texting system designed to reduce flight delays

(NOTE: Story erroneously reports that LGB has Data Comm; it does not)

More coverage:

KGTV-TV San Diego (includes brief video of NATCA LAX member Mike Foote demonstrating how Data Comm works): Please click here.

KCAL-TV Los Angeles: Please click here.

KESQ-TV Palm Springs, Calif.:Please click here.

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER

Charlotte airport to get new system to reduce tarmac wait times next year

WBTV CHARLOTTE

Secretary Foxx, NASA unveil project to make air travel more efficient

GOVEXEC.COM

Federal Employee Advocates Renew Fight for Huge Pay Raise

NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

ABC NEWS

Passengers Evacuate Flight After Brakes Cause Smoke Upon Landing in Dallas

AOPA AIR SAFETY INSTITUTE

AOPA ASI Releases Video On Avoiding Terrain And Obstructions

WTOP RADIO WASHINGTON, D.C.

Va. residents pack meeting on increased noise near DCA

USA TODAY

Ask the Captain: Is scraping the tail while landing a big deal?

WAVE-TV LOUISVILLE

FAA investigating laser strikes at Louisville International Airport

NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS’ ASSOCIATIONS (IFATCA)

Statement condemning act of terror at Istanbul airport

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSOCIATION (ATCA)

ATCA Stands With Istanbul

AIRPORT TECHNOLOGY.COM

NextGen’s Data Comm provides communications benefits at Los Angeles International Airport

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

New rules are 'common sense,' say Naperville, Fox Valley drone and radio-controlled plane users

BLOOMBERG

Shrinking Pool of Future Pilots Keeps Major Airlines on Edge

NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Thursday, June 30, 2016

GREAT FALLS, MONT. TRIBUNE

Letter to the Editor

Thanks to Rep. Zinke for support on H.R. 5292

(Written by NATCA’s Todd Knowles)

INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT WORKERS’ FEDERATION

ITF comment on Ataturk Airport attacks

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

John Glenn hopes airport being named for him inspires kids

FLYING MAGAZINE

NTSB On Pireps: Pay it Forward; Key industry players gather to bring about a better system.

AOPA.org

ADS-B Advances, Advantages; See, Be Seen, Save Money

(Includes NATCA ADS-B Rep Eric Labardini)

PR NEWSWIRE

UPS, Pilots Reach Tentative Agreement On New Labor Contract

FLYING MAGAZINE

Texting and ATC Are Compatible? Yes they are, and the FAA’s text system will cut down on radio chatter.

GREAT FALLS, MONT. TRIBUNE: Thanks to Rep. Zinke for support on H.R. 5292

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association appreciates Rep. Ryan Zinke’s recent support of HR 5292, the Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016. This bipartisan legislation would address the current staffing crisis within the Federal Aviation Administration which is currently at a 27-year low for certified professional air traffic controllers. In addition, there are more controllers eligible to retire than there are personnel to replace them.

The remaining controllers will not allow safety to be compromised, but in order to accomplish this, services will have to be curtailed. This would result in a dramatic increase in delays. These delays would impact more than just those who fly regularly since civil aviation accounts for $1.5 trillion to the nation’s economy. This bill cuts through the bureaucracy and red tape of government to streamline the hiring of military veterans and graduates of collegiate air traffic programs and reverses the troubling downward trend of our nation’s air traffic controller staffing.

— Todd Knowles,

Great Falls Air Traffic Control Tower

NATCA

INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT WORKERS’ FEDERATION: ITF comment on Ataturk Airport attacks

Commenting on last night’s attacks on Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, ITF general secretary Steve Cotton said: “Once again terrorists have sought to weaken society by a cowardly attack on unarmed citizens gathered at a transport centre.

“Passengers and workers at Ataturk Airport came under fire and bomb blast, and we applaud all those who rushed to help them and ferry them to hospitals.

“It goes without saying that everyone with a shred of decency condemns these attacks and will continue, unbowed and undaunted, working, travelling and upholding all that is best in the human spirit. Once again the terrorists have failed.”

ITF president Paddy Crumlin stated: “As human beings and as transport workers we reach out in sympathy and solidarity to all those affected by last night’s outrage.

“This hateful act won’t inspire terror, as its perpetrators hoped. It’ll inspire fellow brotherhood and sisterhood with the victims, and a resolve to reject violence and build engagement and peace irrespective of faith or nationality.”

NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Friday, July 1, 2016

WGN RADIO CHICAGO

Story about Data Comm, using information from the June 24 FAA-NATCA-UPS press conference at LAX

(Note: This same radio story also aired on several other stations around the country)

KOMO-TV SEATTLE

Story about incident of AAL flight catching fire while on taxi at SEA

UVA (Univ. of Virginia) TODAY

Next-Generation Air Travel

AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INT’L

ALPA Pilots Welcome DOT Rejection of NAUK

ITF AVIATION BLOG

Flight Attendant Union Applauds DOT Rejection of Exemption for Norwegian Air UK

TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPT. (TTD)

Statement on U.S. DOT Rejection of NAUK Exemption Application