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