National Association of Air Traffic Specialists

Aviation Safety is Our Business

NAATS HEADQUARTERS EMAIL UPDATE

Number 67
May 11, 2001

Thanks to all of you who have written your congressional letters. The response has been very gratifying and we fully expect it to be effective. A special note of recognition is due to our Alaskan Region members and Acting Regional Director Guylan Roberts for exceeding our expectations. If you haven�t contacted your congressional representatives I urge you to do so at the earliest possible time. These letters are the second step in a process that will culminate in our goal being achieved by October. It�s essential that we continue to do our part according to the timetable set out by our congressional lobbyist. 

Again, thanks to all of you who are contributing to our PAC fund. Whether we approve of the system or not, it is the way business is done on Capitol Hill.

The Spring edition of the NAATS Bulletin is at the printers. We expect it to be mailed sometime next week. If you haven�t received your copy at your mailing address by June 1 please contact Gretna at NAATS Headquarters (email [email protected]). 

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) notified the FAA this week that they are rejecting the tentative agreement between AFSCME and the FAA. Details are scarce but our understanding is that OMB is concerned about pay disparity between similar job classifications. If this were correct then it would only serve to strengthen our comparability proposal. AFSCME has already filed an unfair labor practice over the failure of the FAA Administrator to sign the tentative agreement. We�ll provide more details as we get them. 

The next Board of Directors� meeting will be held June 9-10 in conjunction with the FacRep/manager meeting. If you have any items for the agenda please contact your regional representatives. 

We will also be conducting the next round of arbitration advocacy training in June. Our goal is to make each region self sufficient in addressing their grievances all the way through arbitration hearings. For more details contact your Regional Director. 

A reminder that if you want to serve as a NAATS representative at FAA Headquarters please send us your name and a short resume. Your area of interest (operations, equipment, LMR) would also be helpful. The positions are details not to exceed one year in length. We also have occasional opportunities for those who would like to serve on workgroups/committees. These are not details but they do involve occasional travel. 


Wally Pike

Walter W. Pike, President

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