BIPARTISAN LETTER URGES FAA TO RESOLVE CONTRACT DISPUTE

Transportation Chairman Young, Ranking Member Oberstar: Take Whatever Action Necessary to Successfully Negotiate Impasse

WASHINGTON, DC In response to FAA plans to involve Congress in the collective bargaining process, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Don Young (R-Alaska) and Ranking Member James Oberstar (D-Minnesota) sent a letter to FAA Administrator Blakey urging the agency take whatever action necessary to bring a successful conclusion to the contract negotiations.

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ARBITRATOR FINDS FAA IN VIOLATION OF MINIMUM STAFFING AGREEMENT

WASHINGTON, DCOn Monday, a federal arbitrator upheld a grievance that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) fell below a minimum staffing level of 6,100 systems specialists, the FAA employees who maintain and certify the air traffic control system. The grievance was filed by the Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS), the union that represents systems specialists.

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NATCA, PASS TELL BLAKEY: WAIT FOR COURT TO RULE ON IMPASSE

WASHINGTON, DC - The National Air Traffic Controllers Association and Professional Airways Systems Specialists have advised the Federal Aviation Administration against unilaterally imposing the agency's contract proposals on 11 of NATCA's non-controller bargaining units, warning that such action before a federal court determines whether the Federal Service Impasses Panel can resolve the current impasse "would reflect a disregard for due process of the law."

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SERVER CRASHES AT FAA OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER, UNION CALLS FOR BETTER AGENCY COORDINATION

WASHINGTON, DC – Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS) today called on the FAA to better coordinate with FAA technicians after a server at the Midstates Operations Control Center (MOCC) in Olathe, KS crashed during an equipment upgrade. The server crash forced the facility to transfer its responsibilities to the Pacific Operations Control Center (POCC) in San Diego, CA.

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