FAA CONTINUES TO IGNORE WARNINGS ON STAFFING AT MIAMI CENTER

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18 Jul

Insufficient Staffing, More “Open Watches” Add to Safety Concerns

MIAMI, FL– Last week, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) management at Miami Center sent a brief memo to the Automated Computer Specialist unit notifying staff that their schedules were to be changed and shifts cut effective immediately. The memo gave no explanation of how these changes would be implemented and management did not follow up with employees, leaving them with many unanswered questions.

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FAA FAIR LABOR MANAGEMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT GAINS SUPPORT IN THE AVIATION COMMUNITY

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18 Jul

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Tom Brantley, national president of the Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS, AFL-CIO), joined several other aviation unions in displaying their support for the “Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of 2006” (S.2201). Following the press conference, Brantley issued the following statement:

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BIPARTISAN BILL WOULD PROTECT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS

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18 Jul

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Reps. Sue Kelly (R-N.Y.), Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) and thirty of their House colleagues introduced a companion bill (H.R.4755) to the Senate’s “FAA Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of 2006” aimed at protecting federal employees’ collective bargaining rights by preventing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from unilaterally imposing contract terms on employees through its misinterpretation of the law.

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FAA Does Nothing as Private Contractor Allows Little Rock Radar Feed Disruption

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18 Jul

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS) today expressed serious concern about the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) indifference toward fixing a problem caused by a private contractor that has resulted in nightly disruptions of information fed into Little Rock National Airport coming from its long-range radars.

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PASS: Unsafe Working Conditions at Burlington Airport Facility Unacceptable

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18 Jul

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS), the union that represents more than 11,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, today expressed serious concern about unsafe working conditions for employees assigned to

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FAA Pays Private Contractor for Service it Cannot Provide

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18 Jul

WASHINGTON, DC The Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS) today reported a recent incident in which a private contractor working at the Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) in De Ridder, Louisiana was forced to ask FAA employees for help fixing one of its own systems. As a result of the private contractor's lack of knowledge, flight plan communications between De Ridder and Houston were disrupted for approximately an hour.

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