WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Tom Brantley, national president of the Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS, AFL-CIO), released the following statement regarding contract negotiations between the FAA and the Air Traffic Organization Technical Operations bargaining unit, which is represented by PASS:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS) today reacted to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unwarranted filing of an unfair labor practice charge against the union in connection with negotiations over a new contract for employees in the Air Traffic Organization (ATO) technical operations bargaining unit. The union characterized the FAA’s action as a misguided attempt to undermine the contract ratification process, which is central to the PASS’s commitment to union democracy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS) today expressed serious concern about the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) continued indifference toward the product and quality of work being performed by contractors and subcontractors from Harris Corporation, the company now providing Federal Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) circuitry and communications for the FAA.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS), the union that represents Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) systems specialists, today applauded a new Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (IG) report that irrefutably illustrates that the FAA has blatantly mismanaged the operational transition to the new Federal Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the 10-year anniversary of the ValuJet Flight 592 crash in the Florida Everglades, Professional Airways Systems Specialists, AFL-CIO (PASS) expressed serious concerns about the continued understaffing of Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) inspectors and lack of implementation of the Air Transport Oversight System (ATOS) created in the aftermath of the tragedy.
WASHINGTON, DC - The Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS), AFL-CIO expressed gratitude to the majority of members in the House of Representatives who voted last night in support of legislation that would have restored fairness to the process by which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its unions negotiate collective bargaining agreements. Unfortunately, because last night’s vote took place under “suspension of the rules,” which requires a two-thirds majority for passage, the vote of 271 to 148 fell just short of the necessary 279.
