Natca Touts Progress on Safety

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) is pleased that air traffic controllers were dropped from the NTSB's Top 10 Most Wanted safety list issued November 14. Two ATC-related issues, fatigue and pilot/controller professionalism were added to the Top 10 list in May 2011. Natca’s president Paul Rinaldi said the Board’s move to remove those two topics validates the efforts both the union and the FAA have made to address the problem areas. “Our sole focus is the safety of the system,” he said in a news release.