Regulations and Government
Hundreds of FAA Employees Drawn into Mass Layoffs
Both PASS and NATCA said their members were affected
FAA headquarters building

The mass layoffs at the U.S. government have reached the FAA, with hundreds of probationary agency workers receiving emails beginning Friday evening that notified them of their termination. This included members of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA). 

“We are troubled and disappointed by the administration’s decision to fire FAA probationary employees PASS represents without cause nor based on performance or conduct,” said PASS national president David Spero in a statement released over the weekend. “Several hundred employees have been impacted with messages being sent from an ‘exec order’ Microsoft email address, not an official .gov email address. Messages began arriving after 7 p.m. ET on February 14 and continued late into the night.”

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