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Controllers Union Gains Bargaining Unit

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) has officially added 150 ATC specialists assigned to the flight service option at Automated Flight

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

October 9, 2008

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) has officially added 150 ATC specialists assigned to the flight service option at Automated Flight Service Stations, Flight Service Stations and Flight Service Data Processing Systems sites located in Alaska and at the “weather unit” of the Air Traffic Control System Command Center near Dulles International Airport.

In the past, the employees were represented by the National Association of Air Traffic Specialists (NAATS), which at one time represented a national unit of more than 2,000 air traffic controllers. In 2005 that number dwindled to 150, when the FAA contracted their work out to Lockheed Martin.

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