Last week, a new poll revealed that the majority of voters oppose plans to privatize the air traffic control system. The survey, which was released on September 17 by the Alliance for Aviation Across America, the League of Rural Voters and Air Care Alliance, indicated that 55 percent of voters surveyed are against a Republican plan that would privatize the air traffic control system.
Today, the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, AFL-CIO (PASS) is announcing the results of the election of the union’s national leaders. Both Mike Perrone, the current national president, and Rich Casey, the current national vice president, were successful in their bids for reelection.
Welcome to the PASS family! We are pleased to announce that employees in the Northwest Mountain Region’s 220 and 230 branches within Flight Standards voted for PASS.
On July 28, PASS National President Rich Casey attended the 2015 National Hispanic Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees (NHCFAE) Annual Conference in Atlanta. This annual conference is a gathering of NHCFAE members representing every level of the agency from entry-level employees to senior-level executives. The conference consists of training, career and skill advancement sessions, presentations, and discussions on a variety of topics of importance to FAA employees.
Data Communications, or Data Comm, is a foundational program within the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and is slated to go IOC (Initial Operating Capability) on August 7, 2015, at Salt Lake City. In May, PASS President Michael Perrone visited Newark to attend a press conference with Michael Huerta to discuss the importance of this program to achieve NextGen benefits.
On June 15, a day like any other, PASS Chapter NE3 member Robert Lynn was working at the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility, where he also serves as the Communications unit PASS representative. However, what started out as a typical day quickly changed when Lynn’s coworker, Neil O’Toole, an air traffic controller, suffered sudden cardiac arrest. When Air Traffic Operations Manager Jeffrey Brooks ran into the equipment room looking for someone trained on the Automated External Defibrillator (AED), Lynn knew he had to take action.
