I recently expressed what I considered to be constructive criticism of NATCA and they gave me the whole spiel about how I was “lucky to have a job because NATCA prevented the agency from implementing furloughs, RIFs, etc.” Meanwhile, the agency is still pumping out academy grads and handing out age waivers to anyone who applies for one; kind of hard to take the union seriously on that claim.Sure did, call and email! I actually engaged and gave reasons as to why I got out, and it was the same shit spewed over and over. They didn’t actually listen.