NATCA can burn in hell with the FAA, NYT needs to start writing articles about NATCA and their complicit behavior over the years, not in good faith representing their members appropriately.
Ehh I'd love an article on the mega conferences, the good ol boys club that doesn't work traffic, the incestuous nepotism, etc.
The already released a cope email statement about it. Boo hoo cwrg cwrg cwrg, as if that’s the silver bullet that will fix everything. Brand new certs can’t and won’t work traffic like people who have been certified for 5,10 plus years🙃. they don’t care about pay or the death schedule that is the rattler. They only want CWRG bc more staff means more membership which means more dues.
Y'all get Christmas parties? And open bar? Never seen one myself in 10 years yet my facility is surrounded by several core facilities. Not that I'd be invited lol"open bar at the NATCA Christmas party!"
They will do anything but negotiate things that directly benefit us
Devil's advocate here but if we didn't have some 114 reps the FAA would be developing and implementing new procedures and technology on their own... would that really be any better?
It’s the only way to help get the value from our dues back lol."open bar at the NATCA Christmas party!"
I used to think Article 114 details might be worth it but then I was sitting in on a Fac Rep call just under two years ago when it was discussed how the new version of CRU-ART was just about to be implemented, and all the improvements coming with it (the improvements were nothing that would really make a difference or that 98% of people would ever notice or use, or stuff that already exists like being warned of signing in without the 9 hour wait time). It’s been not one but two years since then and not only is it not implemented, I haven’t heard a word since. Did they cancel the project? And that is replacing CRU-ART, about the simplest task a national workgroup could ever be assigned.
its not devils advocate it’s just what would happen. Sure would free up more slots for deviations though….
Counterpoint, the FAA and by extension management can push whatever they want regardless if Article 114 existed or not. Article 114 needs to be recallable and good time only to last for 1 year.
There hardly ever staffed by people who actually know what’s going on tho. They always go to the elite. Do we want someone who doesn’t even work to negotiate for us?
Do you want someone who works 60 hour work weeks and also does the 114 stuff for free? I’m confused.
No we want all the details to go to supes instead so the BU has no input in anything all the details get back filled from the floor and oh wait…
Our OM just took a temporary detail starting mid month to travel to facilities and teach people on the CRU-ART replacement software. I can't remember what it is called at the moment. But apparently it is going to be implemented.
It would be cool if they actually went to regular people and not fac reps or other Natca elite who got voted out. And as others have said and you come back to work after
