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Skip to content We Guide You Home Newsroom NATCA Store Contact Us Join NATCA Member Login We Guide You Home Search for: Home About NATCA Mission, Values & Vision NATCA Leadership Who We Represent Issues Predictable Funding Modernization & Infrastructure ATC Staffing Crisis Anti-Federal Employee Attacks Events Communicating for Safety NATCA Convention NATCA in Washington Community Scholarships NATCA Charitable Foundation Awards Corporate Members Education What is an Air Traffic Controller? Kids Corner Pilot-Controller Communications Home Discover NATCA National Air Traffic Controllers Association NATCA is a labor union and aviation safety organization in the United States that represents nearly 20,000 highly skilled air traffic controllers, engineers, and other aviation safety-related professionals. NATCA was certified in 1987 by the Federal Labor Relations Authority to be the exclusive bargaining representative for air traffic controllers employed by the Federal Aviation Administration. Today, NATCA is one of the strongest labor unions in the federal sector and represents a range of aviation safety professionals in 15 FAA bargaining units, five Department of Defense air traffic facilities, and 102 federal contract towers. These air traffic controllers and other aviation safety professionals make vital contributions to the U.S. economy and make modern life possible by coordinating the safe, orderly, and expeditious movement of nearly one billion aviation passengers and millions of tons of freight within the National Airspace System each year. NATCA is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Featured News COVID-19 Update (Most Recent) April 13, 2020 Read More COVID-19 Update (March 15) March 15, 2020 This article requires Member login Read More See All Video Channel Check out our most recent videos: Visit our Channel Benefits Benefits Spotlight: Penn State World Campus/NATCA Alliance February 3, 2020 Have you or someone in your family thought about pursuing a college degree? Through the Penn StateWorld Campus/ NATCA Alliance partnership, you, your spouse, and children qualify for in-state tuition rates from Penn State, as well as a five percent tuition discount. In addition, if you have taken any NATCA Academy courses, you can earn… Read More NATCA Benefit: Consumer Credit and Budget Counseling December 18, 2019 Sometimes life doesn’t go the way we planned. Life throws us all kinds of curve balls, and we don’t always hit them out of the park. If life has put your finances in a strain, then let your union membership go to work for you through the Union Plus Consumer Credit Counseling Service. Members receive… Read More See All Events Spotlight NATCA News Alert: Federal Employee Paid Leave Act Update Brothers and Sisters, As you have read, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) contains a new title called the “Federal Employee Paid Leave Act.” This Act will provide 12 weeks of paid parental leave to parents of children born or adopted on or after Oct. 1, 2020. NATCA has been working… Read More Aviation Facts Fact: The United States aviation system is an economic driver, contributing five percent to the nation’s gross domestic product. 26,527 Average daily scheduled passenger flights 39,900,000,000 Pounds of freight moving through the NAS (2016) Current Traffic Tracking 10,677 airborne aircraft with 636,859,278 total flights in the database. FlightAware has tracked 113,709 arrivals in the last 24 hours. Aviation Acronyms Learn acronyms used by safety professionals nationwide: All A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Clear There are currently 884 acronyms in this directory Term Definition A/C Aircraft A/G Air to Ground A/H Altitude/Height AAC Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center AAF Army Air Field AAI Arrival Aircraft Interval AAP Advanced Automation Program AAR Airport Acceptance Rate ABDIS Automated Data Interchange System Service B AC Advisory Circular ACAIS Air Carrier Activity Information System ACAS Aircraft Collision Avoidance System ACC Airports Consultants Council ACCT Accounting Records ACD Automatic Call Distributor ACDO Air Carrier District Office ACF Area Control Facility ACFO Aircraft Certification Field Office ACFT Aircraft ACI-NA Airports Council International - North America ACID Aircraft Identification ACIP Airport Capital Improvement Plan ACLS Automatic Carrier Landing System ACLT Actual Landing Time Calculated ACO Office of Airports Compliance and Field Operations ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Air Defense Area ADAP Airport Development Aid Program ADAS AWOS Data Acquisition System ADCCP Advanced Data Communications Control Procedure ADDA Administrative Data ADF Automatic Direction Finding ADG Airplane Design Group ADI Automatic De-Ice and Inhibitor ADIN AUTODIN Service ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone ADL Aeronautical Data-Link ADLY Arrival Delay ADO Airline Dispatch Office ADP Automated Data Processing ADS Automatic Dependent Surveillance ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast ADSIM Airfield Delay Simulation Model ADSY Administrative Equipment Systems ADTN Administrative Data Transmission Network ADTN2000 Administrative Data Transmission Network 2000 ADVO Administrative Voice AEG Aircraft Evaluation Group AERA Automated En-Route Air Traffic Control AEX Automated Execution AF Airway Facilities AFB Air Force Base AFIS Automated Flight Inspection System AFP Area Flight Plan AFRES Air Force Reserve Station AFS Airways Facilities Sector AFSFO AFS Field Office AFSFU AFS Field Unit AFSOU AFS Field Office Unit (Standard is AFSFOU) AFSS Automated Flight Service Station AFTN Automated Fixed Telecommunications Network AGIS Airports Geographic Information System AGL Above Ground Level AID Airport Information Desk AIG Airbus Industries Group AIM Airman's Information Manual AIP Airport Improvement Plan AIRMET Airmen's Meteorological Information AIRNET Airport Network Simulation Model AIS Aeronautical Information Service AIT Automated Information Transfer ALP Airport Layout Plan ALS Approach Lighting System ALSF1 ALS with Sequenced Flashers I ALSF2 ALS with Sequenced Flashers II ALSIP Approach Lighting System Improvement Plan ALTRV Altitude Reservation AMASS Airport Movement Area Safety System AMCC ACF/ARTCC Maintenance Control Center AMOS Automated Meteorological Observation Station AMP ARINC Message Processor (OR) Airport Master Plan AMVER Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System ANC Alternate Network Connectivity ANCA Airport Noise and Capacity Act ANG Air National Guard ANGB Air National Guard Base ANMS Automated Network Monitoring System ANSI American National Standards Group AOA Air Operations Area AP Acquisition Plan APP Approach APS Airport Planning Standard AQAFO Aeronautical Quality Assurance Field Office ARAC Army Radar Approach Control (AAF) ARC Airport Reference Code ARCTR FAA Aeronautical Center or Academy ARF Airport Reservation Function ARFF Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting ARINC Aeronautical Radio, Inc. ARLNO Airline Office ARO Airport Reservation Office ARP Airport Reference Point ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ARSA Airport Service Radar Area ARSR Air Route Surveillance Radar ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center ARTS Automated Radar Terminal System ASAS Aviation Safety Analysis System ASC AUTODIN Switching Center ASCP Aviation System Capacity Plan ASD Aircraft Situation Display ASDA Accelerate — Stop Distance Available ASLAR Aircraft Surge Launch And Recovery ASM Available Seat Mile ASOS Automatic Surface Observation System ASP Arrival Sequencing Program ASQP Airline Service Quality Performance ASR Airport Surveillance Radar ASTA Airport Surface Traffic Automation ASV Annual Service Volume AT Air Traffic ATA Air Transport Association of America ATAS Airspace and Traffic Advisory Service ATC Air Traffic Control ATCAA Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace ATCBI Air Traffic Control Beacon Indicator ATCCC...