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Originally Posted by Fox Xray  I'm a NATCA area rep where I work and have been active in NATCA for quite some time. The question of do you have to join has been answered...
I'm curious what exactly is your problem with the union ? Are you in the hiring process ? Did you personally run into an issue with NATCA ? You need to remember that as Gov't employees NATCA is not a union like the steam fitters or even ALPA, we are more of a labor organization, we don't have many of the rights that a full union has.
Much of my daily NATCA rep duties deal with holding management to the same standard that we, controllers, are held to. Unless you walk in our shoes you cannot imagine the amount of responsibility and high standard controllers are held to on a daily basis, and rightfully so. I don't think it should be any other way... but my "superiors" (management) do not hold themselves to the same standard, that is much of what myself and many reps do around the country, we fight for the little guys (and gals) in our facilities when management tries to play games, and they do this often. |
1st yes i am in the hiring process, and have never had an issue with NATCA, nor anyone from NATCA
2nd. I understand what NATCA does, but I PERSONALLY think that they take the wrong approach to everything. AS I belive MANAGERS do to. its a product of a system thats has been broken for many many years. If it continues this way it will never be fixed.
NATCA and both managers need to learn to compromise and both be on the same level. THATS WHAT IM GETTING AT!
The reason you guys currently are worked so hard is due to the inability of the controller work force trying to understand why there have not been more hiring in previous years. The FAA would of loved to hire more, but was unable to due to congress and the budget. hence why they outsourced AFSS so that they make more room in the budget for hiring. I can guarentee you that they did not want to end up cutting costs, but they had to to avoid you guys working harder than you already due. If you dont understand that you are just flat out iggnorant.
FAA gets more money------hires more people-------trains more people------less stressed and not overworked the workforce is
how hard is it to understand that?