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The National Association of Air Traffic Specialists (NAATS) is a federal union representing 2,350 air |
NAATS members primarily provide service to general aviation pilots. Air carriers and the military |
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traffic controllers in the
flight service option in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). NAATS flight service controllers are stationed at sixty-one automated flight service stations |
NAATS members,
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are secondary customers. They fulfill important roles; pre-flight and in-flight weather briefings to thousands of pilots daily through the busiest and most congested air |
| and fourteen non-automated flight service stations throughout the United States. | traffic areas in the country; emergency search and rescue; flight planning; weather observations and customs and immigration assistance. |
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A Flight Service Station is an FAA-operated facility providing pre-flight weather and flight planning information, in-flight updates and aeronautical facility data to pilots operating commercial, military and general aviation aircraft. |
NAATS members are air traffic controllers and they meet the same job classification as their air traffic control colleagues, working for the FAA in the tower and enroute options. |
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FLIGHT SERVICE CONTROLLERS ROLES ARE SAFETY CRITICAL. Despite this, since October 1998 flight service controllers, have been compensated at a significantly lower rate than their tower and enroute option controller colleagues. There is now an eighteen percent average base pay disparity between flight service controllers and other air traffic controllers. |
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The pay differential between flight service controllers and their colleagues has led to significantly decreased morale in the service. Retention levels have declined. Recruitment has been affected. |
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If left uncorrected, this disparity will lead to a shortage of flight service controllers and could impact aviation safety. Flight service controllers are dedicated air traffic controllers who play a vital role in keeping our skies safe. We are calling for full equality in compensation for all air traffic controllers. |
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALISTS Aviation Safety is Our Business |
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11303 Amherst Avenue, Suite 4 Wheaton, Maryland, 20952 |
Phone: (30l) 933-6228 Fax: (301) 933-3902 https://www.naats.org |