December
11, 2000 RE: December 6 White House Meeting
with FAA Unions Dear Madam Administrator: This letter is to express
the extreme frustration of the National Association of Air Traffic
Specialists in being overlooked for the above meeting. The creation of a
performance-based organization within the FAA to make ATC more efficient
is obviously of great interest to the air traffic controllers that work in
flight service stations. Just as obviously, it is counterproductive to
effective labor relations and partnership principles to exclude NAATS
while conducting the meeting with NATCA, PASS and AFSCME.
While
this is not the first time NAATS has been excluded from labor management
meetings in the FAA, it is by far the most disappointing. I do not know
who on your staff made this decision but I hope you will agree that it was
ill considered and take the necessary action to ensure it doesn't happen
again in the future,
I
look forward to a prompt response to this letter. As always, feel free to
contact me with any questions or other comments on this matter.
Sincerely,
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