NNM Regional Update:

The FAA is pressing forward with ERAM implementation tonight on the mid shift at ZLC. Our Legislative committee has been very involved in exposing the dangerous and wreck- less plans the FAA is proceeding with. The Legislative Committee has letters from 2 Utah Senators and 2 UTAH Congressman supporting NATCA’s position that ERAM is not ready for deployment and the system in its current state is unsafe. The ERAM Negotiating Team met with the FAA and Lockheed Martin yesterday to once again voice our concerns and ask them to delay the IOC at ZLC until a more stable software drop is available later this month. The FAA and Lockheed took our concerns, thanked us for being concerned, and told us they are proceeding as scheduled and that everything would be fine.

Legislative Letters on ERAM:
Senator's Bennett and Hatch
Congressman Matheson
Congressman Chaffetz
ERAM Background

If you are working the Mid shift tonight please be very careful and identify any and all anomalies you encounter with ERAM or the ERAM interface with your facility. The FAA’s plan is to run ERAM from 12am until 4am then turn it off and return to the Host computer system until a new software drop is available on the 25th of June. We will be filing Two additional ULP charges against the FAA tomorrow for implementing while we are still engaged in Mid-Term negotiations on ERAM. We will be gathering information from tonight’s test/IOC at ZLC and will continue with our legislative and media efforts as appropriate.

This week ATSAP Cadre training is under way in the Salt Lake and Denver hubs. Next week will be the PDX hub and SEA the following week. Once you Facility has started training you entire facility is covered by the MOU even if everyone has not been trained yet. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the ATSAP program please call or email them to me.

June 19th is NATCA’s 22nd Anniversary. Also on the 19th the first installment of NATCA’s web based training will be available. Click here for enrollment information. The first course will be Basic Labor/Management Relations. Other courses will be made available as they are completed.

Contract negotiations are continuing this week in Washington DC. The team is continuing to make progress and there are only a handful of articles still remaining that are yet to be agreed to. The deadline for reaching a mutual agreement between the Parties is June 21st and any outstanding articles will be arbitrated on June 22nd or June 23rd. It is my expectation that information as to what was agreed to and what was sent to arbitration should be available on or very soon after the 23rd. The arbitrators have 30 days to make a decision on any issues that were sent to them for resolution. We are very near the end of this process and I know you all are very anxious to see what has been agreed to. Hang in there just a little longer, I am certain the wait will be worth it! The Ratification process will take 5 to 6 weeks to conclude and I believe you will have a new ratified agreement in place before summer is over.

As you are aware the NATCA National Election period is upon us and the campaigning for National and Regional positions are in full swing. If you have not yet signed up for an electronic ballot I would encourage you to do so. Electronic voting is a very simple process and saves the Union a lot of money. You can register online at https://www.esc-vote.com/natcareg.

Thanks for your patience and support during these trying times.


In Solidarity,
Scott Farrow
NNM NATCA RVP