Against the Wind - National Air Traffic Controllers Association

Where it wasn’t successful, it
never had a chance.”
The program is carried on
in practice at some facilities.
The Second Contract
While QTP gathered
steam and Krasner and Bellino
took up residence in Washington
as the union’s second
president and executive vice
president in September 1991,
preparations were already under
way for negotiations on the second
contract.
Before leaving office, Bell
had appointed Bernie Reed from
Bay TRACON as team chairman
(he’d served as a resource
person on the first contract).
Washington Center’s Paul Williams
and Rodney Turner from Nashville Metro
Tower/TRACON, both of whom had helped Bell with
his unsuccessful campaign, were also on the team.
After the election, the members gathered at
Airlie Center, a retreat in eastern Virginia, to brief
the new administration. Reed, Turner, and Williams
assumed Krasner would ask them to step aside so
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Federico F. Peña takes over as transportation secretary. A chief
booster behind the new Denver Airport, Peña served as the
city’s mayor and was also elected to the Colorado Legislature. 5
that he could appoint his own people. Turner offered
to resign.
But in a move indicative of Krasner’s sense of
cooperation and political savvy, he asked everyone to
stay. Reed was particularly astonished. Due to a miscommunication,
he’d dropped his support for Krasner
during the campaign and joined the Bell camp. Kras-
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NATCA archives
The 1993 contract team: Presidents Bell
and Krasner both selected members, who
included, bottom row from left: Bruce
Means; Mike Motta; Jay Keeling; Rob
Stephenson; Co-Chairman Bernie Reed;
and Ken Brissenden. Top row from left:
Lonnie Kramer; Joe Fruscella; Mark Kutch;
President Barry Krasner; Paul Williams;
Rodney Turner; Labor Relations Director
Richard Gordon; and Duane Dupon.
The union relocates from suite 845 at MEBA headquarters, 444
North Capitol Street, to its own leased offices in suite 701 at
1150 17 th Street NW, both in Washington, D.C.