Against the Wind - National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Against the Wind - National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Against the Wind - National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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152<br />
1994<br />
<strong>Against</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Wind</strong><br />
1994<br />
The Third <strong>National</strong> Executive Board<br />
Along with Executive Vice President Michael<br />
McNally, four new regional vice<br />
presidents joined <strong>the</strong> board in 1994:<br />
Alaskan: Jerry Whittaker from<br />
Anchorage TRACON beat incumbent Sam<br />
Rich from Anchorage Center.<br />
Central: Incumbent Michael Putzier<br />
from Kansas City Center ran unopposed for<br />
a second term.<br />
Eastern: Incumbent Tim Haines<br />
from Pittsburgh Tower, who was now leading<br />
<strong>the</strong> union’s Reclassification Committee,<br />
chose not to run for re-election. Joe Fruscella,<br />
president of <strong>the</strong> local at New York<br />
TRACON for <strong>the</strong> past six years, ran unopposed.<br />
Great Lakes: Incumbent Jim Poole<br />
from Chicago Center held back a challenge<br />
by Cleveland Center facility rep Pat Forrey<br />
to retain his seat for a second term.<br />
New England: Incumbent T. Craig<br />
17<br />
Jan.<br />
Lasker ran unopposed.<br />
Lasker,<br />
from Boston<br />
Center, took over<br />
for Jim Breen<br />
after he suffered<br />
a mild stroke<br />
and accompanying<br />
vision loss in<br />
<strong>the</strong> fall of 1992,<br />
which forced<br />
him to retire<br />
as a controller<br />
and leave <strong>the</strong><br />
bargaining unit.<br />
Breen contin-<br />
<br />
ued to work for <strong>the</strong> FAA as an automation<br />
specialist, a category of workers he helped<br />
to organize as a new NATCA bargaining<br />
unit in 2000.<br />
Northwest Mountain: Incumbent<br />
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake in Sou<strong>the</strong>rn California briefly closes Los<br />
Angeles International <strong>Air</strong>port. <strong>Wind</strong>ows in <strong>the</strong> Van Nuys tower cab break,<br />
but <strong>the</strong> airport continues to operate until a temporary tower is activated.<br />
NATCA archives<br />
The new regime: President Krasner’s second board, which took office in September 1994,<br />
included, front row from left: James Ferguson, Northwest Mountain; Joe Fruscella, Eastern;<br />
Jim Poole, Great Lakes; Rich Phillips, Southwest; and Randy Schwitz, Sou<strong>the</strong>rn. Back row<br />
from left: Jerry Whittaker, Alaskan; Owen Bridgeman, Western-Pacific; Krasner; Michael<br />
Putzier, Central; Executive Vice President Michael McNally; and Craig Lasker, New England.<br />
James Ferguson ran unopposed. Ferguson,<br />
from Salt Lake Center, took over for Gary<br />
Molen when he retired in <strong>the</strong> fall of 1993.<br />
Molen’s involvement on <strong>the</strong> board spanned<br />
more than eight years, dating back to <strong>the</strong>