Against the Wind - National Air Traffic Controllers Association

Great Lakes
Jim Poole / incumbent Chicago Center 683 52.8
Pat Forrey Cleveland Center 600 46.4
Write-ins
New England
Various 10 0.8
T. Craig Lasker / incumb. * Boston Center 315 93.0
Write-ins
Northwest Mountain
Various 24 7.0
James Ferguson / incumb. ** Salt Lake Center 415 95.2
Write-ins
Southern
Various 21 4.8
Randy Schwitz / incumbent Atlanta Center 1,221 92.9
Write-ins
Southwest
Various 94 7.1
Rich Phillips Houston Center 381 50.1
Bill Shedden Fort Worth Center 302 39.7
Dennis Hartney Tulsa Tower 72 9.5
Write-ins
Western-Pacific
Various 5 0.7
Owen Bridgeman Phoenix TRACON 451 52.6
Bernie Reed Bay TRACON 400 46.7
Write-ins Various 6 0.7
19
Apr.
More than 400 delegates attend NATCA’s fifth biennial convention at the
Hyatt Regency Westshore in Tampa. A proposal to establish a national
seniority system is defeated. The delegates approve honorary lifetime
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Chapter 5: The Art of the Deal
memberships—the union’s third and fourth—for former New England
Region Vice President Jim Breen and Labor Relations Director Robert D.
Taylor.
155