Against the Wind - National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Against the Wind - National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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2000<br />
The Fifth <strong>National</strong> Executive Board<br />
Four new<br />
faces joined <strong>the</strong><br />
board in 2000:<br />
Alaskan:<br />
Incumbent Ricky<br />
Thompson from<br />
Anchorage Center<br />
easily defeated<br />
Doug Holland to<br />
win his second<br />
term.<br />
Holland<br />
worked at Chicago<br />
TRACON and his<br />
candidacy involved<br />
an interesting quirk in <strong>the</strong> union’s constitution.<br />
Candidates are permitted to run<br />
for vice president in regions o<strong>the</strong>r than<br />
where <strong>the</strong>y work; however, controllers<br />
can vote only in <strong>the</strong>ir own region.<br />
Central: John Tune from Kansas<br />
City Center beat incumbent Bill Otto<br />
from St. Louis TRACON.<br />
Eastern: Incumbent Joe Fruscella<br />
from New York TRACON ran unopposed<br />
for his third term.<br />
Great Lakes: In his second campaign<br />
for <strong>the</strong> position, Alternate Regional<br />
Vice President Pat Forrey from Cleveland<br />
<br />
Chapter 6: Spreading its Wings<br />
NATCA archives<br />
The current leadership: NATCA’s fifth <strong>National</strong> Executive Board includes, from left: John Tune; Central; Jim D’Agati; Engineers & Architects; President<br />
John Carr; Rodney Turner, Sou<strong>the</strong>rn; Carol Branaman; Northwest Mountain; Mark Pallone, Southwest; Pat Forrey, Great Lakes; Mike Blake,<br />
New England; Kevin McGrath, Western-Pacific; Ricky Thompson, Alaskan; Executive Vice President Ruth Marlin; and Joe Fruscella, Eastern.<br />
Center edged out Kevin Christy from<br />
Chicago Center.<br />
New England: Incumbent Mike<br />
Blake from Boston Center ran unopposed<br />
for his second term.<br />
Northwest Mountain: Carol<br />
Branaman from Denver Centennial Tower<br />
defeated Mike Motta from Seattle TRA-<br />
CON.<br />
Sou<strong>the</strong>rn: Incumbent Rodney<br />
Turner from Nashville Metro Tower/<br />
TRACON won a second term by beating<br />
1998 contract team member Andy<br />
Cantwell from Miami Tower.<br />
Southwest: Eric Owens from<br />
Houston TRACON outpolled incumbent<br />
Mark Pallone from Dallas-Fort Worth<br />
TRACON, but nei<strong>the</strong>r earned a majority.<br />
Dennis McGee from DFW Tower also ran<br />
and collected 19.5 percent of <strong>the</strong> vote. In<br />
a runoff, Pallone retained his seat for a<br />
second term.<br />
Western-Pacific: Kevin McGrath<br />
from Sou<strong>the</strong>rn California TRACON defeated<br />
incumbent Gus Guerra from Oakland<br />
Center, making this <strong>the</strong> only region<br />
to select a new vice president in each of<br />
NATCA’s five national elections.<br />
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