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“Southwest Rule” (contingency
fund), 111
training programs, 114–123
“Wall of Shame,” 224
Web site, 117, 122
NATCA Charitable Foundation
(NCF), 204–206
NATCA committees
National Communications
Committee, 121, 123
National Legislative Committee,
175
Political Action Committee, 8,
120, 176
Reclassification Committee
(facility and pay), 141,
150–153, 168, 169, 224
NATCA–FAA contracts
1989, 110, 113, 114, 125–129,
128
1993, 137, 143–149
1998, 7–8, 163–171, 168
NATCA in Washington, 176, 179,
186, 213, 227, 232
NATCA Membership Investments
Incorporated (NMI), 196–197
NATCA national conventions
National Convention Body, 235
founding (1986), 81, 84, 85–89
second (1988), 93–95, 103
third (1990), 126–133, 205
fourth (1992), 138
fifth (1994), 155
sixth (1996), 174
seventh (1998), 191
eighth (2000), 205
ninth (2002), 233
parliamentarians, 94
NATCA national elections
1988, 95–101, 100–101, 102–
103, 109
1991, 133–136, 137–139
1994, 152–153, 154–155, 160
1997, 164–165, 166–167
2000, 213–214, 215–217
NATCAnet, 121–122
NATCA Racing, 211
NATCA Shop, 119–120
NATCAvists, 231–232
The NATCA Voice, 118–120, 174
NATCA (Washington Center),
45–48, 52, 56, 57
National Airport (Washington,
D.C.), 28
National Airspace System Plan, 42
National Association of Air Traffic
Specialists, (NAATS), 18–19,
157, 159–160
National Association of
Government Employees (NAGE)
local controllers’ unions formed,
18–19
O’Hare slowdown and
compensation plans,
20–21
National Aviation Research
Institute (NARI), 171, 185
National Communications
Committee, 121, 123
National Executive Board (NEB).
see also provisional Executive
Board
first (1988), 100-101
second (1991), 137
third (1994), 152-153
fourth (1997), 164-165
fifth (2000), 215
expansion of, 193
family toll of, 231
first woman board member, 214
weighted scale proposal, 94-95
National Federation of Federal
Employees, 54
National Legislative Committee,
175
National Maritime Union, 187
Nav Canada, 226–227
Neumeier, Christine, 109
Newark Airport, 222
Newburn, Ed, 114
New England, organizing in,
55–56
New York Center, 54
New York TRACON, 18, 50–52,
109–110, 141
“Nightline” program on ATC, 67,
68–70
Nixon, Richard, 23
Noonan, Joseph, 113, 140
O
Oakland Center, 19
O’Brien, Danielle, 229
O’Brien, Dennis, 84
O’Brien, Joe, 34, 51, 58, 67, 68, 69,
72, 75, 84
O’Hare International Airport, 15,
20
O.N.E. Dues Back Trust program,
110–111
Operational Error Detection Patch
software, 52–53
operational error-reporting, 73, 91,
127–128
“Operation Snowman,” 20
Osborne, William W., Jr., 94, 99,
128, 187–188, 207
Otto, Bill, 141–142, 164, 198, 215
Owens, Chuck, 137, 138
Owens, Eric, 168, 215
Owens, Norbert “Nobby,” 113
P
Padgett, Victor, 48
Pallone, Mark, 164, 186, 215
Pappa, Benjamin, Jr., 103
Parrish, Jeff, 119
PATCO. see also PATCO–FAA 1981
contract negotiations; strike,
1981 controllers’
accomplishments under Leyden,
11–12
affiliation with MEBA, 23
choirboys, 12, 23, 25
creation of, 18–21
decertified, 29, 38
early negotiated victories, 21
endorses Reagan, 16
files Chapter 7 bankruptcy, 43
1978 agreement with FAA, 24
1970 sickout, retaliation, and
reinstatement, 22–24
Second-Career Retirement Bill,
24
work-to-rule slowdown at
O’Hare International
Airport, 15
PATCO–FAA 1981 contract
negotiations
“educational package”
distributed to members,
13
labor agreement with FAA
lapses in March 1981,
21
Poli agrees to FAA’s “final”
contract offer, 24, 26
representatives walk out of
bargaining sessions, 23
second strike deadline set, 26
strike and aftermath, 27–29
strike deadline set, 23, 26, 31