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OCR Page 1 of 144NATCA
Legislative Fact Sheet
Contact: Ken Montoya / Stacy Ray Trigler
Phone: 202.223.2900
Re:
Pay and compensation of Air Traffic Controllers must not be a part of the contract collective
bargaining negotiations with the FAA.
Summary
NATCA officials met with FAA Administrator Jane Garvey on September 26 to discuss an agency
proposal to include all air traffic controller pay and compensation issues in NATCA/FAA contract
negotiations. She understands the NATCA position, which is to keep pay and compensation issues
out of collective bargaining talks.
Key points
1. Ratification of a collective bargaining agreement as negotiated in the private sector does not
encompass current law as written because controllers. as federal employees. are barred from striking.
Strikes are the ultimate check and balance of private sector employees. Controllers must rely totally
on the negotiated process and agreements.
2. FAA is a federal government agency and. as such. cannot be compared to the private sector in labor
negotiations. In collective bargaining agreements negotiated between private companies and their
employees. all aspects of employment are negotiated, including pay, benefits, work rules, leave,
personnel policies, and work conditions.
3. Pay and compensation cannot be negotiated in the same way as the private sector because FAA
financing requires congressional appropriations out of the general fund. FAA does not control its
budget - Congress and, by extension, the public and national economy dictate funding. Any attempt
to negotiate pay and compensation when the FAA cannot make guarantees is a misrepresentation.
4. Further, personnel reform - along with pay and compensation - has been an ongoing collaboration
between management and its employee groups. To now, at the eleventh hour, put pay and
compensation in a traditional collective bargaining negotiation ultimately dooms personnel reform to
failure.
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION
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