NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Monday, April 17, 2017
CLEVELAND PLAIN-DEALER (Cleveland.com)
Avon air-traffic controller lauded for saving two lives (video, photos)
WOIO-TV CLEVELAND
Area air traffic controller wins national award for saving pilot in distress
PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY
Our view: Aviation park finally beginning, needs state help luring tenants
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
Behind-the-scenes tour of air traffic control center
(Tour for ROTC students)
AVIATION NEWS.NET
DOT IG Begins Audit Of FAA's DataComm Security Controls
NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
NTSB
NTSB Recommends Ways to Increase Use, Effectiveness of Pilot Weather Reports
MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE
New arrival method for MSP planes benefits environment
AVIATION INTERNATIONAL NEWS
NBAA Advises Short-terms Delays Ahead in SoCal
PALM BEACH POST
FAA: 5 aircraft violated Mar-a-Lago air restrictions during Trump stay
AVIATION INTERNATIONAL NEWS
DOT IG Auditing FAA Drone Operation Waivers
NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
CLEVELAND PLAIN-DEALER
A life-saving air traffic controller is honored: Cheer of the Day: editorial
POLITICO
Lawmakers push for retroactive pay for federal workers during any shutdown
AVWEB
NTSB Report: Pilots, ATC Need To Improve Pirep System
AIR TRANSPORT WORLD
Malaysia Airlines first to sign up for global flight tracking
POLITICO: Lawmakers push for retroactive pay for federal workers during any shutdown
As Congress stares down a possible government shutdown on April 28, two Virginia lawmakers are pushing their colleagues to guarantee retroactive pay for federal workers in case federal funding runs out.
Reps. Don Beyer, a Democrat, and Rob Wittman, a Republican, are drumming up support for draft legislation, obtained by POLITICO, that would mandate back pay for any federal employees furloughed during any shutdown "as soon as practical" after the government reopens.
Lawmakers face an April 28 deadline to pass a new government funding measure to stave off a shutdown.
In a letter seeking support for their proposal, Beyer and Wittman predicted upwards of 800,000 federal workers could be furloughed without pay. Congress, as it has in the past, would need to approve retroactive pay to compensate those employees.
"Preferably, Congress will reach an agreement to enact legislation to fully fund the government and allow our dedicated federal workforce to continue to carry out its critical mission," the lawmakers wrote. "In absence of such agreement and with time running dangerously short, federal employees should be assured that there is agreement in Congress that they will receive their full pay in a fair and timely manner."
Following the 2013 government shutdown, Congress also authorized retroactive pay for furloughed employees.
NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Thursday, April 20, 2017
POLITICO
Trump Ready To Go Big In Government Spending Fight
THE HILL
How Trump's First 100 Days Could End in a Government Shutdown
ALPA.ORG
Frontier Pilots Hold First-Ever Informational Picket
AOPA.ORG
Fly Like A Girl: Inspiring A New Generation
PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY
FAA Tech takes lead on NextGen research
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FAA looking to change Denver flight paths
POLITICO: TRUMP READY TO GO BIG IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING FIGHT
But federal employees could be the ones who end up going home with the risky gambit, which could lead to a government shutdown next week. In a bid for some legislative wins in President Donald Trump's first 100 days, the White House is pushing to win money for a border wall, more immigration enforcement officers and a bigger military in the next government funding bill, according to administration and congressional sources familiar with the plan. Democrats uniformly oppose nearly all of Trump's spending proposals, which could force the shutdown next Friday, the day government funding expires and right before the 100th day of Trump's presidency.
"Congressional Republicans, desperately looking to avoid a shutdown scare, are eyeing a modest increase for border security — perhaps an increase in funding for surveillance technology — and a small uptick in military spending," report POLITICO's Josh Dawsey and Jake Sherman. "But two senior White House officials say they want a bigger win out of the fight, and an important deadline might help. People familiar with the negotiations say Mick Mulvaney, the budget director, and Marc Short, the White House legislative affairs director, are pushing congressional appropriators to include 'billions' for their agenda in private conversations. The White House, one person familiar with the conversations said, has pushed for $3 billion for the border wall, and discussions have been ongoing."
Thinking ahead: In the meantime, two Virginia lawmakers, Reps. Don Beyer, a Democrat, and Rob Wittman, a Republican, "are pushing their colleagues to guarantee retroactive pay for federal workers in case federal funding runs out" as Congress seems headed for a shutdown staredown, reports Pro Defense's Connor O'Brien.
NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS
Friday, April 21, 2017
THE WASHINGTON POST
White House could provoke a spending showdown over funding for border wall
ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Hartsfield-Jackson retains title of world’s busiest airport
AVIATION INTERNATIONAL NEWS
GA Runway Incursion Study Begins
WTOP WASHINGTON
Md. Congress members want FAA to restore old BWI flight patterns
FAA PRESS RELEASE
FAA to Hold Airspace Workshops in Las Vegas
WFTS-TV TAMPA
Drones creating thousands of new jobs in Florida
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