NG3 Pass Safety Committee goals and
objectives for 2012. The proposed dates are :
·February 15th
·April 18th
·June 20th
·August 29th
·October 24th
·December 12th
The start times of the telcons are 0500PM.
The NG3 telcon bridge phone number is 1-888-296-6500. The guest code is
449577. Any safety items identified in you state will be
discussed.
50-percent VOR
reduction
FAAproposes plan for navigation in NextGen
environment50-percent VOR reduction
planned by 2020 . By 2020, all IFR traffic will rely on satellites for
navigation under an FAA proposal now open to comment.More
4G Broadband May Jam
GPS
New
Network is Designed to Transmit on Frequency
Adjacent to the GPS Band. A company called LightSquared is building a 4G
broadband Internet network in the US that will use 40,000
ground-based transmitters and a satellite to make a state-of-the-art open
wireless broadband network. More
What’s Happening in PASS?
Ken
Marowski, PASS New England NG3 Executive Board Member, picketing with CWA
and Verizon workers at a Verizon store in Burlington, VT
This
rally was in support of Collective Bargaining Rights and in outrage over cuts
to Mental Health and other medical necessities. Many disabled
people were there along with teachers and fire fighters.
(WIRED) -- From the earliest
days of aviation, pilots have relied upon paper maps to help find their
way. Even in an era of GPS and advanced avionics, you still see pilots
lugging around 20 pounds or more of charts.More
JLT Meets in Miami
In late January,
the TechnicalOperations-PASS Joint
Leadership Team (JLT) met in Miami to continue
their work on increasing
collaboration throughout the
organization.
The team kicked
off the busy three days with a site visit and all-hands meeting at the
Miami Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT).
Key FAA facilities
face retirement wave, attrition woes
Despite
a five-year hiring surge, the Federal Aviation Administration is at risk
of not having enough senior air traffic controllers for its busiest and
most critical facilities, where they are needed to run operations and
train less-experienced controllers, according to the agency's independent
inspector general.more
The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) is the
union that represents more than 11,000 employees of the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and Department of Defense (DoD).
Our members are dedicated to certifying the safety and the efficiency of
the National Airspace System (NAS); maintaining and supporting this
nation’s air traffic control system with the utmost professionalism; and
ensuring the integrity, the reliability, and the safety of the commercial
and general aviation industries. Whenever you fly, the work our members do
behind the scenes helps you get there safely.
Who Are PASS
Members?
Our
members include FAA and DoD systems specialists, aviation safety inspectors and safety support
staff; with flight inspection pilots and mission specialists, procedures
development specialists, and aircraft maintenance and staff support from
the FAA’s Aviation System Standards; and manufacturing inspectors and
safety support staff from Manufacturing Inspection District Offices.
Welcome to the PASS Local Chapter,
NG3 website. Serving all of New England.
FAA, air traffic
controllers extend contract to mid-2016
The agreement
avoids the fractious negotiation process of previous contract talks
Air traffic controllers
will get the same pay raises approved for other federal employees
The National Air
Traffic Controllers Association has 15,000 members. More
HouseBudget Plan Extends Federal Pay Freeze
to 2015, Increases Retirement Contributions
The GOP House Budget Committee's fiscal 2013 budget plan
proposes extending the federal pay freeze through 2015, cutting the
federal workforce by10 percent, and increasing federal retirement contributions
of employees.More
·Modernization of Engine
Generator Training and Battery Maintenance Training: Denis Schletzbaum, Chapter WA3
·Tower Flight Data Manager
(TFDM) and SWIM Terminal Data Distribution System (STDDS): Richard
Dionne, Chapter NG3
·Integrated Display System
Replacement Program (IDSR): Adam Lee Medeiros, Chapter NG3
·Computer Aided Design
Graphic (CAEG): Stephan Searles, Chapter NG3
·Curriculum Architecture:
Gary Alexander, Chapter TX1
·NAS Voice Switch (NVS) HF:
Richard D. Lucero, Chapter UT1
·NextGen: Bill Gillespie,
Chapter WA3
·Kathy Sanford, Chapter FL1, was selected as
the liaison for the ATO Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS).
The
Union Veterans Council brings together union leaders and union members
who are veterans to speak out on veterans’ issues and influence public
policy to improve the quality of life for U.S. veterans and their families.
TSA screeners charged
in LA drug trafficking probe
LOS ANGELES – Duane
Eleby, a suspected drug courier, was all set to sneak 10 pounds of
cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los
AngelesInternationalAirport
last February with the help of a former Transportation Security
Administration employee and a screener.More
Group launches app
allowing travelers to file complaints on TSA screeners
A
Sikh advocacy group launched a free mobile application Monday that allows
travelers to complain immediately to the government if they feel they've
been treated unfairly by airport screeners. More
Congress
Leasing SUVs on Taxpayer Dime
FOX 5 has found Congress is rolling
high-end SUVs, some leased from luxury companies like Lexus and Cadillac,
all paid for by you - the taxpayer.More
2nd
panel blasts GSA for parties, trips, bonuses
WASHINGTON– General Services
Administration witnesses came under sharp criticism from Congress for a
second day on Tuesday, as lawmakers expressed outrage over junkets,
bonuses and parties paid for by taxpayers.More.
Lawmakers slam GSA
officials for South Pacific trips at 2nd day of hearings
Lawmakers
on Tuesday accused officials with the federal General Services Administration
of jet-setting around the South Pacific on the taxpayers' dime, and the
lawmakers described the agency's pricey 2010 Las Vegas conference as the tip of the
iceberg of wasteful spending.
