2025 NATCA Convention
We finished up the 2025 Convention yesterday, and it was amazing. Around 150 amendments and resolutions were submitted, the most in NATCA history, so we knew we had our jobs cut out for us. We had a 12-hour day and two 9-hour days with the goal of hearing every single submission. We fell a little short, but not for lack of trying. One of the most contentious changes this year was to pass A2545. Now, when a person is granted and working on an age 56 waiver, their seniority will be set to zero on the day that waiver takes effect. NATCA has always stood firmly against age 56 waivers. Our max retirement age is nothing we want extended, for any reason. This was a very contentious vote, and after many rounds of voice and standing votes to try and get an accurate count, a roll call vote was called. This means that every single delegate from every single facility stood up at the mic and announced how they would place the votes for each member for their facility. It takes about 1-2 hours to get through every facility. The final tally was 11922 yays out of 14713 total votes. HERE are my notes and results from the votes.
Also, HUGE shout out to Drew Stewart, because of his hard work and quest to bring the convention home, Seattle will host the 2029 NATCA Convention! Atlanta was in the running, too, but the membership overwhelmingly decided they wanted to come to our great city. So amazing! Oh, and Devin helped too ;)
Thank you all for everything you do,
Amy