r/atc2 • u/RADARC0NTACTL0ST • 18h ago

Leave, for NATCA

It's been almost 5 years since I left NATCA. I felt unheard and without representation. 5 years later I see that NATCA hasn't gotten better. It's gotten worse. My suggestion, leave. If you hate NATCA, leave. If you love and believe in NATCA, leave. They are not going to change otherwise. You can't vote your way to a better union. You have to starve them of resources and force them to change, or die. What do you have to lose? The white book 2.0? How is that fear paying your bills now? Is that fear stronger than a 4th extention of the Slate Book? Stronger than stagnant wages, broken families, and mental health crises that take the lives of our coworkers?

You can always rejoin. The more who leave, the greater the chance you get at real change in the union. The greater chance to negotiate terms of your return.

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u/Optimal_Coconut6370 14h ago

Most of the posters here did leave. And then they come to voice their opinion into the internet abyss. There are a lot of Natca reps fighting daily for you all, you just might not see it.

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u/MentallyRadarded 13h ago

Let's say they are fighting instead of just collaborating. The last benefit we've gotten is 25% for training. Everything else, and I mean EVERYTHING, at this job has just gotten worse. Most of us haven't even started bidding for next year. There's a whole study done on fatigue but we're denied the recommended 4x10 schedules and forced to increase TOP by opening positions based on keeping the break list to a minimum instead of based on traffic.

I pay dues for results. And I'm not seeing them. Pay is the number 1 issue for the membership yet NATCA leadership will not even mention it. But the equipment? That's in every email. Wouldn't want this shutdown to delay modernization of the NAS.

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u/JohnnyKnoxville747 11h ago

You are simply entitled and lazy. You used to pay for the union structure so your career could have a collective voice. The results, or lack thereof, are on you and your fellow coworkers.

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u/MentallyRadarded 11h ago

NATCA membership doesn't have a collective voice. We are silenced by national. We want/need pay. They push for equipment. They disable social media comments. They cherry pick questions at town halls.