Bill Seeks to Restore Fairness and Accountability

Latest Support

 Senators Bond and Talent Urge Return to Table

 49 Republicans Urge Hastert for Vote to Send Parties Back to Table

 Pass Concerned about FAA Contract

AFT Stands With NATCA

 Sen. Santorum Calls for Voluntary Agreement

 TTD Sets Record Straight for Blakey

 Sen. Snowe Urges FAA and Controllers to Return to Negotiating Table

House of Representatives

Rep. Sue Kelly, R-N.Y., and Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Ill., introduced the "Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act" on Feb. 15 to correct inequities in the current contract negotiating process between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Air Traffic Controllers' union. 

The Kelly-Costello bill helps provide an additional step of fairness in the negotiations process. Under current law, in the case of an impasse in contract negotiations, the FAA can unilaterally impose its contract upon the controllers if the agency sends the contract to Congress and there is no legislative intervention within 60 days. 

Under the "FAA Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act," the contract negotiations would instead be referred to an impartial third party for binding arbitration. The bill has 229 co-sponsors.

 Bill Language  
Click here to view a PDF of this legislation.

Press Release
Click here to read Kelly and Costello's press release concerning this legislation.

Co-Sponsors
Click here to view a list of this bill's co-sponsors.

Senate

Senators Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, Barack Obama, D-Ill., Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., introduced a bill on Jan. 26 that would force the Federal Aviation Administration to engage in productive, good faith contract negotiations with its unions, including the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.  The bill would deny the agency any ability to unilaterally impose a contract without the consent of Congress. 

Background
Learn about NATCA's contract negotiations and the FAA's not-so-secret agenda.

List of Co-Sponsors
Click here to view a list of senators who co-sponsored the bill.

Obama Statement of Introduction: "FAA Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of 2006"
Read what Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said as he introduced the bill on Jan. 26.

 Legislation  
Click above to view a PDF of the bill introduced in the Senate on Jan. 26.

What Others Are Saying
Numerous groups have expressed their support for this important legislation.

 The Numbers Don't Lie: The Truth Behind FAA Pay Claims   
The agency is increasingly playing fast and loose with the facts to portray a system in crisis due to an overpaid workforce. The facts tell a different story.

FAA Watch: Debunking the FAA and DOT's Misleading and False Statements 
Since the bill’s introduction, the FAA and DOT have been working in overdrive to spread misleading, or downright false, statements about what the bill would do. Learn the truth about these statements. 

FAA Response
Click here to read agency writings on this issue.

Letters
Click above to read letters from senators and others to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey concerning this legislation.