Natca would like to introduce the newest members to our local Professional Standards team.
Pablo Pescador (C area) and M’Lynda Henninger (A area) just returned from Pro-Standards training and are officially your newest Pro Standards reps. They join the current team which include Jeff McElvain (A area), Tony Germann (A area), Andy Olson (B area), and Denise Spencer (D-area). We are all reps for the facility, not just respected areas.
What is Professional Standards and how it benefits you…..
The simplest way to explain it, Pro Standards is a stand alone program for addressing issues in a peer-to-peer manner. It gives us, BUEs, an opportunity to address performance and conduct issues before such issues rise to a level requiring action on the part of the Agency. If you report to Management, they have a requirement to document and discipline.
If you have an issue, find a rep. It is CONFIDENTIAL!
Possible issues:
- hostile work environment
- distractions in the work place
- individual conflicts
- problems of a professional or ethical nature
- conduct
- ineffective operating methods/techniques
- inappropriate language/actions
- Positive reports:
- identifying exceptional performance
- recognizing actions that enhance the standing of the profession
What we can’t do:
- disagreements over the CBA
- substance abuse Article 73
- ATSAP events NOT forwarded by the ERC (technical limitation)
- immediate threat to the NAS
- legal/criminal issues
- medical related issues
- security violations/ gross negligence
This program is Union designed, Agency backed and EVERY controller can use it. It thrives on confidentiality and no documentation. If you have an issue, or a question, find a rep.
http://prostandards.natca.net/