Good Morning,
The NATCA National email was sent out this morning with updated staffing numbers from the CRWG. Our number has increased from 165 to 166.
Here's some context: The FAA has multiple offices, and the Air Traffic branch (ATO) is separate from the Finance branch. Finance can operate autonomously, meaning they base staffing numbers on budgets rather than what's needed to support the system. NATCA has worked to get the CRWG numbers reported to Congress instead of Finance's numbers, but there was a last-minute push to still require Finance's number to be reported. This is why we worked to make the CRWG numbers law at NiW.
A couple of key points:
The updated number doesn't automatically change our staffing level. This is currently just another data point. Also, the "CIC Add-On" table shows smaller facilities that are only allowed 2-6 supes. ZSE's number is 0 because it's impossible to facilitate a schedule without using CICs for entire shifts. Our supe allotment at ZSE allows for minimal CIC coverage since we don't have 24 OSs in the building.
Please check your email for the National email with more details, but if you can't find it, the links to the two tables are HERE and HERE.
Please let me know if you have any questions,
Amy