The all-members meeting will be at 1 p.m. in the East / West conference room tomorrow. We will be talking over shutdown procedures mostly. There will be lunch provided.
With the government shutdown looming, here are a couple of pieces of info:
Please do not speak to the media. NATCA Reps have contractual protection, but this does not extend to the general membership. This also includes comment sections on articles or social media posts. Anything that violates the FAA social media policy can potentially put you in danger of discipline. Please forward me any interview/media requests, and I take appropriate action.
Our legislative activists have been working on this for a long time but have kicked it into overdrive in the past week. They are pursuing every angle possible with our elected officials to try and avoid this shutdown.
There are no paid leave statuses during a shutdown. AL, SL, PPL, etc., will all be coded as furlough days until the government opens again. We are hearing that there will be people converting leave to the appropriate code once we are in a paid status again, but I do not know precisely what that looks like.
Non-excepted employees (trainees with no certification, non-mission critical staff, etc.) will not be allowed to come to work.
We will continue to update you with information as we receive it, but as always, let me know if you have any questions.
Amy