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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
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<DIV>This bill will fix a loophole and resolve our contract dispute
resolution issue by giving us binding arbitration with the Federal Services
Impasse Panel (FSIP) if our union is at impasse with the FAA during contract
negotiations.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for your consideration.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark Dunlap</DIV>
<DIV>Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS)</DIV></FONT><BR>
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<P><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial">FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2007: Action
Needed</SPAN> </P><SPAN
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<P>Dear Mark Dunlap,</P>
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<P><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">This
week, the House of Representatives is scheduled
to vote on H.R. 2881, The FAA Reauthorization
Act of 2007. As you know, this bill contains a
number of provisions important to PASS
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<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Providing
for a fair collective bargaining process for all
FAA employees, represented by PASS, NATCA and
AFSCME</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Verdana
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Requiring
that foreign repair stations be inspected twice
a year by an FAA inspector</SPAN></FONT> <FONT
face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Ensuring
that there are an appropriate number of FAA
systems specialists
</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">We
ask you to contact your Representative today
with one simple</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">and
urgent message - <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">VOTE YES ON H.R.
2881</SPAN></B>. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><B><FONT
face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
face=Verdana>Please take a moment to personalize
and send the message below asking your
Representative to VOTE <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX =
ST1 /><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY
w:st="on">YES</ST1:CITY> <ST1:STATE
w:st="on">ON</ST1:STATE></ST1:PLACE> H.R.
2881.</FONT></SPAN>
</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT face=Verdana
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">In
just a few minutes, you can fill out a short
form asking for your members’ support. You can
also contact</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">your
Representative by calling the House switchboard
at 202-225-3121 and they can connect you to
their office.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P>
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<P><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial">Send
a letter to the following decision
maker(s):</SPAN> <BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial">Your
Congressperson <BR></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial">Below
is the sample letter:</SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial">
<P>Subject: Vote Yes on H.R. 2881</P>
<P>Dear [decision maker name automatically
inserted here],</P>
<P>I am writing to ask you to support the men
and woman who protect this country's aviation
system by voting in the affirmative for H.R.
2881, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Act of 2007. <BR><BR>H.R. 2881 is a pivotal
piece of legislation as it includes language
that corrects the unfair collective bargaining
process at the FAA. During mark up of the bill
by the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, Aviation Subcommittee Chair
Jerry Costello introduced an amendment aimed at
protecting the rights of FAA employees to a fair
collective bargaining process. The amendment
passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. If
enacted, H.R. 2881 would prevent the FAA from
unilaterally imposing working conditions on its
employees and encourage fair collective
bargaining between the FAA and its
unions.<BR><BR>The Professional Airways Systems
Specialists (PASS), National Air Traffic
Controllers Association (NATCA) and American
Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME), who together represent over
30,000 FAA employees, are in full support of
H.R. 2881. The employees represented by these
three groups desire only a fair process for
resolving collective bargaining impasses. H.R.
2881 would allow for this and prevent the
continuation of many of the labor relations
problems currently afflicting the FAA. For
instance, consider the following:<BR>- Four out
of five PASS negotiations have been at impasse
for over three years. In PASS's technicianal
unit, the FAA's proposed agreement was rejected
by 98 percent of the employees, but the agency
has refused to return to the bargaining
table.<BR>- The FAA has imposed new work rules
on nearly all of NATCA's bargaining units
without the consent of the union or ratification
by any of the covered employees.<BR>- AFSCME and
the FAA reached agreement in January 2001 when
the chief negotiators for both parties indicated
acceptance by signing off on an agreement and
FAA employees ratified the agreement. However,
the FAA has refused to implement this contract
despite the agreement between parties.
<BR><BR>In addition to providing for a fair
collective bargaining process, enactment of H.R.
2881 would benefit aviation safety in several
other areas. For example, H.R. 2881 addresses
the very serious issue of FAA oversight of work
performed at foreign repair stations by
requiring that these stations be inspected twice
a year by an FAA inspector. Currently, even
though the industry is increasingly outsourcing
more work to foreign repair stations in areas
such as China and El Salvador, many of these
stations are only visited once every two years
by an FAA inspector.<BR><BR>H.R. 2881 also takes
important steps toward ensuring that there are
an appropriate number of FAA systems specialists
in place. These individuals are responsible for
maintenance, installation and certification of
the air traffic control system and are
fundamental to the future of FAA modernization.
By directing the Comptroller General to conduct
a study of systems specialist training and the
National Academy of Sciences to examine the
methods used to determine staffing levels of
this workforce, H.R. 2881 seeks to address the
issue of low technical staffing and the
corresponding impacts to safe and efficient air
travel. Without a doubt, the current state of
the systems specialist workforce must be studied
in order to make sure the FAA is adequately
staffed and that the workforce is appropriately
trained.<BR><BR>The employees of the FAA need
your support of H.R. 2881 in order to continue
protecting this country's reputation as having
the safest aviation system in the world.
<BR></P>
<P>Sincerely,<BR><BR><BR></P></SPAN><A
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