PSP Basics
These three categories of individuals can submit cases to the PSP.
Who are BUEs, Management, and other credible sources?
True or False. PSC members shall be provided access to relevant data.
What is "True"?
This individual is appointed by the Union to chair a District Professional Standards Committee.
Who is a PS District Chairperson?
This is the reason management may only participate in the PSP as submitters and not as those submitted.
What is, because the PSP is a peer-to-peer mentoring and counseling process and managers do not meet criteria as peers.
This initiative focuses on fostering mutual dignity, support, and respect between coworkers to maintain the safety of the National Airspace System.
What is the Respect Initiative?
This person or their designee appoints the Facility Professional Standards Committee (PSC).
Who is the Principal Facility Representative?
These are the five educational pillars of the Professional Standards Program.
What are Voluntary, Peer-to-Peer, Confidential, No Documentation, and Not Anonymous?
This is the Professional Standards Committee goal for 2024.
What is for every facility to establish a local positive recognition program?
This is the year NATCA was established and certified as the sole bargaining unit for FAA ATCs.
What is 1987?
Aside from addressing challenges and conflict, the Professional Standards Program can also be used for this purpose.
What is positive recognition?
The purpose of the Professional Standards Program (PSP) is to address these types of issues before requiring corrective action by the Agency.
What are performance and/or conduct issues?
These are the ABC’s of case resolution for the Professional Standards Program.
What are "A"cknowledge involvement, "B"ecome aware of the impact to safety and/or professionalism, and "C"reate their own resolution?
This was the Professional Standards Committee goal for 2023.
What is for each facility to complete the annual PS Facility Briefing?
This year marked the tenth anniversary of NATCAs Professional Standards Committee.
What is 2021?
These common misconceptions exist because of the very discreet nature of PSP work.
What are "no one uses the PSP" or "the PSP doesn't work"?
Facilities may use the PSP as an alternative to this under Article 10.
What is disciplinary action?
When reporting casework via the NATCA Field Report, this is the number of submissions that should be recorded if both the ATM and FacRep (or peer) submit cases for the same issue?
What are two separate submissions?
PSC meetings are conducted on this type of time and generally not to exceed this amount of time per pay period.
What is on "duty" time and generally not to exceed two hours per pay period?
These are the names of the two current management workgroup members for the PSP.
Who are Joe Sharek and Gary Kingsley?
This common misconception about the size of an issue often prevents people from seeking help with the PSC.
What is "this issue is too big/small for the PSC"?
This process is essential to Professional Standards case success and involves clarifying the submitter's concerns.
What is reframing?
Your progress through the ABCs during casework will be measured against this important fundamental PS process component.
What is your reframed goal or expectation?
The District Chair serves as a team captain, connecting and supporting PSC members and leadership teams within their districts. This is the number of districts within NATCA's PSC.
What is 27?
These are the names of the three original National PSC leads.
Who are Garth Koleszar, Andy Marosvari, and Jeff Richards?
The letters in the word "Respect" stand for these initiative concepts.
What are Responsibility, Empathy, Safety, Professionalism, Example, Communication, and Teamwork?