• Monitor policy changes to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Authorization Bill and other pertinent proposed legislation addressing federal workforce rules and regulations as well as air traffic controller equipment and towers.
• Monitor the annual Appropriations Bill and Budget proposals for issues affecting air traffic controllers, including opportunities to address the impacts of sequestration and workforce rules.
• Monitor and lobby the germination and implementation of legislation potentially affecting air traffic controllers including the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization and similar legislative proposals.

Duration: December 1, 2006 to October 1, 2014

General Issues: Transportation, Budget/Appropriations, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines

Spending: about $1,800,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2006: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Y Y House Transportation and Infrastructure, Aviation Subcommittee; House Appropriations, THUD Subcommittee Senate Commerce, Aviation Subcommittee; Senate Appropriations, THUD Subcommittee, House Appropriations, Transportation Subcommittee Senate Appropriations, Transportation Subcommittee, Y Y House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Senate Commerce Committee