The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Air
Traffic Controllers Association has signed a two-year
contract extension that increases the percentage of
employees whose compensation is tied to pay-for-performance
from 37 to 75 percent (about 15,000 people), FAA
announced.
The contract provides that a portion of the controllers’
annual salary increases will be based on meeting agency
performance targets, said FAA, which hopes the changes
will help to avoid $40 million in costs over the next
four years.
FAA and the union also agreed that FAA now has the
flexibility to adjust staffing levels based on