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Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (Washington, D.C.)

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Chet Kisling papers

 Collection
Identifier: L2005-17
Abstract:

Chet Kisling (born 1943) worked as an air traffic controller at the Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center in Hampton, Georgia. A member of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), he was fired after the organization's 1981 strike, along with 11,000 other U.S. controllers. The bulk of his papers consist of clippings, documentation of the lawsuit he was party to regarding his dismissal, and correspondence.

Dates: 1978-1996; Majority of material found within 1981 - 1982

Marlene and Ronald Palmer PATCO scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: L2011-18
Abstract:

The Marlene and Ronald Palmer PATCO Scrapbooks, 1979-2001, contain two photo albums compiled by Marlene (Marty) Palmer documenting the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike, including photographs and quotes by her husband and former PATCO member, Ronald Palmer, as well as the Air Traffic Controllers Support Organization (ATCSO) formed by the spouses of PATCO members in 1979.

Dates: 1979-2001

Filtered By

  • Subject: Air Traffic Controllers' Strike, U.S., 1981 X
  • Subject: clippings (information artifacts) X

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Subject
Collective bargaining 1
Hampton (Ga.) 1
Labor union members 1
Miami (Fla.) 1
correspondence 1