Prospect ATCOs’ Branch represents Air Traffic Controllers and Air Traffic Management specialists throughout the UK and Gibraltar. With approximately 2000 members in the Branch, we have a very high membership density in the profession, with our members working at virtually all airports and en route centres in the UK. We celebrate our 75th anniversary this year.
We are an occupation-based Branch with members working for numerous employers, although the majority of our members work for NATS, the public private partnership that runs the en route airspace of the UK, part of the North Atlantic Ocean, and major civil airports. NATS also provides services at some military airfields and Gibraltar. Other airports have services provided in house or through other Air Traffic Service Providers, and Prospect is the recognised trade union at many of these.
We engage with employers on all aspects of terms and conditions and professional issues, with a strong culture of safety running throughout the Branch. We spend considerable efforts lobbying and working with the UK Department for Transport and the UK Civil Aviation Authority to ensure the voice of the Air Traffic Controller is heard by legislators and policy makers.
The Branch has affiliations with the European Transport Workers Federation (ETF), supporting and working on policy issues with our colleagues in Europe, and with the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) on a global scale. Through the ITF we seek to influence the International Civil Aviation Organisation (part of the UN) which sets standards for aviation on a global level.
The Branch also has a dedicated personal case team who represent individual members in any aspect that they require on a more personal level.
If you are an air traffic controller or an ATM Specialist, join us and be part of THE VOICE of our profession.
