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          <h1 class="animated fadeInUp">Discover VATCA</h1>
          <p class="animated fadeInUp">Virtual Air Traffic Controllers Association - Making VATSIM a better place.</p>
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            <h2>About Us</h2>
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              Problem? No More. #solved <br/>
              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Verek Dento, 2019
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          <p>We, the controllers and staff of subdivisions, have had enough! We're tired of individually fighting with the staff of VATUSA!</p>
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      <h2>WE BELIEVE IN GREAT IDEAS</h2>
      <p>VATCA is a labor union and aviation safety organization in the United States that represents over 2,000 highly skilled virtual air traffic controllers, engineers, and other virtual aviation safety-related professionals.</p>
      <p>VATCA was certified in 2022 by the Virtual Federal Labor Relations Authority to be the exclusive bargaining representative for virtual air traffic controllers connected to VATUSA. Today, VATCA is the only, and strongest labor unions in the virtual sector and represents a range of virtual aviation safety professionals aross all 3 VATUSA regions.</p>
      <p> These virtual air traffic controllers and other aviation safety professionals make vital contributions to VATSIM and VATUSA, and make the virtual skies come to life by coordinating the safe, orderly, and expeditious movement of millions of virtual aviation passengers and millions of tons of virtual freight within the National Airspace System each year.</p>
      <p>VATCA is headquartered in New York, NY, and asosciated with the Virtual New York ARTCC.</p>
      <a href="#" class="btn btn-view-works">View Associated ARTCCs</a>
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          <h2>We want to make your life as a controller better.</h2>
          <p>Read more about what we do and our goals for how life as a controller on VATSIM can be better. Judge for yourself the work and results we've acheived for other ARTCCs, and meet out highly experienced team of passionate controllers and managers.</p>
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