IAM Local 2011 is dedicated to the safety of the National Airspace. It's the mission each of us was assigned when we accepted our positions, regardless of whether we were hired by the FAA, Lockheed, or Leidos.
The FAA OCC recently sent a list of 670 frequencies that will be removed from our service. These frequencies are for remote communication VOR voice outlets across the country. There are 125 of those that are currently not in-service. These are mostly in addition to the ones that have NOTAMs already.
To be perfectly clear, these 670, including the 125 already not in service, do NOT have NOTAMs at the current time.
In the spirit of that original mission, we wanted to let the flying public be aware that in partnership with our siblings in Local 2010, we are working to get these NOTAMs issued. Regrettably, we are unable to provide a list of the 125 frequencies already removed; however, the list of the 670 frequencies scheduled for decommissioning are available here on the FAA website.
Please know that if you reach out to FSS on an RCO frequency and we don't reply, we aren't ignoring you. It's very possible that the frequency is no longer available for us to answer. As far as we are aware, the centers, approaches, and towers are also unaware of this change.
1-800-wxbrief remains available if you are inflight and need information immediately, especially if you are able to connect your phone to a Bluetooth headset.
We will keep you updated as we can.
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