美国联邦航空管理局和代表空中交通管制员的工会就劳动力变动达成协议，以换取备受期待的2.8%涨幅。
The US Federal Aviation Administration and the union that represents air traffic controllers agreed to a deal on workforce changes in return for a much-anticipated 2.8% pay increase.
根据与国家空中交通管制员协会达成的新协议，管制员将被要求在其设施“刷卡进出”。交通部周五在一份宣布该协议的新闻稿中表示，地方经理和工会代表还将根据预期工作量和运营需求安排班次，以“在高峰时段最大化覆盖”。
Under the new agreement with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, controllers will be required to “badge in” and “badge out” of their facilities. Local managers and union representatives will also build shifts around expected workload and operational requirements to “maximize coverage during peak traffic hours,” the Transportation Department said Friday in a news release announcing the deal.
此外，交通部表示，管制员的重新分配将聚焦于人员需求最为严重的地点。
In addition, the department said controller reassignments will focus on locations where staffing needs are most severe.
彭博社此前报道称，双方在谈判中曾讨论多项潜在变动，包括错峰排班以在高峰出行时段创造更多人员重叠，以及限制历史上客流量大的日子可用的休假时段。FAA管理员布莱恩·贝德福德也曾此前表示，他希望将空中交通管制员在八小时班次中“在岗位”上主动管理交通的时间从四小时增加到五小时。
Bloomberg previously reported that the two sides were discussing a number of potential changes as part of the negotiations, including staggering shifts to create more staff overlap during peak travel times and limiting leave slots available on historically high-traffic days. FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford had also previously said he wanted to increase the time air traffic controllers were “on position” actively managing traffic during an eight-hour shift to five hours from four.
FAA一直扣留国会于四月批准的2.8%涨幅，直至工会同意监管机构称将提高效率的要求。
The FAA was withholding the 2.8% pay increase approved by Congress in April until the union agreed to demands that the regulator said would increase efficiency.
“通过改进我们追踪工作、安排班次和分配人员的方式，我们可以更好地利用劳动力资源，并更有效地应对运营需求，”贝德福德周五在一份声明中表示。
“By improving how we track work, schedule shifts and allocate personnel, we can make better use of our workforce and respond more effectively to operational demands,” Bedford said in a statement Friday.
立法者在立法中赋予联邦航空局局长唯一的自由裁量权，在其认为已达到特定的调度和人员配置改善后，由其自行决定如何分配这笔资金。然而，两位著名的民主党人士在9月份敦促联邦航空局停止扣留加薪，称4月份立法中规定的条件并未设定一个“高门槛”。延迟发放的加薪激怒了本已士气低落的员工队伍，他们一直承受着反复发生的政府停摆带来的冲击。
Lawmakers in their legislation gave the FAA administrator sole discretion to dole out the money once he determined that certain scheduling and staffing improvements were reached. Two prominent Democrats, however, in September urged the FAA to stop withholding the pay increase, saying the conditions laid out in the April legislation didn’t set a “high bar.”The delayed pay bump agitated an already-demoralized workforce that’s borne the brunt of recurring government shutdowns.
空中交通管制员还不得不应对长期存在的人员短缺问题，以及由老旧设备导致的故障——这些问题交通部和联邦航空局一直在努力整改。加薪将于10月18日生效，并追溯至今年年初。
Controllers have also had to contend with a longstanding staffing shortage and outages caused by antiquated equipment that the Transportation Department and the FAA have been working to overhaul. The pay bump takes effect Oct. 18 and is backdated to the beginning of the year.
“为我们的成员争取这次加薪需要持续的倡导，无论是在国会山还是在谈判桌上，”全美空中交通管制员协会主席尼克·丹尼尔斯在周五的一份声明中表示。
“Securing this pay increase took persistent advocacy on behalf of our members, both on Capitol Hill and at the negotiating table,” NATCA President Nick Daniels said in a statement Friday.