Daily Departures, top of the week edition

• The FAA’s aviation industry forecast conference is today. Check out what Adrian Schofield has to say about it. [Things with Wings]
• Don Brown reminisces about the founding of the PATCO successor union, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, two decades ago. [Get the Flick]
• Big Sky closes shop, and Montana communities are left without “Essential” Air Service. (See my take here.) [Aero-News.Net]