Air traffic controllers' understaffing leading to flight delays, as their paychecks end

The air traffic controllers will only get a partial paycheck Tuesday, and then nothing until the shutdown is resolved.

Exhausted, unpaid air traffic controllers warn as government shutdown puts plane passengers at risk

“What passengers often forget is that the person guiding their plane through the sky is human: underpaid, overworked, ...
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The stressful work of an air traffic controller

Air traffic controllers are the silent guardians of the skies. They are rarely seen by passengers, yet they are indispensable ...

Could air traffic controllers help end the government shutdown?

Air traffic controllers “make up less than half of 1% of the federal workforce, but when it comes to a government shutdown, ...

Government shutdown causes flight delays as air traffic controllers work without pay

The ongoing government shutdown has led to flight delays nationwide as air traffic controllers face unpaid shifts, raising ...

How air traffic controllers navigate through government shutdown

A 35-year veteran controller who worked at several major U.S. facilities and airport towers talked with WTOP about the ...

As the shutdown wears on, Transportation secretary threatens to fire ‘problem children’ air traffic controllers ‘lashing out’

If we have a continual small subset of controllers that don’t show up to work… they’re the problem children,” Transportation ...

Air traffic controllers who duck unpaid work during the gov't shutdown could be fired, Duffy warns

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he understands the frustrations and worries of air traffic controllers who have to ...

The government shutdown is putting a renewed spotlight on the cracks in the US aviation system

A startling message came over the radio from an air traffic control tower near Los Angeles less than a week into the federal ...