Air traffic controller working unpaid during shutdown delivers food to support family

Air traffic controllers are among the hundreds of thousands of federal workers affected by the government shutdown. Though ...
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How the shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays

The shutdown is deepening the FAA’s long-standing controller shortage, straining an already overextended workforce and ...

FAA cites air traffic controller shortages as cause of growing flight disruptions

The Federal Aviation Administration says a nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers has caused thousands of flight ...

Air traffic controller shortages amid shutdown lead to canceled flights, delays nationwide

A week into the government shutdown, flight delays and cancellations are starting to climb as sick calls involving air ...

Shutdown strains already short-staffed air traffic controllers, union president says

Understaffing at air traffic control towers has affected flights this week. But the The National Air Traffic Controllers ...

Thune teases shutdown votes to pay troops and air traffic controllers

In a Wednesday interview at the Capitol, Thune signaled he will continue bringing standalone bills that fund segments of the ...
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Air traffic controllers helped end the last government shutdown, and may again

WASHINGTON — More than a month into the last government shutdown, in 2019, a few air traffic controllers finally reached their breaking point. There was only a "slight increase" in sick leave at ...