New York Post

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

This situation can’t fly. The safety of every American plane passenger is being imperiled as the government shutdown drags into its second week, irate air traffic controllers say. More than ...
USA Today

Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy says air traffic controllers could be fired for not showing up during shutdown

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday said air traffic controllers who do not show up to work during the government shutdown will not get paid and could be fired from ...
NPR

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

Air traffic controllers will continue to work under strain as the government shutdown drags on, according to the head of the union that represents them. "What they're working under is one of the ...
OPB

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 ...
New York Post

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urges air traffic controllers to show up for work: ‘Need to go to their jobs’

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has a simple message to air traffic controllers as the government shutdown wreaks havoc on travel across the United States. “I’m encouraging air traffic ...