Air Traffic Controller Army

Air traffic controllers to miss paycheck

Air traffic controller turns to DoorDash for second job, says he ‘didn’t have a choice’

“I have to do what I have to do in order to provide for my child,” Jack Criss, an air traffic control specialist at Joint Base Andrews, told MSNBC.

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Flight delays persist Monday as air traffic controllers face work without pay

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Flight disruptions continue as air traffic controllers brace for their first full missing paychecks

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Flight delays soar past 5,600 as government shutdown hits Day 27

Air travel turmoil deepened with more than 1,660 flights delayed nationwide on Monday and more than 8,600 delays on Sunday, with air traffic controller absences surging amid a federal government shut...

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Flights at Newark Airport delayed due to staff shortages amid shutdown

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More than 1,400 flights delayed as government shutdown hits Day 27

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America’s air traffic controller shortage is even worse during the government shutdown—but job candidates can make $145,000 per year

Air traffic controllers, expected to work without pay during the government shutdown, aren’t showing up at airports. It’s making the industry’s headcount problem even worse, with staffing down 50% in some areas. The U.S. government shutdown is ...

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Congress just created a new reason to worry about air travel

The government shutdown adds yet another source of stress for the nation’s already overburdened aviation system — including the more than 10,000 air traffic controllers who are already enduring long hours, chronically short staffing and the trauma of January’s mass-fatality crash in Washington.