The nation’s air traffic controllers are warning that the government shutdown is putting aviation safety at risk as thousands of essential workers report for duty without pay. Nick Daniels, president ...

Even though the U.S. has a stark shortage of air traffic controllers, ones who call in sick instead of working without a paycheck during the federal government shutdown risk being fired, the U.S.

“Problem children” air traffic controllers who call out sick as a way to protest the government shutdown could lose their jobs, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Thursday. “If we have some on ...

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that the government shutdown is putting more stress on air traffic controllers who already have an extremely stressful job, as well as threatening a ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy appeared at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday to say the federal government shutdown is already affecting air traffic controller staffing and sick ...

Controllers are considered essential workers during a government shutdown. A week into the government shutdown, flight delays and cancellations are starting to climb as sick calls involving air ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that the country’s air traffic control system is being harmed by the ongoing government shutdown, during a visit to Newark’s airport in which he delivered ...

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 two ...

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) said Wednesday the government shutdown will weaken the country’s airspace system. “When the federal government shuts down it introduces ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - A partial U.S. government shutdown next week would halt air traffic controller hiring and training and cost the U.S. travel sector $1 billion per week, an industry ...