Air traffic controllers are becoming Uber drivers and restaurant servers on top of six-day airport shifts to make ends meet during government shutdown

Deemed essential workers, controllers are required to work during the shutdown, but will receive a $0 paycheck starting next ...

Air traffic control staffing issues cause flight delays across U.S.

As of Monday morning, a staffing trigger was in place in the Philadelphia area, which also includes Newark Liberty International Airport.

Some essential federal workers to receive partial paychecks, face financial burden amid shutdown

As the federal government shutdown continues for a 14th day, essential federal workers, such as air traffic controllers, are ...

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

Sean Duffy said about 10% of air traffic controllers were calling in sick during the government shutdown and could lose their jobs.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in ...

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 Association president says worker shortages are nothing new.
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Transportation Secretary Duffy Addresses Government Shutdown’s Impact on Air Travel

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy discusses impact of Government shutdown in press conference on October 6, 2025. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy, NATCA President Nick Daniels, ...

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Democrat Educational background: Associate in Applied Science in computer science (Community College of the Air Force), Bachelor of Arts in English (University of New Mexico), Master of Fine Arts in ...

Transportation secretary says government shutdown adds stress on air traffic controllers

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