Burbank’s air traffic control shutdown
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Cracks in the air travel system are widening, as air traffic controllers bear the strain of an understaffed system and no pay until the government shutdown ends.
“Problem children” air traffic controllers who call in sick during the government shutdown could be fired, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Thursday. “I think what’s happening here, 90 percent of the controllers, they show up, they come to work, but 10 percent of them are lashing out,” Duffy told Fox Business on Thursday.
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Air traffic controllers in Colorado still reporting to work without pay amid growing uncertainty
It's been more than a week since the federal government shut down, and air traffic controllers are among the thousands of essential employees still reporting to work — without pay. They guide nearly 3 million passengers a day through U.S. skies. Now, they're doing it short-staffed, overworked, and under growing financial strain.