Sean Duffy said his department may punish air traffic controller absences during the shutdown. He was referring specifically to controllers who stopped working before missing pay. Controllers missed ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump issued a lengthy message to the United States’ air traffic controllers navigating the difficulties that the ...
Thousands of flights will be cancelled starting Friday morning, after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a directive Wednesday to reduce flights by 10 percent at 40 major US airports due ...
Multiple air traffic controllers have told Forbes they expect large numbers of colleagues to quit their jobs in the coming days—which will compound the pressure on remaining controllers during the ...
Five weeks into the government shutdown, controllers across the country, forced to work without pay, are taking second jobs to stay afloat. By Gabe Castro-Root Gabe Castro-Root reached out to about ...
The government shutdown highlighted a fragile link in the nation's aviation system: finding enough air traffic controllers to keep flights on schedule. The 43-day closure, during which controllers ...
America hasn’t had enough air traffic controllers for more than a decade – and the recent government shutdown might have made it even worse. The stress of not being paid for those 44 days, on top of ...
Almost everyone agrees that the US air traffic control system is broken. Longstanding staffing shortages. Antiquated technology. And now, air traffic controllers are caught in the middle of a ...
The longest government shutdown in US history hit air traffic controllers hard. Thirteen thousand worked without pay for over a month, taking up jobs driving for DoorDash and Instacart to survive. But ...