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.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Fox Business viewers Thursday that air traffic controllers who call in sick during the shutdown will not be paid and could be fired—intimidating rhetoric ...

Four days into the government shutdown, Jack Criss, an air traffic control specialist at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, assumed a second role — driving for DoorDash. “My financial obligations ...

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Controllers missing work was widely cited as the reason the last shutdown came to an end. But that assumption might have been overblown, according to controllers, aviation safety experts and ...

WINDSOR LOCKS, Connecticut – The people who manage air traffic over southern New England are going without pay. They plan to help travelers understand how that feels. On Tuesday, on what would ...

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The shutdown is dragging beyond two weeks, with one group of federal workers still clocking in without pay — air traffic controllers. As the government shutdown continues, air traffic controllers have ...

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Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has weighed in on the increase in air traffic controllers calling out of work amid the United States’ latest government shutdown. Duffy, who confirmed ...