Government Shutdown Watch: Airlines And Air Traffic Controllers Brace For Impact

Less than three months since the last shutdown ended, the air travel sector faces yet another funding lapse and the strong ...
CBS News

The U.S. urgently needs thousands of air traffic controllers. Here's what the job requires.

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’s air traffic controller shortage is even worse during the government shutdown—but job candidates can make $145,000 per year

Air traffic controllers, expected to work without pay during the government shutdown, aren’t showing up to airports. It’s ...

Air traffic controllers can skip FAA school by going to Sacramento City College

Sacramento City College joins a small group of U.S. schools that can fully prepare air traffic controllers for the workforce.
WUNC

Air traffic control is stressful. This former controller describes the reality of the job

Air traffic controller often shows up on lists of most stressful occupations, and recent events haven't made things any easier - the government shutdown, when air traffic controllers missed two full ...
CNBC

The government shutdown is over. The air traffic controller shortage is not

Airline executives are pushing lawmakers to make sure air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration workers are paid if there's another shutdown. Air traffic controller staffing ...
Yahoo

Air traffic controllers didn't get paid during the government shutdown. Here's how much they make normally.

Becoming an air traffic controller is a long and difficult process, and the job is equally stressful. But it comes with good pay.Michael Dwyer/AP US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy claimed new air ...
Fox Business

Trump floats $10K bonus plan for air traffic controllers who've remained on duty during government shutdown

President Donald Trump suggested giving a $10,000 bonus to air traffic controllers who remain on the job through the government shutdown despite having their paychecks delayed. Trump floated the idea ...
The New York Times

Odd Jobs and DoorDash: How Air Traffic Controllers Are Surviving

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 ...
NPR

Trump slams air traffic controllers who called out during the government shutdown

President Trump is slamming U.S. air traffic controllers who called out of work during the government shutdown, during which they were forced to stay on the job without pay. Trump said in a post on ...
Yahoo

The U.S. urgently needs air traffic controllers. Here's what the job requires.

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 ...
NPR

Air traffic control is stressful. This former controller describes the reality of the job

With air traffic controllers in the news lately, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Emily Hanoka, a former controller who retired earlier this year, about the stresses and sacrifices involved in the work. Air ...